[dev1002] No quest cutscenes no motivation to play.

[Seif]

So no cutscenes in this patch's quests either. I'll log off for another month to see if these quests can ever live up to the ones in XI. Let's be honest here most of XI quest cutscenes aren't that complicated to produce few emotes (these are already animated in the game) and dramatic camera pans, that's it. It also seems like the quest givers are nailed to the ground for all eternity and can't even walk around when they explain their business.

This is a side-note but the sub-par writing of these quests doesn't give us any insight to the story and people of Eorzea. Did XI quest writers die or get fired?

[Kilta_Firelotus]

So no cutscenes in this patch's quests either. I'll log off for another month to see if these quests can ever live up to the ones in XI. Let's be honest here most of XI quest cutscenes aren't that complicated to produce few emotes (these are already animated in the game) and dramatic camera pans, that's it. It also seems like the quest givers are nailed to the ground for all eternity and can't even walk around when they explain their business.

This is a side-note but the sub-par writing of these quests doesn't give us any insight to the story and people of Eorzea. Did XI quest writers die or get fired?

to be honest the quests with cs in ffxi wasn't that big of a list.

and honestly this is why I nicely put don't expect them. Not gloating ok. I think it stinks also. But give it time they are just scrap quests.

[Xatsh]

You make it sound like most FFXI's side quest had cut scenes... There are more quest with CS's in this game now then FFXI had until CoP released.

[Corrderio]

You make it sound like most FFXI's side quest had cut scenes... There are more quest with CS's in this game now then FFXI had until CoP released.

Quoted for truth, a majority of the quests in XI didn't have a CS unless it was part of the main storyline.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

quests with cs SOB quests but they was linked to the windy rank missions like a side story.

ummmm.........
drain quest...
ummmmmm........
Oh the map quest using the fetlelizer. (sp)

rest were job quests or spell quests but most side quests didn't have CS. trust me i was a quest ho in ffxi.

not to be silly, but I hope tgose ppl who blindly raged at me for saying don't expect cs say sorry >.> talk about a waste of insults for nothing.
I was hoping they did add some for ppl but it be better off not to expect them

off topic I am slowly getting tired of all the "nerd raging" after every patch...
but as i keep saying no one gonna be happy : / I just hope ps3 out soon. or at least a basic release date

[Abriael]

Someone doesn't remember FFXI very well (or maybe didn't play FFXI at all).

A LOT of the quests in FFXI didn't have *any* cutscenes. Most of them had just text.

For your information, without even counting the main storyline, this game has *more* quests with cutscenes than FFXI had for the first couple years. 51 of them to be precise.

[SirEdeonX]

So no cutscenes in this patch's quests either. I'll log off for another month to see if these quests can ever live up to the ones in XI. Let's be honest here most of XI quest cutscenes aren't that complicated to produce few emotes (these are already animated in the game) and dramatic camera pans, that's it. It also seems like the quest givers are nailed to the ground for all eternity and can't even walk around when they explain their business.

This is a side-note but the sub-par writing of these quests doesn't give us any insight to the story and people of Eorzea. Did XI quest writers die or get fired?

Don't dismiss them so easily. The new ones are really good. Great writing, great variety and unexpected. Some of them even allow 2 more players to join you in it.

[Abriael]

Don't dismiss them so easily. The new ones are really good. Great writing, great variety and unexpected. Some of them even allow 2 more players to join you in it.

I agree, the couple I tried so far were really good.

[SirEdeonX]

I agree, the couple I tried so far were really good.

As we expected, the previous ones were just to introduce the sidequest system. To build the groundwork. These are some nice quests. And let's be honest. Nearly any MMO has cutscenes in their quests.

There's one where you learn that a lalafell pushed an old lady to her death from the Coloseum stands XD
And a lalafell guard telling you that the monsters drop turds bigger than him XD

Really really nice. Try out some.

[Seif]

You make it sound like most FFXI's side quest had cut scenes... There are more quest with CS's in this game now then FFXI had until CoP released.

I've played XI enough to know most quests do have cutscenes. Many of them are really good ones too even though they're not missions. I see your argument about CoP but with all due respect wasn't that natural progression when they learned to make quest better and to be more interesting shouldn't that progress in quality carry over to XIV right away instead of warping back to the beginning when things were bland and uninteresting?

I've seen this XI didn't have cutscenes during quests argument before and it literally leaves me speechless because I've played the game I've seen the non-mission cutscenes are you trying to convince somebody else who hasn't played the game or is there something else I'm not getting here? They do have cutscenes I can't play a game for over 2 years and imagine things. And I'm not talking about storyline missions I've seen way more quest cutscenes than mission cutscenes during my time in XI.