Alpha Video 4- Quests and Battle

[Aion]

No, I understand that and they are important to me. But good graphics and good services, high accessibility, and high usability are not mutually exclusive.

Also sorry Aion I just realized now that you said "and now ARR definitely not feels like that game." I'm kind of dyslexic and read that as "now".

LMAO I kinda confused there...apologies accepted! where is my cookies....

[Meatdawg]

This is why i am not even interested in Alpha because it will be filled with so many stupid FFXI fanboys on the forums that cant move away from their archaic thinking, i will wait for Beta where people that normally doesn't give a flying fk about FFXIV will give an actual good feedback on how to attract them not this hobos that will keep playing regardless of how this game turns out.

but the grass!

[Chardrizard]

but the grass!

and the unrealistic tents.

[Wolfie]

and the unrealistic tents.

And the jumping. Let's not forget that in real life, people can't jump.

[Scherwiz]

I enjoyed most of Soken's work in the 1.0 boss fights/job quests. Unfortunately I can't say the same for most of the alpha music I've been hearing. I like the Grid town theme but other than that all the music sounds so... bland? I feel like it doesn't really fit the mood/setting.

I agree completely. I expected more after hearing his work in 1.0.

/fail.... there is nothing boring about that battle music it's 10x better than v1 imo!

Your opinion is yours of course, albeit delusional.

[Velhart]

This is why i am not even interested in Alpha because it will be filled with so many stupid FFXI fanboys on the forums that cant move away from their archaic thinking, i will wait for Beta where people that normally doesn't give a flying fk about FFXIV will give an actual good feedback on how to attract them not this hobos that will keep playing regardless of how this game turns out.

Very spot on here. I have seen several threads appear complaining about basic MMO concepts that are standard and in my opinion, "necessary", to make a great MMO. I also feel that the only real good feedback we will get with the mechanics are people who are familiar with a wide variety of other MMO's besides FFXI.

I'm sure more constructive feedback will be presented to the team besides "Jumping will destroy the game!", "Why do I have to back pedal?", or "Well in FFXI, they did this....".

[urban]

And the jumping. Let's not forget that in real life, people can't jump.

LOL so right i never see my parents or siblings jump ever LOL

[Imoen]

Guys, don't forget you can change class/ job on the fly. So standard quests like this won't be nearly as bad as wow, where you finish a character >>> make a new one >>> run through the same exact quests again (assuming a lot of these are one time quests forcing you to find an alternative to leveling by your 2nd/3rd job).

Also I doubt all of them will be this basic (as said before these are filler exp quests) . Most quests consist of walk here > talk to blah> talk to blah > kill / retrieve something> walk back get reward. Just because its presented in an easy to understand and find format doesn't change this fact. Walking around aimlessly for hours looking for a vaguely described npc from a journal is hardly using your brain in my book.

[Yucie]

If that's a jab at WOW, it's not a very good one, because WOW today is vastly different from WOW at launch. They actually update every facet of their game to keep up with or get ahead of competition.

Doesn't change the fact that WoW is the parasite destroying the MMORPG genre.

[Wolfie]

Doesn't change the fact that WoW is the parasite destroying the MMORPG genre.

Got any proof of that which is not sensationalist?

Because MMORPGs in general are larger and more popular and less underground than they were before WOW.