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Stormblood - Dungeon Crawl - Get a First Look - Final Fantasy XIV Videos - MMORPG.com
Today's a big day for Final Fantasy XIV fans as they look forward to the Early Access launch of the Stormblood expansion. To show off some of the encounters players will find in Stormblood, the team has sent out a brand new "dungeon crawl" video. It's definitely not one to miss!
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Atm dutyfinder is broken.
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Yes you should get a EA code that works for 4 days to let you in ASAP.
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Its still P2P or Btp?
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http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/54b16fc0f43a225bb4d72b9e28f136e7c4fe2596
Bonuses for characters created during bonus period that attain level 30 in any class
Gift of 1,000,000 gil（*1）
Gift of 15 days of free play time（*2）
*1 Limited to once per data center on a single service account.
*2 Limited to once per service account when creating a new character on either a new or designated World.
Now only if I had free time to gain the free time hehe
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Sadly, most of the dungeons in this video will be quickly burned through and relegated to the increasing pile of "useless content" in favor of the one or two that are deemed "the best and most efficient for progression".
Where SE seems to be falling ever shorter over time is the ability to deliver a compelling MMO experience that *remains* compelling more than 2 weeks after each content release.
People will say "well that's just how modern MMOs are", as though it's a defense. It isn't. It's a cop-out. If it's a known issue for lesser developers, I'd expect SE to stand out as the exception. They did this through the whole ARR cycle, wherein lots of great and sustainable content was introduced. They started slipping with Heavensward, and appear to continue along that trend with SB.
But then, Yoshida does love clinging to WoW as XIV's blueprint; he's cited WoW as inspiration for a number of things he's done in FFXIV so far, up to and including jump potions and "extended free trial". He won't dare deviate from that, because his own ideas fall short (e.g. Diadem - both versions), are DoA (e.g. Verminion), or become rolling trainwrecks (e.g. housing) every time.
He's going to continue to play it as safe as possible, hiding behind "but WoW does it!" as his defense every opportunity he gets.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/328470?p=4201816#post4201816
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