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  • VesaviusVesavius Member RarePosts: 7,908

    Originally posted by Raxeon

    Originally posted by vesavius

    Originally posted by Mariouz

    There will be plenty of gil farmers that you can contact that will have a leveling service, since you dont care and want to just enjoy the more complex end game where it wont seem a bore to you

    Please... I havent said I don't want to earn my levels and enjoy the levelling experience... just that the combat looks mindnumbingly slow.

    Refusing to endure a boring uninspiring combat system shouldnt be something to be criticised for.

    Yes the combat is slow from everything we have seen, does this make it a bad game?

    Well, potentiolly yeah actually.

     till you actully play it Its not numb minding slow. if yout hink its to slow then just go play some button smasher mmo

     Please.. telling people what 'they should go play' is just unnecessary.

    I am not saying it is this or that, I am just saying that by what I have seen it looks very very slow, and thats a fair obseravtion.

    What MMO would you compare it to playwise in tersm of speed? Assuming you have played it yourself?

  • MariouzMariouz Member Posts: 186

    NO! /emote continues to beat dead horse....

    Agree with you on the mechanics. I think that the slowness everyone is talking about is that in a nutshell, thanks for pointing it out.

     

    See people he actually explained it and I totally agreed with him, and it was done with few words and it was simple and to the point, not this is slow so therefore it sucks.

  • Honeymoon69Honeymoon69 Member Posts: 647

    The game is basicly made for playstation so they wont follow ur regular mmo rules.  Even for pc version u need a gamepad to play no wonder there is no pvp in this game.

  • MariouzMariouz Member Posts: 186

    These post are slow coming come on people I need more controversy so I can post stuff....

     

    Sorry Vesa, I agree with some of your points its just that you are killing me here lol, just wait and play it and if it does not improve then well move on, I will be doing the same thing as most of those that have already preordered, we will try it out and if it does not work out well it does not work out and we will move on to some other MMO... Still wanting to try GW2 and maybe TERA and stuff, but this one is the one coming out now so....

  • WSIMikeWSIMike Member Posts: 5,564

    Originally posted by Hyanmen

    Because regular mobs can't be challenging!

    I know! Everyone knows that normal world mobs are supposed to be 2-3 hit kills, tops, or they're simply too strong and need to be nerfed.

    How are players supposed to feel powerful if world mobs aren't falling like flies before their blades, bows or spells?

    Sheesh.

    On a serious note...

    What I don't get is where there's some rule that states combat is supposed to be a certain speed in a MMO, or it's too slow? Where does it say that a world mob - or any kind of mob - is supposed take no longer than "x seconds" to defeat?

    The combat should suit the gameplay. FFXIV isn't about mowing down hordes of mobs a la your typical Lineage 2 style grinder. It's not about grinding through mobs in under 10 seconds a la a typical WoW clone. Just like other FF titles, it's about slower, more strategic fights. And no, the videos we've seen of combat to date are not an example of the more strategic fights in FFXIV. The more strategic fights will come in the tougher guildlevels, or larger encounters where a party of players is taking on a group of mobs... player and mob positioining, crowd-control, aggro management, etc... all that will come into play and, yes, will be more strategic.

    You wouldn't expect to see tougher, challenging and strategic fights in the early levels of WoW, or LoTRO, Eve, or any other MMO, so it's pretty disingneuous to place such an expectation on FFXIV.

    Like FFXI, FFXIV will be a Final Fantasy game online. It's not going to be a FF theme shoe-horned into yet another WoW-style. SE has their own ideas of the kind of game they want to deliver, how they want it played and how the pacing should be. That's the game they're going to deliver. If an individual can't enjoy the game that way, then fine... FFXIV isn't the game for you. Hopefully you'll find one that suits you well next time.

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  • MariouzMariouz Member Posts: 186

    And I am glad no PVP, one less thing to worry about, for one the game would never-ever get finished if you had the PVP mechanics to worry about, talk about slow imagine if there was actual PVP. PVP would kill it even further, and while they did have the PS3 in mind I don't think it was all based on PS3 since it will not be coming out for PS3 until March and since PS3 does not have the amount of horse power to run it very well to begin with. But they did do the mechanics and UI around the PS3 I think.

  • RaxeonRaxeon Member UncommonPosts: 2,288

    Originally posted by Mariouz

    These post are slow coming come on people I need more controversy so I can post stuff....

     

    Sorry Vesa, I agree with some of your points its just that you are killing me here lol, just wait and play it and if it does not improve then well move on, I will be doing the same thing as most of those that have already preordered, we will try it out and if it does not work out well it does not work out and we will move on to some other MMO... Still wanting to try GW2 and maybe TERA and stuff, but this one is the one coming out now so....

     i want to try tera cause the combat and stuf flooke fun. ff14 combat looks fun ina  diffreant way. event ho you can attacka s fast as youw ant but youll run out of stam faster

  • RaxeonRaxeon Member UncommonPosts: 2,288

    Originally posted by Mariouz

    And I am glad no PVP, one less thing to worry about, for one the game would never-ever get finished if you had the PVP mechanics to worry about, talk about slow imagine if there was actual PVP. PVP would kill it even further, and while they did have the PS3 in mind I don't think it was all based on PS3 since it will not be coming out for PS3 until March and since PS3 does not have the amount of horse power to run it very well to begin with. But they did do the mechanics and UI around the PS3 I think.

     yea i believe your right about the ui i dont find the ui bad tho very simple to be honest

  • RaxeonRaxeon Member UncommonPosts: 2,288

    Originally posted by Alders

    The pace is fine, it's the mechanics that need work.

    Passive/active mode is a mess.

    Having to stop to pull out and put away your weapon creates the same animation delay as XI. It needs to be fluid and instant. But this we already know and has been talked to death already.

     yea game is still beta so i would wait until about 2 weeks form release before worrying

  • BallistaBallista Member UncommonPosts: 120

    Originally posted by Alders

    The pace is fine, it's the mechanics that need work.

    Passive/active mode is a mess.

    Having to stop to pull out and put away your weapon creates the same animation delay as XI. It needs to be fluid and instant. But this we already know and has been talked to death already.

    Because it's less than 2 months away.. is there even much hope of that being significantly adjusted prior to launch?

  • RaxeonRaxeon Member UncommonPosts: 2,288

    Originally posted by Ballista

    Originally posted by Alders

    The pace is fine, it's the mechanics that need work.

    Passive/active mode is a mess.

    Having to stop to pull out and put away your weapon creates the same animation delay as XI. It needs to be fluid and instant. But this we already know and has been talked to death already.

    Because it's less than 2 months away.. is there even much hope of that being significantly adjusted prior to launch?

     its only 3 weeks of beta so far geeses. like i said wait until about 2 weeks to amonth from release before worring so much

  • BallistaBallista Member UncommonPosts: 120

    Originally posted by Raxeon

    Originally posted by Ballista


    Originally posted by Alders

    The pace is fine, it's the mechanics that need work.

    Passive/active mode is a mess.

    Having to stop to pull out and put away your weapon creates the same animation delay as XI. It needs to be fluid and instant. But this we already know and has been talked to death already.

    Because it's less than 2 months away.. is there even much hope of that being significantly adjusted prior to launch?

     its only 3 weeks of beta so far geeses. like i said wait until about 2 weeks to amonth from release before worring so much

    It was a question. I don't know too much about S-E timestamps for incorporating feedback into their MMO since I don't play FFXI.

  • RaxeonRaxeon Member UncommonPosts: 2,288

    Originally posted by Ballista

    Originally posted by Raxeon

    Originally posted by Ballista

    Originally posted by Alders

    The pace is fine, it's the mechanics that need work.

    Passive/active mode is a mess.

    Having to stop to pull out and put away your weapon creates the same animation delay as XI. It needs to be fluid and instant. But this we already know and has been talked to death already.

    Because it's less than 2 months away.. is there even much hope of that being significantly adjusted prior to launch?

     its only 3 weeks of beta so far geeses. like i said wait until about 2 weeks to amonth from release before worring so much

    It was a question. I don't know too much about S-E timestamps for incorporating feedback into their MMO since I don't play FFXI.

     2 diffrent engiens so i duno

  • stayontargetstayontarget Member RarePosts: 6,519

    Do you think it was a good idea to port it to the PC.  Or should they have left it console only ?

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  • BallistaBallista Member UncommonPosts: 120

    Originally posted by stayontarget

    Do you think it was a good idea to port it to the PC.  Or should they have left it console only ?

    If I get it I'd play it on the PC and just use a PS3 controller if the consensus is it's better to use that versus mouse and keyboard just because I like where my PC is and it'll keep the TV and PS3 free for my boyfriend :D

    So I think it's good!

  • RaxeonRaxeon Member UncommonPosts: 2,288

    Originally posted by stayontarget

    Do you think it was a good idea to port it to the PC.  Or should they have left it console only ?

     they didnt port it to pc Oo

  • SkieveSkieve Member Posts: 190

    TBH i think they will make the controls like it was with FFXI , that you dont need the mouse at all. Is really easy to play with the keyboard only.I still play with a xbox360 pad , way more comfortable to play anygame that it actually lets you do so imo.

  • stayontargetstayontarget Member RarePosts: 6,519

    Originally posted by Raxeon

    Originally posted by stayontarget

    Do you think it was a good idea to port it to the PC.  Or should they have left it console only ?

     they didnt port it to pc Oo

    Really..and all this time I thought those vid's were from PC's using controllers.  haha

    Maybe it's best they leave it that way.

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  • BallistaBallista Member UncommonPosts: 120

    Originally posted by stayontarget

    Originally posted by Raxeon


    Originally posted by stayontarget

    Do you think it was a good idea to port it to the PC.  Or should they have left it console only ?

     they didnt port it to pc Oo

    Really..and all this time I thought those vid's were from PC's using controllers.  haha

    Maybe it's best they leave it that way.

    It's going to be released for PC in September and PS3 in March.

  • stayontargetstayontarget Member RarePosts: 6,519

    Mmm ports never turn out very good, best to leave it console only. IMO

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  • BallistaBallista Member UncommonPosts: 120

    Originally posted by stayontarget

    Mmm ports never turn out very good, best to leave it console only. IMO

    Well I think this game is more unique in that it's not really a "port," the design philisophy from the game's conception was to make it viable for both systems, according to my understanding.

  • RaxeonRaxeon Member UncommonPosts: 2,288

    Originally posted by stayontarget

    Originally posted by Raxeon

    Originally posted by stayontarget

    Do you think it was a good idea to port it to the PC.  Or should they have left it console only ?

     they didnt port it to pc Oo

    Really..and all this time I thought those vid's were from PC's using controllers.  haha

    Maybe it's best they leave it that way.

     they made the pc version with controller in mind

  • RaxeonRaxeon Member UncommonPosts: 2,288

    Originally posted by Ballista

    Originally posted by stayontarget

    Originally posted by Raxeon

    Originally posted by stayontarget

    Do you think it was a good idea to port it to the PC.  Or should they have left it console only ?

     they didnt port it to pc Oo

    Really..and all this time I thought those vid's were from PC's using controllers.  haha

    Maybe it's best they leave it that way.

    It's going to be released for PC in September and PS3 in March.

     yep and the engine works on the ps3 and pc pc is muchf arther along in dev the the ps3 because of the memory issues

  • tyrannistyrannis Member Posts: 198

    Originally posted by Lord.Bachus

    Most video's you seen where probably Alfa video's

    Combat pace in Beta has picked up.... Just have a good look at the 2nd part of the alfa/beta comparison video..

     

    Tough i think FF XIV's combat system will never be as action paced as some other games, its supposed to be more tactical.

     

    Tactical? Hmm, No.

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  • RaxeonRaxeon Member UncommonPosts: 2,288

    Originally posted by tyrannis

    Originally posted by Lord.Bachus

    Most video's you seen where probably Alfa video's

    Combat pace in Beta has picked up.... Just have a good look at the 2nd part of the alfa/beta comparison video..

     

    Tough i think FF XIV's combat system will never be as action paced as some other games, its supposed to be more tactical.

     

    Tactical? Hmm, No.

     umm yes

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