I'll certainly give props to Square Enix for recognizing how poor this game was on release and basically wanting to take it offline and do it properly. Despite that, I'm a little confused as to why MMORPG.com is putting this game "under development" along with other up and coming games in 2013. From what I've seen, it seems like the only thing that's really changing in this game's combat is speeding up and getting a user interface that doesn't look and act like garbage. Isn't that something on the scope of a big patch rather than a re-release?

IMHO, the game has already been developed. Not enough is changing for this to be considered a new title, starting with no character wipes. If you buy this "in development" game on its "launch day," you're going to see extremely powerful characters from 2010. There's really no difference from a new player standpoint from buying this game and buying a game that's been on the market for 1-2 years. The economy is also going to be extremely top-heavy, encouraging players to sell whatever can be used by higher level players rather than use them to progress personally... which kinda sucks for a game that originally marketed itself with one of the most engaging, diverse crafting systems ever created.  

I think it's pretty misleading and ingenious to put this on the same list as ArcheAge, The Elder Scrolls Online or any of the others competing for hype. 

Not exactly going to lose sleep over this, but this just doesn't seem right. It's the same game that got its shot in 2010. If there was a list for "expansions in development," I could see this being put on that list, but when this thing hits the market, it's going to be no spring chicken and new characters are going to start well-behind characters who played this "in development" game back in 2010... so I'm not sure giving it the same weight as legitimate up-and-coming MMOs is appropriate. 

Are you certain there's going to be brand new servers the day of this re-release and, if so, that old characters won't be able to transfer to them? Even if that's done the way it should be done, friends/family might roll on an older server or not want to abandon established characters. A guild you want to join may be joining/staying on an older server. Lots of reasons why restricting yourself to a smal percentage of the servers on release may not work out well, and then you're stuck playing this "new game" with people who have years of advancement ahead of you.

It just doesn't seem like this should be on the same list as up-and-coming new releases. 

Originally posted by Dantae87
they have stated that it will be a 100% new world, with no old chars being able to be transferd over. I have played the beta and its a new game...nothing at all like how it was before...im counting the days till release my self.

Beta hasn't started yet so how did you play Beta???

I breath FFXIV so watch what you say.

Originally posted by Dantae87
Alpha/beta same thing diffrent name, i breath FF you watch what you say I GOT THE NAME TO PROVE IT DAMMIT and the 1-11 FF games INCLUDING the japanees NES titles and Quest games

It's not the same everyone is waiting for beta this february and you say you played beta it confuses people. 

You don't breath FFXIV cause you're starting new now I've been there since closed beta 3 over 2 years playing FFXIV.

Originally posted by Dantae87
they have stated that it will be a 100% new world, with no old chars being able to be transferd over. I have played the beta and its a new game...nothing at all like how it was before...im counting the days till release my self.

Could you link where they said that? Everything I've looked up has pointed to saying there would not be a wipe under any circumstances. Full wipe, everyone starts off even, and I have no complaint with this being considered "in-development."  

Originally posted by umcorian

I'll certainly give props to Square Enix for recognizing how poor this game was on release and basically wanting to take it offline and do it properly. Despite that, I'm a little confused as to why MMORPG.com is putting this game "under development" along with other up and coming games in 2013. From what I've seen, it seems like the only thing that's really changing in this game's combat is speeding up and getting a user interface that doesn't look and act like garbage. Isn't that something on the scope of a big patch rather than a re-release?

 

IMHO, the game has already been developed. Not enough is changing for this to be considered a new title, starting with no character wipes. If you buy this "in development" game on its "launch day," you're going to see extremely powerful characters from 2010. There's really no difference from a new player standpoint from buying this game and buying a game that's been on the market for 1-2 years. The economy is also going to be extremely top-heavy, encouraging players to sell whatever can be used by higher level players rather than use them to progress personally... which kinda sucks for a game that originally marketed itself with one of the most engaging, diverse crafting systems ever created.  

 

I think it's pretty misleading and ingenious to put this on the same list as ArcheAge, The Elder Scrolls Online or any of the others competing for hype. 

 

Not exactly going to lose sleep over this, but this just doesn't seem right. It's the same game that got its shot in 2010. If there was a list for "expansions in development," I could see this being put on that list, but when this thing hits the market, it's going to be no spring chicken and new characters are going to start well-behind characters who played this "in development" game back in 2010... so I'm not sure giving it the same weight as legitimate up-and-coming MMOs is appropriate. 

I read nothing but your OP. You must not know how to google at all. The game was basically rebuilt from the ground up. Almost every single aspect of the game has changed. 

For a taste of the massive changes go here http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/33824-ffxiv-a-realm-reborn-and-everything-you-need-to-know/

Pretty much a brand new game if you ask me aside from some of the early story quest lines.

Originally posted by umcorian

Originally posted by Dantae87
they have stated that it will be a 100% new world, with no old chars being able to be transferd over. I have played the beta and its a new game...nothing at all like how it was before...im counting the days till release my self.

Could you link where they said that? Everything I've looked up has pointed to saying there would not be a wipe under any circumstances. Full wipe, everyone starts off even, and I have no complaint with this being considered "in-development."  

No wipe for version 1.0 players but there will be new servers only for new players old players can't transfer to the new servers but still old character have everything they had on their own servers. If a new character like to join an old server they can tho in case they have friends with old characters allready leveled up.

By the way to get to level cap is going to be very very fast I think yoshi mentioned once 1-20 is like 30 minutes.

Originally posted by umcorian

I'll certainly give props to Square Enix for recognizing how poor this game was on release and basically wanting to take it offline and do it properly. Despite that, I'm a little confused as to why MMORPG.com is putting this game "under development" along with other up and coming games in 2013. From what I've seen, it seems like the only thing that's really changing in this game's combat is speeding up and getting a user interface that doesn't look and act like garbage. Isn't that something on the scope of a big patch rather than a re-release?

 

IMHO, the game has already been developed. Not enough is changing for this to be considered a new title, starting with no character wipes. If you buy this "in development" game on its "launch day," you're going to see extremely powerful characters from 2010. There's really no difference from a new player standpoint from buying this game and buying a game that's been on the market for 1-2 years. The economy is also going to be extremely top-heavy, encouraging players to sell whatever can be used by higher level players rather than use them to progress personally... which kinda sucks for a game that originally marketed itself with one of the most engaging, diverse crafting systems ever created.  

 

I think it's pretty misleading and ingenious to put this on the same list as ArcheAge, The Elder Scrolls Online or any of the others competing for hype. 

 

Not exactly going to lose sleep over this, but this just doesn't seem right. It's the same game that got its shot in 2010. If there was a list for "expansions in development," I could see this being put on that list, but when this thing hits the market, it's going to be no spring chicken and new characters are going to start well-behind characters who played this "in development" game back in 2010... so I'm not sure giving it the same weight as legitimate up-and-coming MMOs is appropriate. 

The game has had a pretty big over-haul done to it. I'm not exactly sure what you're going by, but it is not the same game as it was before. As far as your expansion thing goes, that is pretty silly considering it's not an expansion at all. It's a "Re-launch" which means that it's the actual game that has been reworked and revised.(Incase you weren't familiar with how that goes or works) I'm looking forward to it actually.

P.S- It's catagorized where it needs to be, regardless of your opinion. :)

Originally posted by Kenshin_Himura

Originally posted by umcorian

Originally posted by Dantae87
they have stated that it will be a 100% new world, with no old chars being able to be transferd over. I have played the beta and its a new game...nothing at all like how it was before...im counting the days till release my self.

Could you link where they said that? Everything I've looked up has pointed to saying there would not be a wipe under any circumstances. Full wipe, everyone starts off even, and I have no complaint with this being considered "in-development."  

No wipe for version 1.0 players but there will be new servers only for new players old players can't transfer to the new servers but still old character have everything they had on their own servers. If a new character like to join an old server they can tho in case they have friends with old characters allready leveled up.

By the way to get to level cap is going to be very very fast I think yoshi mentioned once 1-20 is like 30 minutes.

30 mins to level 20 and the cap is 50...good lord this game wont last long -_-; FFXI leveling took a long time to cap, but i think FFXIV 1.0 had a fair amount of time to level up to cap, making it much quicker than that is gonna be stupid. Everyone will be sitting at 50 looking for endgame in the first few weeks. Whats the point of making any mid game content of you can blow through it so damn fast?

I'm curious to see how much false information you guys can fit into one thread!

Originally posted by Waldoe

Originally posted by umcorian

I'll certainly give props to Square Enix for recognizing how poor this game was on release and basically wanting to take it offline and do it properly. Despite that, I'm a little confused as to why MMORPG.com is putting this game "under development" along with other up and coming games in 2013. From what I've seen, it seems like the only thing that's really changing in this game's combat is speeding up and getting a user interface that doesn't look and act like garbage. Isn't that something on the scope of a big patch rather than a re-release?

 

IMHO, the game has already been developed. Not enough is changing for this to be considered a new title, starting with no character wipes. If you buy this "in development" game on its "launch day," you're going to see extremely powerful characters from 2010. There's really no difference from a new player standpoint from buying this game and buying a game that's been on the market for 1-2 years. The economy is also going to be extremely top-heavy, encouraging players to sell whatever can be used by higher level players rather than use them to progress personally... which kinda sucks for a game that originally marketed itself with one of the most engaging, diverse crafting systems ever created.  

 

I think it's pretty misleading and ingenious to put this on the same list as ArcheAge, The Elder Scrolls Online or any of the others competing for hype. 

 

Not exactly going to lose sleep over this, but this just doesn't seem right. It's the same game that got its shot in 2010. If there was a list for "expansions in development," I could see this being put on that list, but when this thing hits the market, it's going to be no spring chicken and new characters are going to start well-behind characters who played this "in development" game back in 2010... so I'm not sure giving it the same weight as legitimate up-and-coming MMOs is appropriate. 

I read nothing but your OP. You must not know how to google at all. The game was basically rebuilt from the ground up. Almost every single aspect of the game has changed. 

 

For a taste of the massive changes go here http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/33824-ffxiv-a-realm-reborn-and-everything-you-need-to-know/

 

Pretty much a brand new game if you ask me aside from some of the early story quest lines.

Actually, it was my use of Google that saved me $60 on the initial game... because I googled gameplay footage taken from the 1.0 beta and decided after 4 minutes of watching that this game didn't have a chance. 

And I'm dubious how they can rebuild a game from the ground up, but retain everyone's progression. The game is obviously not that different at its core if carbon copies of characters are preserved wholesale and seemlessly integrated into the new version. New maps are nice and all, but just because Cataclysm redid the maps in WoW didn't make it WoW 2.0 and qualify it for a new release. It was still just an expansion. 

Originally posted by Kenshin_Himura

Originally posted by umcorian

Originally posted by Dantae87
they have stated that it will be a 100% new world, with no old chars being able to be transferd over. I have played the beta and its a new game...nothing at all like how it was before...im counting the days till release my self.

Could you link where they said that? Everything I've looked up has pointed to saying there would not be a wipe under any circumstances. Full wipe, everyone starts off even, and I have no complaint with this being considered "in-development."  

No wipe for version 1.0 players but there will be new servers only for new players old players can't transfer to the new servers but still old character have everything they had on their own servers. If a new character like to join an old server they can tho in case they have friends with old characters allready leveled up.

By the way to get to level cap is going to be very very fast I think yoshi mentioned once 1-20 is like 30 minutes.

I think you meant hours.

Originally posted by umcorian

Originally posted by Waldoe

Originally posted by umcorian

I'll certainly give props to Square Enix for recognizing how poor this game was on release and basically wanting to take it offline and do it properly. Despite that, I'm a little confused as to why MMORPG.com is putting this game "under development" along with other up and coming games in 2013. From what I've seen, it seems like the only thing that's really changing in this game's combat is speeding up and getting a user interface that doesn't look and act like garbage. Isn't that something on the scope of a big patch rather than a re-release?

 

IMHO, the game has already been developed. Not enough is changing for this to be considered a new title, starting with no character wipes. If you buy this "in development" game on its "launch day," you're going to see extremely powerful characters from 2010. There's really no difference from a new player standpoint from buying this game and buying a game that's been on the market for 1-2 years. The economy is also going to be extremely top-heavy, encouraging players to sell whatever can be used by higher level players rather than use them to progress personally... which kinda sucks for a game that originally marketed itself with one of the most engaging, diverse crafting systems ever created.  

 

I think it's pretty misleading and ingenious to put this on the same list as ArcheAge, The Elder Scrolls Online or any of the others competing for hype. 

 

Not exactly going to lose sleep over this, but this just doesn't seem right. It's the same game that got its shot in 2010. If there was a list for "expansions in development," I could see this being put on that list, but when this thing hits the market, it's going to be no spring chicken and new characters are going to start well-behind characters who played this "in development" game back in 2010... so I'm not sure giving it the same weight as legitimate up-and-coming MMOs is appropriate. 

I read nothing but your OP. You must not know how to google at all. The game was basically rebuilt from the ground up. Almost every single aspect of the game has changed. 

 

For a taste of the massive changes go here http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/33824-ffxiv-a-realm-reborn-and-everything-you-need-to-know/

 

Pretty much a brand new game if you ask me aside from some of the early story quest lines.

 

Actually, it was my use of Google that saved me $60 on the initial game... because I googled gameplay footage taken from the 1.0 beta and decided after 4 minutes of watching that this game didn't have a chance. 

And I'm dubious how they can rebuild a game from the ground up, but retain everyone's progression. The game is obviously not that different at its core if carbon copies of characters are preserved wholesale and seemlessly integrated into the new version. The infrastructure must still be completely the same.  New maps are nice and all, but just because Cataclysm redid the maps in WoW didn't make it WoW 2.0 and qualify it for a new release.

 

So, you still don't believe what people are telling you, or what? They're working on moving all the character data to the new game. It's a new game engine. So no, it's not the same core. If it was, there would be no need to shut down 1.0.