Tweet
FFXIV, I hope it's not like what this has become.
I'm frustrated with this game.
I started playing at the NA launch after being an active researcher online since it was released in Japan, I had my 2nd job almost to 70 when the cap raised to 75.
I quit playing that char, and was done with FFXI about the time TAU came out.
It used to be hard to gain levels, but...
Signet bonuses- This alone makes it possible to solo, I was able to chain EM ~30 as a galka MNK.
Exp from EP~DC- they threw this in on top of that, what used to be like 12exp, now gives you 60??! Why fight DC or EM?
Exp Rings- Killing EP should not give me 100+ exp >< Especially if it's a BST pet.
Fields of Valour- So I can mow down EP for more than 25exp, and then get almost 1000 free exp (depending on lv)
Level Sync- Even if I didn't want to solo, I can join lv20 PT killing worms in Qufim and stay there indefinately.
/DNC- I can use drain samba, go afk while bashing an EP- and come back with more HP than I started... and Waltz TP..
The bar has been lowered so far, to not leave anyone behind... that we're all missing out on the challenge.
I basically have been soloing... MNK73 now.
I never rest, I mow things down... when I do join parties I am filled with rage and frustration.
No one knows shit anymore, People look everything up. It's like an open book test and people still fail.
LevelSync reminds me of Diablo II, cows or baal runs. Of all the camps we used to camp... skill was partly knowing where to camp, now- people look it up, and everyone is partied in the same place. I find my knowledge-base useless, because even if I am trying to teach someone, it's easier to find a person of the level we want to be at the 'pop area' wherever google says to go. People are ignorant. I enjoyed moving around, seeking new expgrounds whenever you grew too big. Leveling now is confined to the most convienent place. Most zones remain unexplored, or even unentered, unless for a quest/mission... it's really sad that today's generation is missing out on so much of the gameplay I found most enjoyable.
Nobody knows much about FFXIV so far, just speculations... I'm afraid of the 'casual-gamer', I'm afraid of finding myself as the casual gamer in the future, and seeing someone extremely progressed and thinking they have too much time on their hands. I remember viewing them with honor and respect, someone skilled... but I can't anymore. By making FFXI easy as hell, it's really taken away a lot of the pride.
"waah! I've wasted 3 hours LFG sitting in jeuno!"- You don't have to sit in town.. Get this- kill something you can solo for small exp, that drops stuff you can be farming. Craft, do Quests, fish. There's also that chance that maybe you're a tool who shouts a lot, I would see someone LFG that I know is a moron, and even tho the pt may need that job- I'd rather wait 5/6 for something else.
The difficulty curve used to be my best friend, it would keep the cream at the top... now the whole batch seems like bad milk, but maybe that's just Remora.
I'm pretty sure SE knows what they're doing, I'd have a hard time starting a 7year-old game new with no advantage to the people that have been playing since launch. Sadly, it's a fact that the handicap helped me out tremendously in starting over, but it's not fair to say that this is the same game it was 5 years ago.
I am excited for the challenges of FFXIV, I hope it will be rewardingly difficult at launch. They'll have plenty of time to dumb it down over the years again.
I started playing at the NA launch after being an active researcher online since it was released in Japan, I had my 2nd job almost to 70 when the cap raised to 75.
I quit playing that char, and was done with FFXI about the time TAU came out.
It used to be hard to gain levels, but...
Signet bonuses- This alone makes it possible to solo, I was able to chain EM ~30 as a galka MNK.
Exp from EP~DC- they threw this in on top of that, what used to be like 12exp, now gives you 60??! Why fight DC or EM?
Exp Rings- Killing EP should not give me 100+ exp >< Especially if it's a BST pet.
Fields of Valour- So I can mow down EP for more than 25exp, and then get almost 1000 free exp (depending on lv)
Level Sync- Even if I didn't want to solo, I can join lv20 PT killing worms in Qufim and stay there indefinately.
/DNC- I can use drain samba, go afk while bashing an EP- and come back with more HP than I started... and Waltz TP..
The bar has been lowered so far, to not leave anyone behind... that we're all missing out on the challenge.
I basically have been soloing... MNK73 now.
I never rest, I mow things down... when I do join parties I am filled with rage and frustration.
No one knows shit anymore, People look everything up. It's like an open book test and people still fail.
LevelSync reminds me of Diablo II, cows or baal runs. Of all the camps we used to camp... skill was partly knowing where to camp, now- people look it up, and everyone is partied in the same place. I find my knowledge-base useless, because even if I am trying to teach someone, it's easier to find a person of the level we want to be at the 'pop area' wherever google says to go. People are ignorant. I enjoyed moving around, seeking new expgrounds whenever you grew too big. Leveling now is confined to the most convienent place. Most zones remain unexplored, or even unentered, unless for a quest/mission... it's really sad that today's generation is missing out on so much of the gameplay I found most enjoyable.
Nobody knows much about FFXIV so far, just speculations... I'm afraid of the 'casual-gamer', I'm afraid of finding myself as the casual gamer in the future, and seeing someone extremely progressed and thinking they have too much time on their hands. I remember viewing them with honor and respect, someone skilled... but I can't anymore. By making FFXI easy as hell, it's really taken away a lot of the pride.
"waah! I've wasted 3 hours LFG sitting in jeuno!"- You don't have to sit in town.. Get this- kill something you can solo for small exp, that drops stuff you can be farming. Craft, do Quests, fish. There's also that chance that maybe you're a tool who shouts a lot, I would see someone LFG that I know is a moron, and even tho the pt may need that job- I'd rather wait 5/6 for something else.
The difficulty curve used to be my best friend, it would keep the cream at the top... now the whole batch seems like bad milk, but maybe that's just Remora.
I'm pretty sure SE knows what they're doing, I'd have a hard time starting a 7year-old game new with no advantage to the people that have been playing since launch. Sadly, it's a fact that the handicap helped me out tremendously in starting over, but it's not fair to say that this is the same game it was 5 years ago.
I am excited for the challenges of FFXIV, I hope it will be rewardingly difficult at launch. They'll have plenty of time to dumb it down over the years again.
Comment