Scared about ARR

[Seirra_Lanzce]

1. Quests totally promote solo playstyle... what's the point of even playing a mmorpg then.

2. From what they showed us in Alpha... I don't see how non-brain skill spamming has any standards at all.

3. Well, point 1. and 2., ffxiv should stay unique imo.
There are so many mmorpgs that are so much alike already.

1. Heard is going to be more benefit in PT doing Quest. I actually hope there is more better reward in doing as PT than doing solo... duo is fine.

[Alerith]

1. Quests totally promote solo playstyle... what's the point of even playing a mmorpg then.

Hey there. You must be new around these here parts. Back in my 1.0 starter days, we didn't even HAVE quests to complain about.

[Zenaku]

1. Can't be any more boring then grinding the same mobs over and over again to level, at least with quest leveling you get to do different things go to different zones.

2. The old TP system was very slow paced not up to the standards of today's action packed mmo

3. Have you even played WoW? If you did you would know its pretty much nothing like ARR. The races alone are totally different way different storylines too.

1: Quest you solo all day boring like hell and you get sick of it quick i ended up doing dungeon in wow then questing how boring it got. FFXI/FFXIV1.0 sit around killing mobs all day while watching tv was easy and i enjoy it i also get to meet people on my world and get to know people better.

2: I enjoy both system so can't say much about it but i say i like the old way little better.

3: ARR pretty much going to be called a wow-clone no matter what it have everything that a standard mmo should have. People wont see the part we get to say from day one which everything that happen later. The questing, the bid system, free company have type of perks are people going to think and go omg what a dam wow-clone and that what they ask for but they still bitch. The only thing FFXIV have going for it right now is PS3 version,great CS storyline, Final Fantasy stuff, you only need one char. other wise i don't see anything else it going for it beside the fact that it's 10x better then any wow-clone i every played lol but overall it going to be call that matter if we like it or not.

[Xeroeth]

I have no fear over 2.0, things that Yoshi P done with FFXIV from the moment he showed up can't be described in just few words. A little faith

Just think about it, many other titles go F2P becose they can't survive in any other way the way they are in that moment. But SE didn't close XIV, didn't go to F2P, they have done what they could to survive and in the moment they concluded that this can't go on like this, they closed to upgrade the whole project and bring us whole new FFXIV. All this money can't go to waste and most important all this effort can't go to waste.

There are many FF series lovers (me included) who really have great hopes for this game.
Am I optimistic or what ?

[Maelko]

What people dont realise is F2P isent F2P... it means having a cash shop where important stuff will NEED to be bought there to complete end-game stuff... in the long run most people end up paying as much if more more then the 10-15$ montly fee. i HATE "F2P" games and doubt FFXIV will ever become that.

[Warlock]

What people dont realise is F2P isent F2P... it means having a cash shop where important stuff will NEED to be bought there to complete end-game stuff... in the long run most people end up paying as much if not more then the 10-15$ montly fee. i HATE "F2P" games and doubt FFXIV will ever become that.

FREE to play easily deceives people ...

[MrKupo]

What people dont realise is F2P isent F2P... it means having a cash shop where important stuff will NEED to be bought there to complete end-game stuff... in the long run most people end up paying as much if more more then the 10-15$ montly fee. i HATE "F2P" games and doubt FFXIV will ever become that.

I don't mind it as much when its paying for convenience. If FFXIV were ever to go F2P, I'd imagine aetheryte teleporting, increased leve allowance, and special aesthetic giveaways being the main premium benefits. The free players will be left with walking to destinations, only so many levequests a day, and basic looking gear. That's one way to get players to subscribe without giving them an explicit advantage over everyone else.

[Mjollnir]

The thing that scares me the most about ARR is that Lou teleported us all into Derplander's echo, Eorzea was totally annihilated, and the whole game we're about to play ISN'T EVEN REAL. In 10 years time, at the end of the main storyline, it will be revealed to us that we're all living dreams.

The possibility of F2P doesn't even register on my scale of worry.

[MrKupo]

The thing that scares me the most about ARR is that Lou teleported us all into Derplander's echo, Eorzea was totally annihilated, and the whole game we're about to play ISN'T EVEN REAL. In 10 years time, at the end of the main storyline, it will be revealed to us that we're all living dreams.

The possibility of F2P doesn't even register on my scale of worry.

Ah! The ol' everything was a dream theory, that fits in so well with every game in history. XD

[Mjollnir]

Ah! The ol' everything was a dream theory, that fits in so well with every game in history. XD

Yeah, when Yoshi said they weren't going to even talk about the echo for the forseeable future, it gave me chills. Classic misdirection. Not sure I can handle this truth, so I'm gonna prioritise worrying about F2P as the OP advised.

I mean, what will it mean for us Legacy players who have bought lifetime subscriptions and want to server transfer/change our hairstyles every week? Will it even matter if we don't even exist???