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This game is amazing
fivoroth
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I picked this game a few days ago for like £7 because I thought that I wouldn't care even if I switched off the game after an hour.
So I started playing this game and I am just amazed at how awesome it is. I love the graphical interface and I find the world beautiful. I am way more impressed with the graphics of this game compared to other recent MMOs.
However, what pleasantly surprised me was how much there is to do in this game. There are story quests, random side quests, class quests (I missed those so much from previous MMOs) and all these different types of logs with stuff to do - class logs, crafting/gathering logs etc.
The class system is just pure awesomeness! You can level up every class/profession/gathering profession on one character. Why other MMOs don't do this is beyond me. It's just too cool. It gives you tons of stuff to do if you want mix things up.
Of course, I am not sure what the endgame will be like but I don't really care. I usually leave shortly after doing the regular dungeons/levelling thing. Although this game has some endgame stuff which sound really interesting but time will tell.
Anyways I would recommend this game to anyone looking for a fun pve game. The class system is just amazing. This is coming from someone who has never played a final fantasy game before. I just randomly picked it after I saw it for £7.
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You have listed a lot of the strengths of FFXIV and I do think it may be the best themepark MMO out there right now. The game is not without its downsides for me (the combat seems slow and the synergy of abilities is uninteresting compared to WoW and SWTOR and there is little to no character customization within the classes - i.e. no skill trees or talent points). But the rate at which they release new content and the beauty of the world are so strong that the game keeps pulling me back.
If I would just commit and find a good guild, FFXIV would be a place to call home for a long time. But I'm just not quite ready to do that yet and just play off and on when a new patch hits.
Agreed completely. The "strengths" of the game listed in the OP are the same systems and content offered by the vast majority of themepark games.
In short, there's really very little in the game that makes it special. It's more of the same.
Hell hath no fury like an MMORPG player scorned.
I beg to differ. the game is amazing before and after 30 days, I came back after quitting a while and can not have time to do what I want each day because there are many things to do. and in terms of PvP, frontlines is actually really good and very much enjoyable , not to mention there are now more horizental progression then before where it was purely vertical. I think once the next patch hits, the game will be 90% complete, and upon expansion it will be 100% once golden saucer and double amount of content released.
TLDR? well even if other theme park MMOs have some elements of FFXIV, the latter knew how to make it with such tuning and quality that puts other MMOs to shame.
I bet you quit before you hit the end game content, because the combat is definitely not slow by any means. You will get more off GCD skills that you need to weave it in, and in pvp you get even 5 more pvp skills in each class that you also need to weave it in, ie, its instant skills with 0 CD if you play it correctly. the end raids, I bet you it needs better reaction and skill then most of the raids you have played in other MMOs.
In terms of gear or character graphics, well thats your opinion afterall :P
I had my fun in the game for the first 2 months with my coworker's, but it comes down to the term theme park. Once the ride is over, it's over. My experience with that game came down to a lot of crafting and soon burnt out, but may retry it again on the PS4 for a different experience.
10 months later and those strengths are still there. What's the point of your comment? To bait the op into a fight or just trying to upset somebody who is excited?
Pretty much this ^.
FFXIV is probably one of the better themeparks out of the most recent batch, but it is very much a themepark. There's limited content, and the entire game is based around completing said content. Once that's over, it's pretty much just RPing with your lalafriends and maybe trying out other jobs, if you haven't done that already.
There's daily grinds & such u can also do, if that's your thing.
Personally I enjoyed it for what it was, but the game (ihmo) is just too simple to keep me playing. It's basically a gorgeous game with very simplified gameplay. But hey, that's what sells.
Why won't he last 30 day's? He said he picked up the game day's ago so he's been playing for a minute now. He also stated that he loved the graphics. So, why are you putting down something he like's just because you don't like it?
He's having fun and that's all that counts.
Can nobody on this site be supportive and say, "Cool dude, I'm glad you found a game you really like, I hope you have fun". ?
FFXIV is probably one of the better themeparks out of the most recent batch, but it is very much a themepark. There's limited content, and the entire game is based around completing said content. Once that's over, it's pretty much just RPing with your lalafriends and maybe trying out other jobs, if you haven't done that already.
There's daily grinds & such u can also do, if that's your thing.
Personally I enjoyed it for what it was, but the game (ihmo) is just too simple to keep me playing. It's basically a gorgeous game with very simplified gameplay. But hey, that's what sells.
All that limited content......Guess that's why they added all this : Patch 2.3
I mean it's only more content in 10 months than any other game at 10 months of their existence.
SWTOR has been out almost 3 years and has only a quarter of half of a half of content FF XIV ARR has.
Try again. At least WE get more main story and not just re-done dungeons in hard and nightmare.
Amazingly average WoW clone.
You can do quests, and quests, and quests, and quests!
Pretty much. You just summed this thread up ! Guess now we know why the op has not came back to respond. Afraid of the hate. I don't blame them.
This type of shit only works when the game first launches. You can't use this against a game that's been out for almost a year and is still growing. It makes you look desperate. I've been playing since beta and the game is still great. The content patches are amazing
AKA: almost every RPG ever made since DnD. What Final Fantasy game doesn't have quests?
Unsure if most people commenting on there being nothing to do are even playing currently. I can't find enough time in the day to do even a quarter of what there is to do in patch 2.3 (and all subsequent patched) with all the system upgrades, updates and new implementations. I don't even raid or do extreme fights or anything as I'm pretty much crafting and story oriented. In fact, I don't even think that I've started anything that was released in 2.3 yet -- just way behind on my list of things to do in addition to keeping up with gathering and crafting.
Just goes to show you that there are still people in the world that will try to argue the world is still flat, just because at one point people believed such; knowledge and things definitely aren't added or improved upon given time.
This is by far the highest quality MMO on the market, but I fell in love with FFXI a long time ago. I left 2 months after release because of the combat. Made it to BC turn 4 and we were close to getting to the 5th turn and I walked away. I thought the combat was too spammy / fast and lacked substance. For example in order for an archer / ranger to poison an enemy in FFXI they had to make poison arrows or bolts (and usually you left that job to the RDM or BLM), not have a skill for it..
I'm happy for anyone that enjoys it because I love SE, but I was spoiled rotten from FFXI.
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Its still pretty awsome after 30 days
NOPE. DnD isn't about grinding linear scripted instanced quests. It's about open ended adventures. The opposite of what FF14 does.
You know what MMOs didn't involve quest grinding? The non themepark pre WoW clone era MMOs.