new Classes revealed! PLD, DRK, RNG, BLM, WHM, DRG!!!!

[Murphie]

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ITT: No matter what you say, J9 KNOWS you will play FFXIV.

ALL SHALL SUBMIT.

[Raydeus]

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ITT: No matter what you say, J9 KNOWS you will play FFXIV.

ALL SHALL SUBMIT.

I got the game out of curiosity. And you know what I got from it? I finally understood the "Curiosity killed the cat." saying. /nod

Also learned that somehow SE actually managed to go backwards not only on gameplay but also on coding. They had absolutely no idea what they were doing, that's for sure.

And I'm not talking about PS3/lolBox limitations here. I'm talking full fledged stupidity with a slice of unexplainable awful use of resources not usually seen outside some of the worse indie games trying to use their own engines because they can't/wont pay for a proper engine license.


PS > HD Mithras still look awesome though.

[jenova_9]

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well um the FFXIV team is learning, mew.

[Kailea]

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well um the FFXIV team is learning, mew.

if by learning you mean tossed out and a new one brought in then yeah

[Raydeus]

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Considering their progress rate and the engine updates/fixes released in all this time...

I don't think I'll have the game installed in my computer the 10+ years it will probably take for it to be playable.

[jenova_9]

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they will improve things 10x faster than that, mew.

[Taskmage]

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oh mew, I'm sure you are interested in playing FFXIV sometime if there are more convincing additions.

The more convincing additions would basically have to be two dozen of my FFXI friends. Fat chance of that. Less than ten made the jump for the initial PC release, and that was when hype was at its max and we were all cautiously optimistic that this could be the next big thing. Then the flood of bad press and disappointing personal experiences hit. At this point I'd be shocked if you could talk a single one of them into shelling out for the client to give it a try. No, XIV is pretty much dead to me. Fool me can't get fooled again.

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PS > HD Mithras still look awesome though.

The character art is the one thing I sorely miss about the game. I would go gay for my lalafell. I'm bitter that he didn't exist in a world I had any desire to participate in.

[Raydeus]

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Also the music. I'm sad to report the most exciting times I had with the game where while it was installing and updating/login due to the great music. Also character creation.

It just went downhill from there.



But the music was always solid.

[Malacite]

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And yet they put out that statement a while back saying they're going to be changing a lot of it, apparently.

My only thought is why?! And also that how much of a tragedy it is that the first FF that Nobuo does the entire score for in YEARS and the game fucking tanked.

[Taskmage]

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Agreed.

[Aeni]

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Not sure if would want, but seeing as it's highly unlikely I'll ever play the game again, I'm not sure why I'm even venturing an opinion.

The game is still in "beta" considering no one has ever paid a dime to SE in subscription fees (giving your crystals to the Tohoku Relief isn't the same thing) and yet it's swamped with bots now. Been reporting websites to SE but not sure if they're even going to bother stamping them out. It's not like a lot of these things even work because most of them are just fronts for people looking to inject keyloggers into your PC and steal your account.

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Also the music. I'm sad to report the most exciting times I had with the game where while it was installing and updating/login due to the great music. Also character creation.

It just went downhill from there.



But the music was always solid.

Nobuo Uematsu's touch is unmistakable. And the graphics is really nice. I have to disagree with system resources unless you're experiencing another kind of problem that you're not elaborating on. For the most part, FFXIV isn't even taxing my system to any degree.

[Raydeus]

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So PLD, BLM, WHM, DRG, MNK, BRD and WAR.


Now normally I'd complain about the lack of RDM. But considering the state of the game and the awesomeness and complexity of RDM it only makes sense for them to focus on the simpler stuff for now and implement RDM once the game is ready for it.

[Balfree]

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I'm back on FFXIV after 1.19. Everything is 10x better. I played all weekend and I can't wait to get home and play some more... a lot of content that's keeping me busy, I'm actually interested in leveling up, soloing is fine but I look forward to partying all the time.

- The dungeons are engaging and fun, rewards are good.
- The Ifrit battle was amazingly done.
- The grand companies are pretty much a secondary storyline, or atleast it feels like it so far, which is good because that just means more interesting stuff to do.
- Materia is awesome, makes a noticeable difference. And also when you level up, you actually feel stronger now.
- You have to use your head more now in battles, specially mages seeing as hate is now a real threat.
- Crafting doesn't seem so painful now... somehow.

Obviously the game still has a long way to go, and SE broke some stuff with 1.19 that I hope will get fixed in 1.19a. Some macros are broken, icons dont update properly when you use your actions (can't tell when its ready to use again).

And to list more things that I'm hoping will get fixed:

- Selling stuff is such a task that I tend to just vendor everything, and even then the UI lags so much that it just bothers me to the point of dozing off while doing it. It takes 2 or so seconds for the confirmation window to popup, another 2 or so for it to be responsive, and another 2 to actually sell the item. With an inventory of 200 spaces, when half the stuff you have is junk to sell, this can be quite annoying.

- Buying stuff is equally annoying. I would love to buy stuff off of a window instead of having to physically move to another zone for EVERY purchase... which is slow loading because its so crowded... this is a stupid concept that not only consumes additional resources on the server, also makes it an annoying punishing process for the players. Just get rid of the physical retainers already and the wards and just let us buy things off the search list. How hard can that be? And something tells me that's the way they're gonna go... I can only hope. We don't even need an AH.

- The UI... the UI! gawd! Sure, we can carry 200 items now... That's pretty sweet yo. Problem? It was painful scrolling through 80 slots on FFXI, imagine 200. Here's an idea, let me have a grid rather than a list. Let me use filters, change sizes and mess around with the inventory format. Right now dealing with anything in the inventory is always painful. I would believe making the UI more responsive (less lag?) would make everything better, but seeing as that might be an issue right now (something tells me a free game cant encompass better servers due to the costs), give me tools that help me not hate the UI.

[DakAttack]

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I'd like to see the UI be less of a hassle. I think it interacts too often with the servers to ensure parity between client and server, but I'm no coder so who knows.

[Etra]

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The power leveling thing that's going on makes me not want to play at all anymore. Just seems like early to mid-game content is utterly pointless now.

Example: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...pe.-Not-Broken.