The Direction of FFXIV

[DNO]

There's a reason why no one commented on your post. No one liked your ideas.

This 100%.............

[Akumu]

Square Enix honor what it was you stood for. Bring back what it meant to live in a Final Fantasy. Not what it means to live in a modern MMO.

I'm not going to say anything like you're opinion is wrong. However, do you feel SE releasing an MMO with old mechanics that will give a bad name is honorable? Being stubborn and not changing with the times is why eastern RPGs is gaining bad rep(well started too). I believe SE can make XIV a fun modern MMO while not making it a WoW clone. This game will not be successful without compromises. Look how watered down XI is now because of the stubborn design flaws it has.

Being a modern MMO doesn't make it any less of a final fantasy game but instead reaches out to more than one group which will help sustain the health of the game. FFXI started dying once WoW hit and people started realizing how a MMO doesn't have to take up so much time to be enjoyable(among other things). SE will have to reach out to casuals and hardcores while also adding that final fantasy feel to make it at ps3 launch.

edit: SE has already dishonored themselves enough with the PC release.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

I'm not going to say anything like you're opinion is wrong. However, do you feel SE releasing an MMO with old mechanics that will give a bad name is honorable? Being stubborn and not changing with the times is why eastern RPGs is gaining bad rep(well started too). I believe SE can make XIV a fun modern MMO while not making it a WoW clone. This game will not be successful without compromises. Look how watered down XI is now because of the stubborn design flaws it has.

Being a modern MMO doesn't make it any less of a final fantasy game but instead reaches out to more than one group which will help sustain the health of the game. FFXI started dying once WoW hit and people started realizing how a MMO doesn't have to take up so much time to be enjoyable(among other things). SE will have to reach out to casuals and hardcores while also adding that final fantasy feel to make it at ps3 launch.

edit: SE has already dishonored themselves enough with the PC release.

pretty much this.

[Lyndis]

Neptune: I'm not sure whether you're saying this is a less serious matter than I'm making it out to be. If that's what you're saying then your opinion shouldn't matter as much to the developers.
If you're simply saying a video game shouldn't be a home... The developers are trying to a create a game where players will be for a very long time, similar to a home I guess. So again I say your opinion shouldn't matter as you are giving off the impression you won't be here long.

I believe MMORPGs were designed to be a kind of fantasy home for people to escape to, so I'd like it to get the necessary treatment.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

I believe MMORPGs were designed to be a kind of fantasy home for people to escape to, so I'd like it to get the necessary treatment.

ummmm not to be mean, but >.> maybe you need thyrpy. MMO are just games meant to be fun. Nothing to be taken ultra seriously over.

Which is the biggest flaw atm. ppl are taking ffxiv launch to personally.
They are taking the direction to personally.

I think the game will be fun. It currently looks fun to me. And I wish my pc didn't crap out. I look at the ffxiv CE box and pout cuz I gotta wait to play.

I agree with some stuff though, the game should feel like a home that you enjoy coming back to it. Where you family (LS) is who greet you everyday.

But also where you meet new friends. that why I like ffxi old community when first played it. I felt like home on the game.

this community don;t do that for me too much hate and its rubbing off on me. I'm not a mean person really.

[Rokien]

MMO are just games meant to be fun. Nothing to be taken ultra seriously over.

that why I like ffxi old community when first played it. I felt like home on the game.

this community don;t do that for me too much hate and its rubbing off on me. I'm not a mean person really.

What, and what!? Come on now. You need "thyrpy"

[Kilta_Firelotus]

Lyn this is the second time you posted this. I read it before. You are an elitist player, looking for an experience only for you. Just like most ppl who are complaining about the game. FFXIV was targeted to the casual player base since pre launch. FFXI was not casual friendly. As much as I like ffxi, one thing I hated was how after Launch of WoW the player base started to die off slowly. Only the elitists remained. I had to change my whole style of play JUST BECAUSE of end game and that ppl rat raced there. I'm not am end game player. End game don't WoW me.

I personally just want a fun game where new blood comes in daily. You gotta make sacrifises in order to do that. As long as ffxiv isn't a solofest i'll be happy.
Stuff I don't want to cross over from ffxi:
1 the 6hr-mth waits for groups because of lacking xyz jobs/ players that lvl or your npot a popular class.
2 cookie cutting jobs.
3 end game drama.

All a game needs is to be fun, and entertaining. We add the challenge, we make it easy or hard.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

my point. I secretely agree with you.
BUT i know what will be the greater good of ffxiv.
ppl do not want a game like Ultima online or everquest. They want games like World of warcraft. I personaly HATE what mmo are becoming. But I have the white flag up as to say I just want a fun game. A game where we get newbies in daily. And ffxi couldn't do it. It only had 3 sub booms. ps2 launch pc launch 360 launch. after WoW the rate of newbie players decreased to about 1 a mnth from my personal experience.
Hech even DCUO got highly praised and that game is easy mode with more issues then ffxiv. Yet no one talks about them.
the same reviews who said ffxiv is copy/pasted did not say the same to DCUO, and it has the worst copy pasting.

[Randis]

the icon is plain useless IMO, it makes no difefrence having one or not having one.
Can Anyone here name Mobs that don't look like they are aggro? I think its pretty obvious.
When i started with the game, i was not sure if the crabs are aggro but other than that, i never had the issue.

[Nephera]

the icon is plain useless IMO, it makes no difefrence having one or not having one.
Can Anyone here name Mobs that don't look like they are aggro? I think its pretty obvious.
When i started with the game, i was not sure if the crabs are aggro but other than that, i never had the issue.

I got murdered by a vulture by thinking "oh vultures are non predatory birds i'll be fine ARGH WHY"