From then to now. Did they keep their promises?

[Indelible]

Honestly they did a remarkable job. I stayed away from the first release because of all the negative-feedback from the community and professional critics alike. It was across the board.

This 2.0 however is solid and pretty much feels, to me, like a FF game of the past but one I can play with friends simultaneously.

They've made a very good game here.

Now if they'd just fix this ridiculous infrastructure issue and let people play it uninhibited...

[Jimsvaliant]

They kept most of their promises and did a lot of work in a very short amount of time. Kudos to SE.

[sinst4r]

Dear OP.

Riddle me this, riddle me that.

If these "promises" are subject to change how are they actually promises?

They put down their game plan, far ahead of the schedule in which they were going to do it. This was more like the results of brainstorming. While some ideas work, some don't work. I think they did their best in which they could stay true to the game plan. They put out a high quality game, with very little bugs in it by release. Sure there are some server issues, and they're being addressed. The world doesn't change in a week, nor do game servers.

You need to think, as the servers get more space, more people can log in, thus knowing how much more they require. It may take a couple weeks, but it will be resolved that's for sure.

[Alerith]

You don't have to spam one, but you have to spam many still. Same thing, you just don't have to do the same dungeon over and over. Its still content spamming, even if you want to be all technical about it. They pulled the wool over your eyes, but not mine.

That last minute joke of an update to crafted mats forces you to spam content possibly more than you would have in 1.0

So you're upset you have to do content to get stuff?

[EmeraldHill]

I too am upset they made the game graphically worse and changed the soundtrack.

[M4Fade]

I too am upset they made the game graphically worse and changed the soundtrack.

As am I. There IS graphic improvements with the "new" 2.0 engine but certain parts of the game just look like poo. I really hope improvements can be made. Here's hoping that DX11 brings some nice improvements(doubtful..) for those of us with top-end PC's.

I've always missed the old soundtrack ever since I logged on for the Alpha tests.. but meh, I usually just have my own music playing now though.

[AttacKat]

Now besides the 1.0 free trial being cut down from 2 months to 2 weeks, what else do you guys think about this outline?

A promise broken based on an outline?

You know what project estimates and planning means, right? It isn't a legal contract.

jc

[Danuvue]

Now besides the 1.0 free trial being cut down from 2 months to 2 weeks, what else do you guys think about this outline?

I thought I would be upset about this, but it only took a couple days to realize I didn't want pay a sub fee for this WoW clone. Took everything generic about modern MMO's and slapped Final Fantasy on it.

[Lazzerus]

I thought I would be upset about this, but it only took a couple days to realize I didn't want pay a sub fee for this WoW clone. Took everything generic about modern MMO's and slapped Final Fantasy on it.

I think the WoW clone complaint is one of the most overly used complaint about mmo's, that people never back up with examples of how it is a WoW clone. The only thing that I ever really see that a lot of games take directly from WoW is the quest system. This game feels a lot more like FFXI then WoW, but its not FFXI, and its not WoW, it's an mmorpg and feels like a mmorpg. All the devs did was go what humans have been doing forever; they took existing mmorpg ideas and techniques (most of which did not even originate from WoW ... but whatever, people think WoW invented the wheel, when all the really did was make the wheel popular), and worked them into their design.

[Reika]

So you're upset you have to do content to get stuff?

My upset is about lies about design concepts and last minute thoughtless changes. Read whatever imaginary text you like tho.