Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

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Pironin_sl said:
-Enjoy this for what it is, not for what it's not. For what I've seen compared to what this game used to be. Fucking wow, amazing job so far!
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What is that even suppose to mean?

Personally I'm going to compare it to FFXI and modern MMOs. The time commitment and fun factor will be compared to other things in my life.

Again. ???
 
Chysamere

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Inverse female armor rule, the less it covers, the more it protects you

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lindz

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So... when does this game get decent? At lowbie levels it is boring as hell. Run around collecting and turning in quests, nothing engaging at all... I was a huge FFXI fan and would really like to like this game but this again just seems like a crappy WoW clone so far. Does it get fun at some point?
 
Xexx

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Still trying to like this, the city questing is lame, outside its kinda like GW2 w/ grinding and pretty lame random events. Combat is weak so far but expecting it to flourish some as i get higher. Still low atm but hopefully it picks up later, the thing i dislike is it doesnt really do anything to intrigue early on. Then again im fairly jaded from on mmo's
 
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The problem with this is I feel like the same problem I have with every other MMO released since wow. Basically, the first 3+ hours of the game feel like running from "?" to "!". Occasionally you kill 5 bears and collect 5 bear asses by rotating your 3 attack hotkeys ad infinitum. Yawn. Level 10 archer right now. I'll stick with it a bit more, but honestly, this genre is just so stagnant, it annoys me to no end.
 
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Tol_sl said:
The problem with this is I feel like the same problem I have with every other MMO released since wow. Basically, the first 3+ hours of the game feel like running from "?" to "!". Occasionally you kill 5 bears and collect 5 bear asses by rotating your 3 attack hotkeys ad infinitum. Yawn. Level 10 archer right now. I'll stick with it a bit more, but honestly, this genre is just so stagnant, it annoys me to no end.
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Kinda exactly how i feel, its not "bad" but so far its not fun either.
 
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Kill 5 lady bugs, collect 5 cactus blood, pick-up 3 crates... I'm absolutely riveted by this grade A MMO experience. I also love how my Elves looks like he could be inTo Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.

What a waste of a morning.
 
lindz

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Tol_sl said:
The problem with this is I feel like the same problem I have with every other MMO released since wow. Basically, the first 3+ hours of the game feel like running from "?" to "!". Occasionally you kill 5 bears and collect 5 bear asses by rotating your 3 attack hotkeys ad infinitum. Yawn. Level 10 archer right now. I'll stick with it a bit more, but honestly, this genre is just so stagnant, it annoys me to no end.
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Yup. It is like they looked at FFXI, took away what made it good and added what made WoW bad. Tada! The same as every MMO made in the past 8~ years.
 
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lindz_sl said:
Yup. It is like they looked at FFXI, took away what made it good and added what made WoW bad. Tada! The same as every MMO made in the past 8~ years.
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Isn't that basically what was wrong with it before?

I mean besides the godawful consolitis UI and bugs and whatever else its been years I can't even remember it all now.
 
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X X E X X_sl said:
Kinda exactly how i feel, its not "bad" but so far its not fun either.
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I feel like it's basically the cookie cutter "generic" MMO. It seems polished, it's not bad, but a lot of us are jaded or burnt out on it and want something new. I feel like I would play this if it was F2P, because the world exploration and job system seems neat, but the gameplay is not worth $10 a month to me unless something changes drastically at higher levels. I just don't think I can do questhubs collections and hotbar DDR anymore
 
lindz

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I dunno, I tried FFXIV beta, thought it was absolute crap and never bothered with it again until now. Was really hoping it would be good with the remake.
 
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I've said it before, but I definitely agree that leveling via quest hubs isn't terribly fun, which is why I plan on grinding through dungeons. I think you get access to the first one at 15? And the dungeon finder is in for this beta I believe as well.
 
Noodleface

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When you guys do the first dungeon you'll want to uninstall the game. Completely uninspired. I did it in phase 2 so there may be multiple first dungeons.
 
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There are more content systems that aren't fully in yet - stuff like the events in FFXI, but SE are content jews. Assuming they kept the raids and revamped/upgraded them from 1.0, there is stuff like Crystal Tower and The Great Labyrinth of Bahamut, Primals FATE fights (Ifrit, Shiva, Titan, etc) and Relic gear, and some guild-only PvE event that I forget the acronym for. There is actual endgame content unlike most MMOs released lately.

It's kind of generic until you are able to starting doing Dungeons and the higher FATE's.
 
Noodleface

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So there's 3 terrible starting dungeons. I haven't even logged in yet. I feel like if I keep bashing the game now and reading negative reviews by the time I get on I'll think it's the greatest game I've ever seen.

Anyone from Phase 2 can comment on how the new classes feel? We only had 4 in P2
 
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