Game dumbed Down a little to much

[sQQuare]

You are all wrong about the 1-50 game being to easy, only game ever being hard was EQ and that was flawed.

1-50 in FFXIV is as hard as you will find in any modern MMO today.

Could it be harder? perhaps but it would not serve any purpose and only alienate many of the base players.

Given if all you do is FATE then there isnt much in terms of gameplay, but the 1-50 storyline is perfectly adequate of serving as an education in playing your class.

If you played conjuror till 50 only using aero never having healed thats a choice you made by only doing FATEs and i am pretty sure the fault lies with you not the game.

I must say of all MMOs I tried, i was happy once i reached 50 to say i played to 50 NOT leveled to 50, instances, TRIALS, leves, FATES, Guildhests etc made me learn my char and class very well.

I dont find FFXIV "hard" but I find it provides an adequate challange that when put besides its counterparts could even be considered hard.

[Aldora]

Could it be harder? perhaps but it would not serve any purpose and only alienate many of the base players.

Given if all you do is FATE then there isnt much in terms of gameplay, but the 1-50 storyline is perfectly adequate of serving as an education in playing your class.

If you played conjuror till 50 only using aero never having healed thats a choice you made by only doing FATEs and i am pretty sure the fault lies with you not the game.

I must say of all MMOs I tried, i was happy once i reached 50 to say i played to 50 NOT leveled to 50, instances, TRIALS, leves, FATES, Guildhests etc made me learn my char and class very well.

My thoughts exactly. Veteran MMO players might think the game is (too) easy, but a player who new to the genre might think otherwise.

I would suggest doing every dungeon you can. One of the reasons why is that I thought that the Sunken Temple of Qairn was very tricky, but also very fun to do.

[Lumiin]

My thoughts exactly. Veteran MMO players might think the game is (too) easy, but a player who new to the genre might think otherwise.

I would suggest doing every dungeon you can. One of the reasons why is that I thought that the Sunken Temple of Qairn was very tricky, but also very fun to do.

I've met loads of first time MMOers in this game that finds it way to easy. Everyone keeps saying this is how modern MMOs are, but truth is, it isn't. No newly released mmo aside from this one is this easy and the ones coming out aren't this easy either.

[Krisan]

To be fair.. level 50 isn't meant to stay as the level cap indefinitely. In fact it might increase in a couple of months even. We're at least going to see a cap raise to 99 before the game is truly over, and although that might be years away for all we know.. 1-50 being designed easier than some MMO's is probably completely intentional. Have to broaden your views beyond the current narrow scope of the game and consider how much it's going to change.. I mean hell, we haven't even quite hit the one month mark yet...

[Blissa]

What this game really lacks is exploration. There is not a whole lot to see and do and its way to easy to get around. And you can get around with almost no fear of death.

[Demetirus]

This is one heck of a necro. o.o

Also: you can go back and edit an existing post to get around the 1k limit. No need to multi-post!

[Vensaval]

I too find the combat too simplistic. It became such a drag that I no longer felt like playing and eventually cancelled my sub. There's still a lot of stuff left for me to do, but I can't enjoy it with the way the game is in its current state.

All combat just feels too similar. Dodge the red and cycle through your rotation. No amount of positioning, interacting with objects, or even difficulty can make it more exciting when the core is nothing but a bore. There's just not enough tactical elements, in my opinion.

The quests. The trials. The dungeons. To me, they're all just a constant repetition of the same thing. Which demolishes any sense of immersion this game should have. I stick around, though. In hopes that SE improves it well enough to the point where I'd be dying to play it again.

This is one heck of a necro. o.o

Oh, man. I didn't even realize . . .

[Zezlar]

I too find the combat too simplistic. It became such a drag that I no longer felt like playing and eventually cancelled my sub. There's still a lot of stuff left for me to do, but I can't enjoy it with the way the game is in its current state.

All combat just feels too similar. Dodge the red and cycle through your rotation. No amount of positioning, interacting with objects, or even difficulty can make it more exciting when the core is nothing but a bore. There's just not enough tactical elements, in my opinion.

The quests. The trials. The dungeons. To me, they're all just a constant repetition of the same thing. Which demolishes any sense of immersion this game should have. I stick around, though. In hopes that SE improves it well enough to the point where I'd be dying to play it again.



Oh, man. I didn't even realize . . .

The only thing you can do is quit. They will not get the message if we stay and complain.

[Hiraki]

That Early Access thread lol.

[silentwindfr]

well, sure, let's make the 1-50 gradually a pain and long to finish... let's make the first dungeon 50 really hard.
well for me, as legacy and old player of mmorph (did begin with Anarchy online) nothing was really hard. but i have a friend with who i play, she had to learn everything from step one... if you ask her if the combat is slow... she will say no! if you ask her if the game is easy at high level... she will say no.

it's good to see the game with your eyes, but don't forget that the world don't revolve around you. the game was made for allows new player to catch with legacy, they have gradually add new mechanic, new way to fight with the 2.1 and surely will continue with the 2.2... indeed for veteran it will surelly look easy. but well, new player don't have your huge experience of this sort of game and will find this really really hard.