dev1037 New Battle Effects

[Benji]

The spell-casting animations, as well as the spell animations themselves are just weak in FFXIV. It seems all they did here was adjust one variable - the size.

April 19th, ppl....

What makes you think the patch will hit April 19th and not sooner?

[Abriael]

What makes you think the patch will hit April 19th and not sooner?

nah, he's somehow arguing the remote possibility of people quitting FFXIV in droves when Portal 2 is released. because you know, everyone would quite his MMORPG of choice for a (great, mind you) primarily single player game that offers 6 hours of gameplay in a generous estimate.

I'm sure FFXIV will be quite underpopulated on April 19th... for a whole six hours.

[Alhanelem]

nah, he's somehow arguing the remote possibility of people quitting FFXIV in droves when Portal 2 is released. because you know, everyone would quite his MMORPG of choice for a (great, mind you) primarily single player game that offers 6 hours of gameplay in a generous estimate.

I'm sure FFXIV will be quite underpopulated on April 19th... for a whole six hours.

It's extremely non-generous to assume portal 2 will only have "6 hours" of gameplay, between the SP, 2 player co-op campaign and the challenges. The SP is supposed to be much longer than the original.

[Abriael]

It's extremely non-generous to assume portal 2 will only have "6 hours" of gameplay, between the SP, 2 player co-op campaign and the challenges. The SP is supposed to be much longer than the original.

Actually the "6 hours" estimate comes directly from valve. You can even add another 6 hours for co-op (that not everyone is going to do), and you get a completely negligible effect on the MMORPG market.

The only visible effect will be on sales, and FFXIV is free at the moment.

But actually, Portal 2 might have a very benficial effect on FFXIV, or at the very least on it's forums. We can only hope.

[Arcell]

Actually the "6 hours" estimate comes directly from valve. You can even add another 6 hours for co-op (that not everyone is going to do), and you get a completely negligible effect on the MMORPG market.

The only visible effect will be on sales, and FFXIV is free at the moment.

But actually, Portal 2 might have a very benficial effect on FFXIV, or at the very least on it's forums. We can only hope.

Let's just say 20 hours, that's how long most people will probably play it for. Some will play it for 100 hours to get every last thing and complete every challenge 20 times but that's not the average user.

Even at 20 hours or more your argument still holds that it has little to no impact on the MMO market. Hell I'm going to play Portal 2 as well, between FFXIV sessions.