I gotta say this, I'm SICK of this exclamation (!) makr over NPCs with quest. The least you could do is come up with an original symbo... I can't believe how WoW dictates the MMO market. Heck even in DCUO, Rift, they have this ! thing going on.

only thing i'm having trouble is the travel system, couldn't even ride a chocobo to get around the large terrain, takes ages travel one spot to the next.
 

If you are going to troll or post how much you don't like the game, just don't post anything at all. If you don't like the game or care about it in the least then why do you even torture yourself by clicking on the link to the FFXIV Forums?

You don't like the game so what, alot of people still play it and it is growing daily since a new team has taken over. The game is getting a complete overhaul and does anyone have a can of Troll spray?

Originally posted by Datcyde

Yeah quest are a step to the right direction but I just dont get how they could have messed up so bad knowing what a success they made with ffxi.

 

They messed up by trying to make the game so different from FFXI so as to make both games very distinct from one another, as well as not be another WoW clone. They tried too hard to change every aspect of their game from the current trend of MMO's, and they left out so many basic fundamentals that people enjoy, and we ended up with a crappy game with terrible mechanics, with very little content. 

If they had focused on keep many elements of FFXi that worked, used some of the basics of most MMO's, and didn't try to change everything, then I think they could've spent more time on the combat system - to make it truly fun and unique - and content.

But the funny thing is that there are actually people around that would defend the game in its current state and don't wish for as much to change as everyone else seems to.

Strange. 

SquareEnix can't seem to win with FFXIV.  At release, people bashed the game for a lack of quests and content.  Now that they're putting quests into the game, people are bashing it for being a WoW clone.

I'd say even with WoW-style questing, FFXIV is still pretty far from being a true WoW clone in the vein of so many other games out there.

not as good as i expected

As (former) fan of SE only solution possible I see is to DELETE all code, servers, ... all ... then start programming from scratch. Maybe would consider then to play FF15 someday in distant future. But I guess they have enough money to try revive corpse. Until they will discover there is nothing to do. This "game", start, ... was such total failure that I can not remember in history. Maybe game would rock some 20 years ago, I do not know. But not in 2011.

I think this shows that SE are in for the long-haul with FFXIV and are going to keep pumping content into it as it is probably in their long-term game plan the successor to FFXI. I think as a FF fan it will be a case of when to jump on board this one as there will be a huge amount of content in the game in 12 months time. 

"The content of these endeavors vary greatly from one another"

And our example of one of these greatly varying endeavours is....

"Chaunollet has petitioned your assistance in dispatching several Serpent Reavers."

Cmon....Surely you could have come up with a slightly more imaginative one than that?

^So let me get this straight... first they bring out a mmorpg then they make quests for it ? Wasnt it the other way arround ? *sigh

Originally posted by Haradeas

^So let me get this straight... first they bring out a mmorpg then they make quests for it ? Wasnt it the other way arround ? *sigh

 You are correct but that horse has been beaten to death enough to die a thousand times over. We're just hoping that the new implementations are going to get the game where it needs to be/should have been at release. Which honestly I'm ok with this "extended open beta" thing they have going on. There is not montly fee and the only direction from here is up, I just hope it happens quickly.

I personally believe they took sidequests in a different way than I was hoping. I was hoping for mini storylines like in FFXI. 

At least something more than a dialog box, which is lazy, imo.

Originally posted by Gajari

I personally believe they took sidequests in a different way than I was hoping. I was hoping for mini storylines like in FFXI. 

At least something more than a dialog box, which is lazy, imo.

Perhaps they will opt for quality rather than quantity. A few interesting storylines rather than a mass of generic kill quests.

Originally posted by nickster29

One thing I find amazing, is that there are so many of these folks that say "Hated the game, never giving it a second chance no matter what, not worth my time" but still take the time to read the new patch notes and take their time to talk about a game that they have no interest in spending more time on....

One of thse games that you cannot even bring yourself to log in to but would love to make it your home if only it would actually work.