Yeah I'm really glad they actually started listening to what we had to say. I can't even begin to explain to people who haven't been a part of the FFXI scene for a long time how difficult it used to be to get anything changed that needed to be changed. Around 2007-2008, they finally started turning a new leaf and it looks like they'll be using this new-found strength to make FFXIV something enjoyable instead of the POS it is right now. Here's hoping they can create another MMO legacy b'-')b

billyX333

United States1360 Posts

December 10 2010 13:12 GMT

#102

Yeah this is good news for FFXIV but I already quit. I went all out for the first week but quickly realized I wasnt working to anything but more repetitive guild leves. There were no npc quests, no town missions, no AH yet, main town wasnt available yet, no content beyond lvl 50 etc etc etc. It was just craft or do guild leves.... forever. I think this game will definitely get better over the next year. According to the ffxiv forums, FFXI was piss poor judging by all their patch notes, but NA players don't know this because the japanese release preceded the NA release by a whole year.

I might pick this back up after an expansion pack though. I still follow the patch notes.

Mackh

France132 Posts

December 10 2010 14:05 GMT

#103

Those kind of systems always annoys hardcore gamers that compensate lack of skill/brain by playing all day long to upgear or up xp the average player

luckyseven

179 Posts

January 15 2011 02:03 GMT

#104

hows it going?

i wanted to play this , registered to squaresoft, but cant find ANY info on how to play, buy or download this game

seriously can someone link me to some info? i cant be this dumb can i.......surely there is some info on how to play this game somewhere.............

Serejai

6007 Posts

January 15 2011 02:21 GMT

#105

On January 15 2011 11:03 luckyseven wrote:
hows it going?

i wanted to play this , registered to squaresoft, but cant find ANY info on how to play, buy or download this game

seriously can someone link me to some info? i cant be this dumb can i.......surely there is some info on how to play this game somewhere.............

Step 1) Visit a store and purchase the game
Step 2) Install the game
Step 3) Play the game

Unless I'm somehow completely misunderstanding the question here.

On a related note, have there been any major updates to this game since December 10th? I'm interested in trying it out but not quite enough to pick it up yet. Perhaps if new content was added in the last month I might go through with purchasing it.

Anon06

United States203 Posts

February 22 2011 07:36 GMT

#106

On January 15 2011 11:21 Serejai wrote:
On a related note, have there been any major updates to this game since December 10th? I'm interested in trying it out but not quite enough to pick it up yet. Perhaps if new content was added in the last month I might go through with purchasing it.

^ I'd also like to know what so bad about it, I enjoyed XI but held off on this one due to everyone saying it sucks, but I cant really find a list reasons.

Novastrike

United States23 Posts

February 22 2011 14:24 GMT

#107

Well, if you max out a class and kill all the world NM's and get the gear for your whole LS it gets kinda boring just ranking up other classes. The changes made to the up to this point made the game much better and I wish it would have been this way since launch. For example, the market ward is basically an AH now the way it is set up. Also ranking up DoW/DoM due to Sp changes is faster, more bearable and there is no more UI lag.
In all honesty though, I would wait for the next update because I think it will be the one that really changes the game, if the 2nd player's poll dictates what content will be changed in the next update. Until then I would hold off from buying the game. When/If you do buy the game join server Mysidia and add Nova Strike. I'll help you out.

joban

179 Posts

June 27 2011 05:00 GMT

#108

I haven't touched this game in the longest time. Does anyone here play it or think it's gotten better?

Ryuu314

United States12679 Posts

June 27 2011 06:02 GMT

#109

On June 27 2011 14:00 joban wrote:
I haven't touched this game in the longest time. Does anyone here play it or think it's gotten better?

Yea, I really want to know. I participated in beta, but stopped after 3 weeks due to terrible lag in all aspects of gameplay despite having 15 mb/s download speed internet and top-of-the-line (at the time) system specs. Apparently FFXIV didn't run well with Radeon GPUs or something. Lag was terrible to the point where I couldn't enjoy the game, much less play it. Not to mention completely sub-optimal UI for keyboard/mouse play.

When it was released, just heard a bunch of negative comments, anecdotes, and reviews. Never bothered to get it or give it a second thought. Even heard SE gave players free playtime as compensation.

So. Any TLers have any good news about this game? Or is that email posted a page ago still the SE policy on FFXIV?

UniversalSnip

9871 Posts

September 16 2011 05:48 GMT

#110

I was wondering if anyone still plays this game and how it's doing. I really haven't heard any updates on it, is it just dead?

skindzer

Chile5114 Posts

September 16 2011 09:27 GMT

#111

On September 16 2011 14:48 UniversalSnip wrote:
I was wondering if anyone still plays this game and how it's doing. I really haven't heard any updates on it, is it just dead?

I think the tsunami was the nail in the coffin.

UniversalSnip

9871 Posts

September 17 2011 05:42 GMT

#112

is that a tasteless joke or has it really impacted the game?

mjxn

Australia939 Posts

September 17 2011 06:03 GMT

#113

Despite all the bad rep about the game I still went ahead and purchased it recently.

I was not impressed

EtherealDeath

United States8366 Posts

September 17 2011 06:10 GMT

#114

On September 16 2011 18:27 skindzer wrote:

Show nested quote +

I think the tsunami was the nail in the coffin.

What?

deth2munkies

United States4051 Posts

September 17 2011 06:46 GMT

#115

On September 17 2011 15:10 EtherealDeath wrote:

Show nested quote +

What?

All of Square-Enix's Japan based projects (like this one) suffered huge downtimes and delays following the tsunami. A week or 2 of being unable to log in completely screwed everything.

I'm honestly not sure if the game is still running, but I heard it was down for a long time.

Scodia

United Kingdom588 Posts

September 17 2011 09:37 GMT

#116

As far as i've seen it seems they replaced large amounts of the original team and have been working hardcore to restore confidence. its a long way from what we all expected but according to the people playing it. its definately getting better because they are listening to the community.

I'll be holding onto my spare EU collectors edition jsut incase this gets a revival. i hope it does because it was a stunning game just lacked polish and content originally.

Denzil

United Kingdom4193 Posts

September 17 2011 09:42 GMT

#117

Is this just out on PC Because I'm sure I've had it on preorder for PS3 for a year now. I haven't been keeping up to date with it but I thought they held back Ps3 because it was a massive disappointment on PC.

Yurie

11692 Posts

September 17 2011 10:45 GMT

#118

On September 17 2011 18:42 Denzil wrote:
Is this just out on PC Because I'm sure I've had it on preorder for PS3 for a year now. I haven't been keeping up to date with it but I thought they held back Ps3 because it was a massive disappointment on PC.

Been out around a year on PC (exactly one in 4 days). It was a massive disappointment, on the scale that it compared unfavourably with f2p games. Graphics was great, then I stopped playing due to everything else.

Scodia

United Kingdom588 Posts

September 17 2011 10:50 GMT

#119

You're right, they basically made it free to play on PC until they have a good product then they will release enmass for other platforms.

While your playing the game has been delayed you'll be better off in the long run. You'll have a much better experience once they get things good.

http://www.ffxivcore.com/

Pretty good upto date news here.

Steveling

Greece10806 Posts

February 09 2012 19:28 GMT

#120

I'm bumping this since some weeks ago the revambed version was published. From what I hear it's much much better than it's last/first release. Anyone playing this now? Any thoughts on how it fares with its competition?(swtor,tera,gw2)