Alpha First Look: Video 5 - Quests and Combat

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You sound just POSiTIVE that will be the only option for the 100's of quests promised to us. NPC > Kill >Npc? There is NO possible way it could contain other quests (out of 100's of possible quests) that follow more along the format you laid out?
I bet you will still play this though and pay money to do so. So whats worse? A game designed after something that you yourself have stated is responsible for destroying the genre? Or someone that knowingly pays money to support said game they just "knew" was cookie cutter while at the same time condemning it?
You see how this is making people that say things like this look?

There is of course a third option. One that plays out in real time and is, IMO, whats going to happen. You will buy the game even though your SURE its a WOW clone (or try it anyway, you may not even pay a cent to do so being a vet) because, while the cynic in you is just SURE that its going to suck, the small little optimist in you that wants this game to do well, besides all the evidence you claim to provide to the contrary based on a 5 min alpha video, wants it to be good and do well. All thats left in this 3rd option is to see how things play out, but at least this way, if it doesn't go the way you want, you can then jump back on the forums and say I TOLD YOU SO for three to six months before moving on to something else. See you on here in april either way I guess man. Way to stand for something.

First off, Read before you respond. You just sound like a fool.

It's not about being sure. Forums are about feedback and debate. Silence Means Concession. I don't know if they are only doing simple WoW-clone quest, but I'm not going to sit by quietly while they demonstrate that they are doing them at all.

More importantly, I will not play this game if it becomes a WoW-like Quest Grind. Oversimplified quest that point you to all objectives are boring and a waste of time. There is no fun in it. I have never paid to play one before and FFXIV will be no different.

Final Fantasy is my favorite game series by far and without competition. The last three have been complete crap. If Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is a WoW-Clone Quest Grind with no Depth, I will not play it and I will probably never buy another Final Fantasy Game again.

Not being irrational, just sick of watching my Favorite Series die a slow painful death.