Imagine a game with no levels

[Zenaku]

Same shit different cracker.

EDIT: in other words, it was SE trying to hype this game with lies and they did a good job.

if you hate the game so much why not just leave i don't understand 90% of ppl on here you talk so much $%@& about ffxiv but you still on here. Just wait for the game to get good then come back

[Shai]

I dont recall any of that being said lol.
As far as "no leveling" that is not a correct translation. He meant that instead of having standard exp like we see in xi, we would have classes that equal weapons, and that we would level weapons like we do in ffxi. It's basically a system built around skill ups, hence the new community re-name "SP".
As far as some of the other things you mentioned. SE did try those options, and they sounded good on paper, but they obviously did not have lasting effects. You can't have an MMO with a system that does not have a lasting effect =/

I know he meant we'd have weapon skill up parties instead of levels, but last I checked... I also have a level. So translation or not, they compromised on that idea and many, many, many others that I was excited about until I played retail. Even told myself in Beta they were waiting for launch to pull out the big punches. Sigh.

What's most amusing is how the original site still has stuff that ... will presumably never exist.

Miner being my personal favorite. I check it every now and then to see if they'll even bother to ninja edit their wrong information.

[elkhorn]

and combat where position mattered

a game where linkshells could band together and make houses and ships

a game with a rich story

where you are free to play your own customised class

whatever happened to that game?

sounds like Darkfall.

[gifthorse]

sounds like Darkfall.

Great, let's start bandying about similes like they matter.

[Jibe]

I know he meant we'd have weapon skill up parties instead of levels, but last I checked... I also have a level. So translation or not, they compromised on that idea and many, many, many others that I was excited about until I played retail. Even told myself in Beta they were waiting for launch to pull out the big punches. Sigh.

What's most amusing is how the original site still has stuff that ... will presumably never exist.

Miner being my personal favorite. I check it every now and then to see if they'll even bother to ninja edit their wrong information.

OMG you are right! I checked the official site after reading your post and wow. It lists PUG as having a steal ability "based on stealth", and says miner "can use mineral compositions to debilitate enemies". It also says PUG has multiple stances, but doesn't say how to activate them. I guess this last one is technically true. Just, wow though.

[Renshi]

and combat where position mattered

a game where linkshells could band together and make houses and ships

a game with a rich story

where you are free to play your own customised class

whatever happened to that game?

Ultima Online! Man, that game is great.

[Physic]

OMG you are right! I checked the official site after reading your post and wow. It lists PUG as having a steal ability "based on stealth", and says miner "can use mineral compositions to debilitate enemies". It also says PUG has multiple stances, but doesn't say how to activate them. I guess this last one is technically true. Just, wow though.

yeah im still waitin for myshoulder tackle, im sure archer wishes they had trinity and poison arrows, and does shreiker exist/make mobs run away?

there is a lot we have yet to see that they said they would have soon after release, least the got rid of participation in the arena of ul dah, and gambling. really if they executed a lot of this stuff properly, people would have loved the game.

[Verecund]

Whatever happened to the tech demo of that game?

[Jibe]

It's so strange SE would let their official site go united, and leave features on it that are not implemented in the game. They need to fix that crap.

[Alise]

At first when they said "there will be no level" I thought this gonna be like "The last remnant Online"

but well... I hoped too high.