Let's invent the flying car; Not re-create the wheelFollow

I'd like to see:

- A more involved battle mechanic. I'm fine with auto-attack, but I miss utilizing combos like I did in DCUO.
- I like the Ivalice FF setting. It's pretty dynamic. Really fleshing it out is important.
- An effective game-based voice chat would be nice. I get annoyed using a seperate program for vent or w/e my ls uses.
- I wouldn't mind having PvE+PvP if the battle mechanincs facilitated individual attacks. In auto-attack mode, I'd rather have strictly PvE.
- I would be ok with a leveling system where party-based is optimal and solo-based earns 2/3 the xp. I feel that's enough to make you not feel that you've wasted your time soloing and makes partying the preferred choice, but not the only one.
- I think having an even mix of camp xp and quest xp is important. If a group wants to level, they have camps they can go to. If I want to solo, I can do quests.
- Cross - server grouping for instanced combat. I don't plan to use it, becuase I don't like the group dynamics (there is always that guy who refuses to listen, or chews with his mic on), but I think it is important for more leisurely players.
- Death penalty: There needs to be one.
- I honestly think instant travel is here to stay. It's too damn convenient. I mean, do you really want to spend 5+ minutes on a choco from Bastok to Jeuno, then wait 3 minutes for the airship, then wait 5 minutes for the airship ride to Yuhtunga Jungle? And my god, missing that airship as it pulls out of the harbor is infuriating!
- I want the XI and XIV concept of playing every job on one character.
- Incentives (such as a small increase in xp) for partying with people on your Friends List.

That's all I have at the moment.

Edited, Apr 24th 2013 1:14am by IKickYoDog

It's the year 2000. Where are the flying cars? I was promised flying cars!

Not true at all. DnD used to, and Lotro still does have integrated voice chat in their game, and my god was it convenient. It also worked quite well, although it wasn't as sophisticated as external stuff like TS and Vent, I was completely ok with that. Personally, if I'm not grouping with someone, I don't really want to chat all that much. I don't like talking on the mic, and I think there's a lot of people who feel the same. If I'm in a group doing a raid or pvp I have no problem with it, but just general social chat I tend to do in-game through tells rather than announcing it to the entire guild. Just a personal preference though. So yeah, I'd be all for integrated voice chat.

XI got pretty close to that with the Empyrean armor sets. Base gear is easy to get (buy with points from various activities.) +1 gear is a bit more involved - collect 8 to 10 seals that match it, which drop from NMs. +2 gear is tough, with 6 to 9 gems from NMs.

The base gear was pretty but not too good. The +1 gear alone was comparable to the top tier gear at level 75. And the +2 gear blew it out of the water.

Some jobs could solo +1 gear - but it was way faster to form a small group. With 3 other players, you could probably finish a piece in a single 1-2 hour farming session.

Then the entire +2 set gave set bonuses, started at 3 or more pieces.

The entire system allowed you to work toward the longer goal, but also be satisfied as you completed the smaller objectives within that bigger goal.

i've only ever played ffxi from 05-09 but....
a mashup between ffxi and ffxiv would be my ideal.

-nms from ffxi
-building tp like ffxi
-being able to solo, but getting better exp from parties
-camp exp and quest exp availability
-fast travel
-pretty much everything good from both games

however, i don't think anything will ever live up to ffxi imo because it's so nostalgic to me.

I understand what you mean. Problem for me is that I know what type of discussion I'd like to see, but I personally have very little imagination. That's why I brought it to you good people. For example, I never would have thought of a mobile app for gardening. I would probably never use it, but I can see how it would be awesome and really like the idea.

Final Fantasy XIII-3
Gameplay

Lightning sliding down a pole.
Players will take control of Final Fantasy XIII's main character, Lightning, as the sole playable character. She will traverse freely over the game's variety of terrain and can jump on obstacles, such as telephone poles, and use elements of stealth. Her abilities differ based on her elevated height. The player can either walk between destinations or use the monorail for faster travel. Chocobos will be available to use at some point in the game.
Monsters will range in size and can be enormous.

Enemies are found on the field and Lightning can sneak up on them to perform preemptive strikes, and if Lightning can strike first, the enemy will lose 10% of their starting HP; if Lightning can strike an enemy from behind, they'll lose 25%.
The battle system will be a heavily modified version of the Command Synergy Battle system the two previous games used and will feature real time features, such as freely taking control of Lightning's movements and attacks, and a real time block, dodge and counter system. The new combat system does not yet have an official name, but is tentatively referred to as "Amazing ATB" because it is derived from the classic Active Time Battle system.

Combat

Combat in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, showing Lightning attacking enemies.
Players can assign four commands to the controller's face buttons and instead of selecting commands, players will press buttons that correspond to the individual abilities. However, there will also be timing-based mechanics. Though the battle system is of an action-RPG, it will feature an ATB gauge and every action depletes this bar. Players will have access to several different custom-made Paradigm-like "Styles" that change Lightning's assigned skills on-the-fly. Each Style has its own ATB gauge, meaning the player can swap between Styles and maintain constant action while allowing the other Style to recharge. If the player run out of ATB and they cannot perform any actions, but the gauges will gradually refill as Lightning idles. By tilting the left analog stick the player can move Lightning on the battlefield.
Lightning will be fully customizable with wide array of costumes, weapons, and different battle styles. Styles allow players to put together a weapon, a shield, accessories and abilities to create different skills and attributes for battle. These abilities do not include just commands during combat, but also actions taken on the field. Players can preset different Styles and change between them, similar to how Paradigm Shift worked in earlier games. Abe states there is a lot of freedom in terms of customization, so the player can create a well-balanced character or an all-powerful one.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is said to feature tougher enemy types and boss battles with the key being destroying various body parts on the monsters. Enemies will have multiple weaknesses so the player can knock them down in multiple ways making for less repetitive gameplay.

The knockdown system replaces the stagger system seen in Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2. The icons under an enemy's HP gauge are attributes that govern its strengths and weaknesses. Lightning can assemble a Style that exploits the weak points. Via the Knockdown system Lightning can juggle an enemy in the air continuously with her attacks.

Status ailments inflicted on Lightning will not be removed after the battle is finished, but the player can go to restaurants to restore her lost HP and heal from afflicted status ailments.

Lightning will have a variety of movements and will be able to climb, jump, crouch, take cover behind walls and objects, climb over and hang off ledges, and a variety of other moves both in and out of battle.[

Wild Arms as in Wild Arms the RPG ? Rudy, Jack and whatever the blonde name was ?

Are those the ones with the guardians figures in different colors ?

FFXIII-2 was leaps and bounds better than FFXIII. It was way more open-world style and actually had a fair amount of sidequests and what not. I'll play FFXIII-3 because I've already played the first 2, but I do hope this spinoff series ends there...I want my FFXV on the PS4



And Flying cars will NEVER happen. As many wrecks as we have in normal cars now could you imagine trying to fly around with other dumb flyers. Not to mention a wreck in a flying car is basically 100% chance of death, unlike the little "wrecks" we have now that result in minor injuries most of the time. Yea, not gonna happen.

Lol, yea I've seen those "flying cars". An airplane with wings that fold up into a shape reminiscent of what darth vader hopped out of does not constitute a flying car

I would like to see a game that actually gives me the feeling of adventure that books like The Wheel of Time or Lord of the rings gave me when I read them. I would like the leveling experience to be me in a great story together with friends traveling the world getting exp just by following the story which involves traveling, fighting, gathering information, solving puzzles etc to advance.

The world would have to be huge because traveling would take some time, but the thing is that traveling and being forced to camp over night to avoid dangers lurking in the dark and having to decide if you want to camp near the road or deeper in the forest is a part of the experience and your choice gives different results.

The choices people make in the story would have an effect on how the story progresses as they add new "chapters". Maybe this could be achieved by following what the majority of players chose out of all the different options.

The world would be a mix between themepark and sandbox where there might be inns scattered along the road which might be run by real players and there should be development tools that players can use so that they can create their own small adventures/quests for other players to participate in. So on your journey you can decide if you want to help or not etc.

Of course if you want to you can just go into the wild and hunt that legendary beast that is said to exist high in the mountains and it should really actually be freaking legendary. There should be extremely advanced puzzles that would need to be solved etc to find it and if/when it is finally found and killed... the beast is dead and another rumor might just pop up about a different beast.. living in the ocean.

This is of course assuming anyone has even become powerful enough to topple the foe at all. There shouldn't really be a level cap so there will actually be some legendary players.

I dunno, I guess some things might not work and I am sure there are a thousand other things I would put in there, but I think people get the picture anyway lol.

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