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This game has really blossomed since launch....
gessekai332
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Its been about a week since I finally decided to resub (here is my previous thread http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/446/view/forums/thread/417006/Just-Resubbed-last-night-Where-do-I-start.html) and I am just stunned at how much this game has grown since I played last year. Usually games start to decay a couple of months after launch or the publisher starts to pull money from it after initial box sale, but this game has just gotten better and better. I am probably even more addicted to it now than last year. I've been playing nonstop for the past week and I feel like I haven't even scratched the surface. After trying out ESO and WS for a month each and quitting, I thought I was done with the MMO genre forever. I tried out FFXIV again because I had some spare time one day, didnt really have high expectations. WOW was I surprised. So much stuff to do. So much complexity to gameplay elements other than questing/raiding/pvp. SO MANY PEOPLE!! And here i thought this game would be dead after a year, let alone my server lol.
So happy I found this game again. Goodbye social life.
Most memorable games: AoC(Tryanny PvP), RIFT, GW, GW2, Ragnarok Online, Aion, FFXI, FFXIV, Secret World, League of Legends (Silver II rank)
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When you say orgi version do you mean 1.0 or 2.0?
I am going to go by that you mean 1.0 which was the abomination before realm reborn, a lot of people might argue against that but it was terrible.
The leve system in this game works more as an additional than as a staple. There is questing in game that will take you all the way to end game and beyond. How the leve system works now is more like a daily system, it helps level up alt jobs and crafting but that's about all.
Its not a Final fantasy staple since only final fantasy xiv uses it and A Realm Reborn is very different from version 1.0 and uses the leve system as a side thing to gain experience for alt classes/jobs. I think final fantasy 11 uses something similar to it now too? But every other Final Fantasy are single player games so does not require anything like that.
Yeah, there is a lot to do in this game now. I made a few posts before that I didn't think it was worth a sub back when it launched (but still enjoyed it and saw tremendous promise, especially with the turnaround I saw the dev team pull on it's previous version). Now it's worth me paying for two subs to help feed my addiction and play the gil-making game (in addition to everything else in it).
So much stuff has been added, quite a bit updates to systems, entirely new systems, many side quests and side things to do as well as multiple tiers of end game content for nearly every aspect. More and more main storyline with each patch. I've said it before, but I'm not even able to get a quarter of what I want done each time I log in since there's so much to do. Waiting for the Rogue / Ninja class and Gold Saucer now. Not to mention player housing in 2.3.8; chocobo raising has been fairly interesting as well.
They even work on the little things and I hear they have an immersion focused team. New emotes with each patch, idle emotes, more dances, new ways to sit in chairs and benches and beds and a whole lot more. Just them implementing the idle feature made the game seem even more immersive as a RPer as you see people in different stances as they idle or you can actually make your character move into such as opposed to typing it out.
Already have a Builder of the Realm and Provider of the Realm, so I'm making gil on the side with all there is to do with crafting and gathering and the economy / auction house. That alone takes up a lot of time time on my daily goals, which is why I don't even touch the surface of what there is to do and have barely done anything major that was released in the last two patches.
Great Themepark ride that keeps on giving more and more -- huge relief from WoW and it's 12+ months of no content. Was a little niffed earlier when a Hunt spawned right on top of me while gathering. It was a level 20 zone since I was gathering a specific ingredient for crafting, so I was kind've one shot from not expecting to be attacked as a gathering class. Haha.
This ^^^^^^
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I was just going to say something too lol. Been playing since FF 8 in 99' and only in FF XIV and ARR have I seen "levees".
Chocobos are staples. Cactuars, moogles, etc.
Hey, I've been playing on Faerie as well leveling up a Paladin since I came back, if you want to get a group together some time, send me a PM here and we can trade names to meet up in game, I'd be glad to tank for ya.
Currently Playing: ESO and FFXIV
Have played: You name it
If you mention rose tinted glasses, you better be referring to Mitch Hedberg.
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At the moment it looks like only server transfers and character re-do's are available. (http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/help/option_service/)
Not currently, but the leveling rate has been smoothed out since release. It's taken me maybe 3 weeks of playing 1-2 hours a night to get to 44, and the journey has been one of the most fun experiences I have had in years in an MMO.
Currently Playing: ESO and FFXIV
Have played: You name it
If you mention rose tinted glasses, you better be referring to Mitch Hedberg.
Only bad thing I can say that, as a new play starting with a fresh character, levels 1-15 take a while and involve a lot of currier quests. After 15, the entire game opens up. 1-15 are still fun enough, but FFXIV really hits its stride after.
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Well, for one, each aspect of the game is so complex/time intensive that you probably won't have time to do/be good at everything. When i used to play the game 24/7 I was able to get my paladin and blacksmith jobs to be competitive at high level. Now I only have time to keep up with my paladin
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Also, the game is very traditional in the sense that at early lvls (like below lvl 20) you dont get many skills and your character seems very weak. This gets better though, by max level depending on the class you will potentially have 3 hotbars full of skills.
Most memorable games: AoC(Tryanny PvP), RIFT, GW, GW2, Ragnarok Online, Aion, FFXI, FFXIV, Secret World, League of Legends (Silver II rank)
Desynthesis is a BRUTAL gear grind. I hope they don't do future systems like this. Demimateria prices are so high because of the massive gear sink involved. And the rewards are not really that amazing to warrant it imho.
you know till this day with all my reading on forums reddits and what not about ffxiv, I STILL find something new I did not know about until this day, might as well gives you something :
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1qqe2k/ffxiv_arr_lifehacks_tips/
Play it, best MMO on the market. Others might not agree... but between you and I -leans in close- it really is.
Why is the game so popular? Why is the game always full? Every server? [mod edit]
Look at all these people. This is not even a major hub.
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UUUMMMmmmmm duh. Have you ever played an mmo? And you GCD goes down. Mine is 1 second. Soon I'll have it at .5 seconds. But you would know that if you really played.
And fyi, every mmo, when you die in the dungeon, you have to run back. Good thing FF XIV ARR put in the shortcut to get back to your party faster. But you played the game and knew that right? Or are you just trying to pick fights?
The least you could do is not make yourself look uneducated about a game you never played. At least don't lie and get your facts straight.
Allacore69
You can take a screen shot in any FPS and find that many people playing it too.