Infos on the Real game Direction? WHEN?!

[HiirNoivl]

Well Dragonheart... while all those games did some things well they messed up terrible in other ways to the point that .... If Final Fantasy XIV ARR does all those basic things well and some things more than well it will be able to compete even without any innovation at launch.

[Elexia]

If Final Fantasy XIV ARR does all those basic things well and some things more than well it will be able to compete even without any innovation at launch.

This would be true if it came after XI for example, nowadays MMO gamers are far too jaded to let this slide. While the 13-16k or so dedicated XIV people will be ok with it, the grand majority will not be. Look at the most hyped MMOs of all time ever since WoW, you get one thing wrong, especially something that shouldn't have been wrong and that's it.

Game over.

[Zezlar]

This would be true if it came after XI for example, nowadays MMO gamers are far too jaded to let this slide. While the 13-16k or so dedicated XIV people will be ok with it, the grand majority will not be. Look at the most hyped MMOs of all time ever since WoW, you get one thing wrong, especially something that shouldn't have been wrong and that's it.

Game over.

Also a problem I foresee is the direction change of the game. They are going to inadvertently alienate some of those long-time players. The relaunch of this game will be an interesting one.