Final Fantasy XIV

[Vatoreus]

Color me intrigued.

[Aegorian]

Originally Posted by Flight

I agree with the above. This is the game that will challenge WoW.

Possibly, but it depends on quite a bit. My biggest gripe with FFXI was that in their attempt to cross platform the game, they completely botched many aspects of the game... specifically communication and controls. It was just an awkward all around play experience on the PC, despite the game being solid and having a world i could really throw myself into.

I hear the grind in FFXI has gotten a bit better, but that still remains another barrier to competing with WoW. Lets be honest for a second: People are going to play the game where it's easier to achieve the goals they want. WoW serves goals up on a silver platter, while in FFXI, i never felt like i was accomplishing all that much.

Graphics are going to be interesting with FFXIV. I'd love to see some real in game footage rather than just the cutscenes. I'd also like a lot more information as to how they plan to lay out the game. Is it going to be a wide open world like much of FFXI is, or are we pushing another instance-fest?

To be honest, i could go on and on, but in the end i say it's way too early to tell if FFXIV could even touch WoW. I look forward to reading more about it, though. I'll definitely be giving it a shot if it looks good and can overcome some of the pitfalls of the previous version.

[Ham n Cheese]

irc was basically 8 people saying WTF when this was announced at e3, was great.

[Grizzlebeard]

This time round I'll pick a race I won't be sick to fuck of after six years.

Can't wait for this now.

[Rathi04]

For everyone saying they want a PC release, FFXI played much better with a controller than it did with mouse and keyboard. The only way I could use it without a controller was by setting it to keyboard only and not using the mouse at all. I'm sure it will do just fine on the ps3 and depending on if it requires a subscription, I'm sure it will just hoping it wont, I'll be interested in playing it.

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Everytime a new game comes out you Newbs proclaim it a WoW killer LOL.......


Also if you can't jump in this version,then FUCK IT BRAH. This nigger needs to jump yo

[Adam12]

I just hope that they'll take their lessons from FFXI and apply them to XIV. I have heard that the Japanese players love the grind though, so who knows.


I don't know if it was because we had jumped over from EQ into this, but most of the people I played with burned out around level 30 (with multiple jobs in the ~20 range), and 1 - 3 months of play. We might have already been burned out from EQ, I can't really remember. Loved the job system, art style, damage and xp chains. Mobs became repetitive though, and some of the essential farms were bullshit.

[Genjiro]

Originally Posted by Rathi04

For everyone saying they want a PC release, FFXI played much better with a controller than it did with mouse and keyboard.

Which was a huge problem, the interface was a giant pile of shit, along with all the fucking japs yelling at people for not knowing skillchains on day 1 of launch. I dunno, the FF universe was a pretty cool place when I was 12, the cutesy little spiky haired chubby pink flying japanime pokemon shit just doesnt satisfy my tastes now as an adult. Hoping at least one of these games delivers something that resembles a true fantasy setting.

My left nut is sitting here waiting to be given for a MMO world as pretty and stable as LoTR but fun and set in something like Toril of Forgotten Realms.

[Genjiro]

Originally Posted by Adam12

I just hope that they'll take their lessons from FFXI and apply them to XIV. I have heard that the Japanese players love the grind though, so who knows.


I don't know if it was because we had jumped over from EQ into this, but most of the people I played with burned out around level 30 (with multiple jobs in the ~20 range), and 1 - 3 months of play. We might have already been burned out from EQ, I can't really remember. Loved the job system, art style, damage and xp chains. Mobs became repetitive though, and some of the essential farms were bullshit.

Haha, and here is the man who played FF with me at launch. Adam, do you remember those goddamned Japs freaking the fuck out when we didnt know how to do the skillchains like an hour after we got the game?

OH AND IT WAS GREAT FUN BOTH OF US RANDOMING FOR THREE HOURS TO GET ON THE SAME SERVER. THANKS JAPAN.

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I wouldn't mind a Demon Souls full out MMO.

[Adam12]

Originally Posted by Genjiro

Haha, and here is the man who played FF with me at launch. Adam, do you remember those goddamned Japs freaking the fuck out when we didnt know how to do the skillchains like an hour after we got the game?

OH AND IT WAS GREAT FUN BOTH OF US RANDOMING FOR THREE HOURS TO GET ON THE SAME SERVER. THANKS JAPAN.

Jesus fucking Christ, thanks for taking my rose colored glasses off, dude. Yeah, that first day was some shit. Where were we? Phoenix server? I only remember that because it took us all fucking day to finally land on the same one. Those Japs were ridiculous, it's true. There were some faggot NA players who thought they knew it all too who also gave us shit.

Your mangina was fucking hot though.

(Edit: Spelling)

[Feduke]

How FFXI was launched in north America was a big part of the problem. With all the twinks running around i believe people got an early jaded perspective of the game. People became hyper-selective in groups (I felt this as a monk big time).

The game was hard, which was great, forcing the use of consumables, skillchains, and also giving a sense of danger not found in most MMOs lately.

The level break quest in the catacombs held me up for almost 2 weeks. Also the sub class system did not exactly allow for alternate subjobs, for example my monk pretty much only would work with warrior as sub.

[Ham n Cheese]

Originally Posted by Rathi04

For everyone saying they want a PC release, FFXI played much better with a controller than it did with mouse and keyboard. The only way I could use it without a controller was by setting it to keyboard only and not using the mouse at all. I'm sure it will do just fine on the ps3 and depending on if it requires a subscription, I'm sure it will just hoping it wont, I'll be interested in playing it.

That's true and I still prefer the desk if I'm EVER going to be touching a keyboard. I played on PC, with a gamepad. I didn't care much for it, but you get used too it really soon

[fucker]

i question arise when i think about a mmorpg on a console:

how the fuck do you write on a chat without a keyboard?

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PS3 has a keyboard......