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#1 Jul 02 2013 at 6:20 PM Rating: Excellent
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So I tend to read a lot of discussion around here regarding the old as time "will it, won't it?" debate regarding the success of XIV ARR... Particularly some less than optimistic individuals in the "One Million Beta's" thread.

The prevalent sentiment seems to be that the number of beta registrants is indeed irrelevant. While I tend to agree that that is indeed partially true, I don't agree entirely. Having a million beta registrants for this game is of particular importance (granted let us assume only a fraction of them are unique registrants.) This means that some number in the hundreds of thousands are at least willing to give what was objectively a poor game, another shot... What's more to benefit the cause of SE is that they've assembled what is looking to be a gem of game.

I recently found this article on a site which, I in particular, have never heard of before (for all I know this could be the biggest gaming website on earth... I don't do much game website perusing):

http://nzgamer.com/ps3/previews/1147/final-fantasy-xiv-a-realm-reborn-beta-impressions.html

What this tells me is that individuals who have a fresh perspective on the game, without any preconceptions of what they would be coming into are having a great time with the game. This is huge and I mean HUGE!

Imagine the countless number of PS3/4 players who will be giving this game a try without ever having played the PC version of 1.0... It is those individuals who will need to be impressed first and foremost. A large number of these gamers may not have even known that 1.0 existed, many will come to the game with no preconceived notions, no bad taste in their mouth, no scorned girl/boyfriend syndrome etc... Nothing but a fresh start and expectations of a great, fun experience.

All in all, I believe the number of negative individuals hanging around forums will soon dwindle to those who like to be negative just for the sake of being a contrarian.

Edited, Jul 4th 2013 9:23am by Wint Lock Thread: Degenerated yet again.
#2 Jul 02 2013 at 6:34 PM Rating: Decent
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Interest now doesn't interest me. I'm more interested in the interest 3 or 6 months after release. If interest then is high, only then will I feel that my interest in beta provided some return interest in the form of interest from the rest of the MMO community.

EDIT: Not making fun. Interest is good. But healthy dissension is also bueno.

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 8:38pm by Yotis
#3 Jul 02 2013 at 6:40 PM Rating: Decent
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Yotis wrote:
Interest now doesn't interest me. I'm more interested in the interest 3 or 6 months after release. If interest then is high, only then will I feel that my interest in beta provided some return interest in the form of interest from the rest of the MMO community.


Clearly the amount of enjoyment derived from the beta has at minimum a moderate to high positive correlation to the results 3 to 6 months (arbitrary time period) from now.

Must a gamer not enjoy his initial experience to continue forth?

To say that a gamer's initial experience doesn't interest you, is to neglect to remember that if he/she do not enjoy their first, let us say, 2 weeks with the game... how can they ever make it to this magical 6 months of subscriptions?

I would argue that the initial experience is one of the single most important aspects to any game. After all, the saying "you never get a second chance to make a first impression" holds a lot of water (albeit much less in a game which is indeed making it's.... well.... second first impression Smiley: lol)



Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 8:41pm by ClydesShadow
#4 Jul 02 2013 at 6:41 PM Rating: Good
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I'm loving the game so far. I've enjoyed my time in beta and trying out different things. Once I started getting that feeling of being a little burned out on one thing I switched to something else and carried on.

I think SE so far has done a wonderful job of remaking a game that will cater to and impress many people to stick around for a while. As long as they keep up with the fresh and engaging content moving forward after launch, I see no reason for this game to "fail".

Another point is, haters gonna hate. We have our fair share here in zam, but they are still around and playing so it must not be all bad.
#5 Jul 02 2013 at 6:43 PM Rating: Good
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Yotis wrote:
Interest now doesn't interest me. I'm more interested in the interest 3 or 6 months after release. If interest then is high, only then will I feel that my interest in beta provided some return interest in the form of interest from the rest of the MMO community.

EDIT: Not making fun. Interest is good. But healthy dissension is also bueno.

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 8:38pm by Yotis


Interest. Interest... INTEREST! INTEREST!!!!!!!!!!!
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#6 Jul 02 2013 at 6:45 PM Rating: Excellent
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ClydesShadow wrote:
So I tend to read a lot of discussion around here regarding the old as time "will it, won't it?" debate regarding the success of XIV ARR... Particularly some less than optimistic individuals in the "One Million Beta's" thread.

The prevalent sentiment seems to be that the number of beta registrants is indeed irrelevant. While I tend to agree that that is indeed partially true, I don't agree entirely. Having a million beta registrants for this game is of particular importance (granted let us assume only a fraction of them are unique registrants.) This means that some number in the hundreds of thousands are at least willing to give what was objectively a poor game, another shot... What's more to benefit the cause of SE is that they've assembled what is looking to be a gem of game.

I recently found this article on a site which, I in particular, have never heard of before (for all I know this could be the biggest gaming website on earth... I don't do much game website perusing):

http://nzgamer.com/ps3/previews/1147/final-fantasy-xiv-a-realm-reborn-beta-impressions.html

What this tells me is that individuals who have a fresh perspective on the game, without any preconceptions of what they would be coming into are having a great time with the game. This is huge and I mean HUGE!

Imagine the countless number of PS3/4 players who will be giving this game a try without ever having played the PC version of 1.0... It is those individuals who will need to be impressed first and foremost. A large number of these gamers may not have even known that 1.0 existed, many will come to the game with no preconceived notions, no bad taste in their mouth, no scorned girl/boyfriend syndrome etc... Nothing but a fresh start and expectations of a great, fun experience.

All in all, I believe the number of negative individuals hanging around forums will soon dwindle to those who like to be negative just for the sake of being a contrarian.


Negativity will never dwindle. Positivity can outshine negativity but it will always be there ruining this or that fun/constructive thread. The reality, for me, is MMO is at it's most volatile. Old schoolers are looking for fresh graphics. The 'turn 'em and burn 'em or aging/responsibilities' face of MMO aren't happy with the 'beentheredonethat/where's the progression' progress of the genre. There will be miserable people on both sides until the genre truly settles in to what it wants to be. We're in the middle of it right now. The negativity and forum wars won't end any time soon until then.
#7 Jul 02 2013 at 6:47 PM Rating: Good
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ClydesShadow wrote:

3 to 6 months (arbitrary time period) from now.

. . . .

After all, the saying "you never get a second chance to make a first impression" holds a lot of water (albeit much less in a game which is indeed making it's.... well.... second first impression Smiley: lol)


Absolutely correct, I'd say. However, I would imagine first impressions matter less than depth for MMOs. They are, after all, designed to persist much longer than the average game.

I too am enjoying my time so far in beta. However, the depth of some things (combat system, mainly) worries me.

Additionally, the lack of different color chocobos worries me greatly. I can't sleep at night.
#8 Jul 02 2013 at 6:57 PM Rating: Decent
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Yotis wrote:
ClydesShadow wrote:

3 to 6 months (arbitrary time period) from now.

. . . .

After all, the saying "you never get a second chance to make a first impression" holds a lot of water (albeit much less in a game which is indeed making it's.... well.... second first impression Smiley: lol)


Absolutely correct, I'd say. However, I would imagine first impressions matter less than depth for MMOs. They are, after all, designed to persist much longer than the average game.

I too am enjoying my time so far in beta. However, the depth of some things (combat system, mainly) worries me.

Additionally, the lack of different color chocobos worries me greatly. I can't sleep at night.


Smiley: lol The chocobo color shortage of 2013 is certainly a thing of grave concern!

As to the battle system I agree there... although let's not forget, even a game like Tera with an action oriented system went the way of F2P. Mostly because the content lacked the depth we all so desperately wanted... Yoshi actually discusses why an action based MMO wouldn't be as enjoyable. He says that the balancing of creating interesting boss battles would be greatly reduced... I feel like if this wasn't true he would have certainly wanted to implement a more action based MMO.

I'll say one thing, with the release of XV and the people over at SE getting some real hands on experience with building an action oriented game, that could really produce some interesting results for SE MMOs of the future.

None the less, at the end of the day, the content brings in the crowd... although I agree the battle system will undoubtedly need an adjustment here and there.
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BartelX wrote:
Yotis wrote:
Interest now doesn't interest me. I'm more interested in the interest 3 or 6 months after release. If interest then is high, only then will I feel that my interest in beta provided some return interest in the form of interest from the rest of the MMO community.

EDIT: Not making fun. Interest is good. But healthy dissension is also bueno.

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 8:38pm by Yotis


Interest. Interest... INTEREST! INTEREST!!!!!!!!!!!


Don't you steal my name for my chocobo.

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None the less, at the end of the day, the content brings in the crowd... although I agree the battle system will undoubtedly need an adjustment here and there.


Yes. I desperately want to see some movement on this front. Or at least a promise to heavily revisit this soon after launch.

Lack of depth in the battle system is the only thing preventing me from pre-ordering.

That . . . and lack of pink chocobos.

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 9:04pm by Yotis
#10 Jul 02 2013 at 7:05 PM Rating: Good
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Yotis wrote:
BartelX wrote:
Yotis wrote:
Interest now doesn't interest me. I'm more interested in the interest 3 or 6 months after release. If interest then is high, only then will I feel that my interest in beta provided some return interest in the form of interest from the rest of the MMO community.

EDIT: Not making fun. Interest is good. But healthy dissension is also bueno.

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 8:38pm by Yotis


Interest. Interest... INTEREST! INTEREST!!!!!!!!!!!


Don't you steal my name for my chocobo.


Don't worry. I named mine Boris.


Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 9:05pm by BartelX
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#11 Jul 02 2013 at 7:53 PM Rating: Excellent
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I knew FFXIV had a serious chance the moment it was picked as the best game among attendees at last year's Gamescom. If you had suggested it would reach that level of achievement between then and the miserable 2010 launch, I would have laughed my *** off. Yoshida-san deserves a lot of credit for turning things around so drastically. Hopefully, it pays off in the end.
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Yotis wrote:


Yes. I desperately want to see some movement on this front. Or at least a promise to heavily revisit this soon after launch.

Lack of depth in the battle system is the only thing preventing me from pre-ordering.

That . . . and lack of pink chocobos.

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 9:04pm by Yotis


I hear a lot of arguments about the 'lack of depth' in the combat system. Yet...

- Each class has their own mechanics.
- Each monster type has variable attacks, some which can be outright evaded or interrupted.
- Each boss fight has their own stipulations, heck even the sub-bosses have their own quirks.
- Yes, there are even teamwork mechanics in the way you have to work together to meet fight conditions and objectives - guildhests does an excellent job of explaining them.
- And when that's all said and done, preforming these right causes the limit break gague to fill quicker. (Example, go through the fight in Manor with and without turning off the lamps in the last fight, see how your limit gauge grows or doesn't.)

So where the heck do we need to add more depth to the combat!?

What is it that you're specifically looking for that is funneling your sight away from all the other elements?

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 10:51pm by Hyrist
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Class differentiation.

The fact that all class resources are exactly the same.

That will get old very quickly.

EDIT: And the lack of elemental resistances bugs me.

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 11:17pm by Yotis
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Hyrist wrote:
Yotis wrote:


Yes. I desperately want to see some movement on this front. Or at least a promise to heavily revisit this soon after launch.

Lack of depth in the battle system is the only thing preventing me from pre-ordering.

That . . . and lack of pink chocobos.

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 9:04pm by Yotis


I hear a lot of arguments about the 'lack of depth' in the combat system. Yet...

- Each class has their own mechanics.
- Each monster type has variable attacks, some which can be outright evaded or interrupted.
- Each boss fight has their own stipulations, heck even the sub-bosses have their own quirks.
- Yes, there are even teamwork mechanics in the way you have to work together to meet fight conditions and objectives - guildhests does an excellent job of explaining them.
- And when that's all said and done, preforming these right causes the limit break gague to fill quicker. (Example, go through the fight in Manor with and without turning off the lamps in the last fight, see how your limit gauge grows or doesn't.)

So where the heck do we need to add more depth to the combat!?

What is it that you're specifically looking for that is funneling your sight away from all the other elements?

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 10:51pm by Hyrist


I agree with this statement and would like to pose the same question to this community.

Also, you forgot to add the intermingling of actions between various classes/jobs to add to the complexity-- that at which are subject to your choosing.

In order to accurately assess the complexity of the game you must consider several factors. One being that this game was designed to be newbie friendly from the get go. Newbie friendly in the sense that it allows non-traditional MMO players to become immersed without getting overwhelmed by the genre. And two, that it simultaneously is attempting to appeal to the hard-core MMO playerbase. The method in which Yoshida has decided to address appealing to both of these player bases is by designing the beginning content to be simple, easy to follow and unintimidating. Then progress slowly, nearly holding your hand, into more complex content and so forth until you reach near end-game where the content is geared towards the hardcore player base. This content being the peak of combat complexity.

So, I ask, have a considerable percentage of the people in this community who complain about the lack of depth in combat experienced late to end game content? Can you speak for the complexity of the game when it is supposed to be complex or only for the portion of the content that is designed to appeal to newbie players?

Edited, Jul 3rd 2013 12:40pm by kwenzeler
#15 Jul 03 2013 at 7:19 AM Rating: Good
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experienced late to end game content?


This is a good point and I have NOT experienced end game content as it stands right now. I'll endeavor to do so this beta weekend. We'll see how it goes.
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Yotis wrote:
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This is a good point and I have NOT experienced end game content as it stands right now. I'll endeavor to do so this beta weekend. We'll see how it goes.


How exactly are you planning to do this? There isn't any endgame content incorporated yet, other than possibly some high-level FATEs. The highest dungeon is 30-35 I think.

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The fact that all class resources are exactly the same


This is your big gripe with the combat depth? First off, not all class resources are the same. There are MP for mages and TP for combat classes. Beyond that, each class plays differently. For instance, Thaumaturges are required to swap attack patterns in order to maximize damage or MP regeneration. Marauders and Gladiators have stance-like abilities for both offense and defense. Pugilist has an order of attacks that are only unlocked by using certain skills. Almost all the classes play differently. Yes they use the same TP or MP resource, but they don't play the same at all. At least, they haven't from what I've seen.

Edited, Jul 3rd 2013 9:38am by BartelX
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#17 Jul 03 2013 at 7:40 AM Rating: Good
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BartelX wrote:
Yotis wrote:
Interest now doesn't interest me. I'm more interested in the interest 3 or 6 months after release. If interest then is high, only then will I feel that my interest in beta provided some return interest in the form of interest from the rest of the MMO community.

EDIT: Not making fun. Interest is good. But healthy dissension is also bueno.

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 8:38pm by Yotis


Interest. Interest... INTEREST! INTEREST!!!!!!!!!!!


That's interesting!
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#18 Jul 03 2013 at 7:43 AM Rating: Good
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How exactly are you planning to do this? There isn't any endgame content incorporated yet, other than possibly some high-level FATEs. The highest dungeon is 30-35 I think.


End game content as it stands right now = 30-35 then I suppose.

And yes. All resources for all classes being the same is a turn off for me.
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Class differentiation.

The fact that all class resources are exactly the same.

That will get old very quickly.

EDIT: And the lack of elemental resistances bugs me.

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 11:17pm by Yotis


Overly generalization of intricate class mechanics, but I'll bite.

There is quite a bit of class differentiation already.

Here's a breakdown if you really need it, otherwise, skip the spoiler tag.


Lancer:

- Wide assortment of DoT skills.
- Highest Potency Single Attack
- Seperate Combos designed for burst damage.
- Highest layering of damage scaling skills.

Mechanically, Lancer is your typical combo and DoT class. The Full Thrust combo is your Spike Damage cycle, with Dragoon accenting it with Jumps for additional, TP free damage, as well as multiple stuns. Conversly to Pugilist, Lancer's very much about going 'All In' while having all of the damage buffs up to spike as much damage as possible while the +50 % Damage buffs are up, and then maintaining layers of damage afterwards to continue out damage.

Pugilist:

- Highest possible skill-speed stacking.
- Highest single crit buff.
- Endless Combo Cycle
- Fast Burn-out at max DPS.
- Decent Off-tanking potential.

While having difficulty currently with burning through TP quickly Pugilist has the best Combo Variability of all classes, due to the fact that each 'Stance' has multiple skills by level 50 to choose from, each of which vary in usefulness depending on context. This is on top of cooldown abilities Free of TP. Style wise, combat takes a rythmic cycle between the three stances while dancing around the opponent to get the appropriate bonuses on the attacks. In Contrast to Lancer, Pugilist is about the build up of damage bonuses over cycles, to the point of being incredibly hard hitting continuously. But, as stated before pushing for this max DPS burns out TP quickly, so it becomes a balancing act.

Thaumaturge:

- Best MP Maintance System in game.
- Proc Skills to enhance Fire and Thunder spells.
- Synergy between AoE and Single Target spells.

THM's setup is the very reason why enemy elemental resistances and weaknesses have been removed. The ones for players still exist and can be used for their benefit. Astral Fire is an incredible damage boost, while Umbral Ice provides heavy MP Regeneration. Any sort of immunity to either of these would severely hamper THM/BLM in these circumstances. That said, THM is a blast to play due to the mechanics of knowing when to swap, how to take advantage of thunder tics and Fire Procs to deal quick, powerful damage to your enemy without tapping out of Mana quickly and pushing yourself constantly onto Umbral Ice.

Gladiator

- Most defensive skills in the game.
- MP recovery through offensive action.
- Best Hate management tool in game.

Gladiator is a tank Through and Through. Although it's strongest hate tool, Provoke, is sh-arable, it's not exactly preferable that other classes use it, as it forces you at the top of the hate list. Hate management, forcing monster positioning, and of course self-preservation while taking the bulk of enemy attention all keep the Gladiator well occupied, even if they are the standard form of tank.


Archer

- Layered chance/context sensitive skills.
- Safest Ranged Damage
- Potential for no cost or no recast skills.

Archers a bit unique in its mechanics. It has a LOT of on-chance skills that layer into quite a potent set up. Heavy Shot has a chance of forcing a crit on Straight Shot which gives a default 10% chance for ANY skill to crit. Venomous Bite and Windbite both have the chance of resetting Bloodletter's Recast, which is a TP free attack at ranged every time their damage over time tics. Making Archer a class of stacking opportunities and capitalizing on them.

Conjurer

- Traits that enable scaling cure bonuses for second and third tier.
- Cleric Stance allows for alternating offensive/recovery play.

Conjurer, I feel, is the weakest designed of the classes. But that does not make it poor, just unrefined. It surrounds around Cleric Stance, which enables the Conjurer to move from offensive and defensive statistics. In the end, this dichotomy makes the class feel very busy overall, unless you commit yourself to one particular role to the neglect of others, which makes the class feel very linear. But it is the only class that can manage two entirely opposing roles.

Marauder
- Differing Tanking mechanics
- Diverging combos.
- Playstyle rewarding heavy aggression.

Marauder is a different tune of tank than Gladiator by a large degree. Most notedy is the offensive recovery granted by skills like Bloodbath and Storms path as well as Mercy Stroke. Then there's the note that all combo skills branch from the same Heavy Swing Ability. Most combos deal bonus enmity as well, which assures Warrior can push to keep hate consistently. At the same time, Venghance and Holmgang return damage from being damage and locks the enemy in place briefly to keep them from wandering towards healers or other hurt members.


And all that's not touching the deviations between Jobs and their classes.

Now if you're going to be obsenely general. The complaint "classes have the same resources" is true if you're complaining strictly on TP and MP. But that's about as inane as complaining that the classes are boring because they all have HP pools that are depleted the same way.

Each class has their own mechanics that manage their tasks in different ways. Let me put this plainly - no two classes play the same, at all. If you are playing them the same, then you're doing something wrong or describing it way too generally.

As stated in the spoiler, Elemental Resistances, on the player's side still exist. They've just been removed on the monsters side for obvious reasons when you look at THM's mechanics.
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How exactly are you planning to do this? There isn't any endgame content incorporated yet, other than possibly some high-level FATEs. The highest dungeon is 30-35 I think.


End game content as it stands right now = 30-35 then I suppose.

And yes. All resources for all classes being the same is a turn off for me.


Not trying to prod you but have you played any other Final Fantasy game in the series? Did they turn you off as well?
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Okay. I was wrong perhaps. I'll give it a shot this weekend.

Thanks for the replies.
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Yotis wrote:
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How exactly are you planning to do this? There isn't any endgame content incorporated yet, other than possibly some high-level FATEs. The highest dungeon is 30-35 I think.


End game content as it stands right now = 30-35 then I suppose.

And yes. All resources for all classes being the same is a turn off for me.


Well, then it's a good thing they all don't. Mages use MP, melee use TP. Those are two different resources. I'd also encourage you to read Hyrist's breakdown of classes, as it is an excellent description of how each class varies greatly. Right now it sounds like you've played a couple classes to 15-20 and made assumptions and generalizations that they all play the same, based on less than half of their abilities.

Also, trying to comment on level 30-35 content is endgame is pretty pointless, since it is NOT endgame. It's mid-game. Some endgame will be available in Open Beta, try it out then and you'll get a better idea. Trying out 30-35 content now and claiming it as endgame is just going to give you an inaccurate assessment.


Edited, Jul 3rd 2013 1:24pm by BartelX
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#23 Jul 03 2013 at 11:23 AM Rating: Decent
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Hyrist wrote:
Yotis wrote:
Class differentiation.

The fact that all class resources are exactly the same.

That will get old very quickly.

EDIT: And the lack of elemental resistances bugs me.

Edited, Jul 2nd 2013 11:17pm by Yotis


Overly generalization of intricate class mechanics, but I'll bite.

There is quite a bit of class differentiation already.

Here's a breakdown if you really need it, otherwise, skip the spoiler tag.



As stated in the spoiler, Elemental Resistances, on the player's side still exist. They've just been removed on the monsters side for obvious reasons when you look at THM's mechanics.


I think both sides while slightly overreacting have valid points... The battle system certainly has a depth to it, however it's not like it's the most complex system ever created (be reminded however that the developers are striving for exactly this.) They're trying to create a game that appeals to BOTH the hardcore strategist and the casual weekend warrior.

I do tend to agree that the elemental resistance implementation is less than enjoyable. Their reasoning is that they don't want content where one job will have advantage over another... I think this is slightly on the boring side of things. I've personally played THM up to level 25 so far, and the job is actually one of the less interesting that I've played. The depth of the mage has been dramatically decreased from XI given what I've seen up to this point...

Other jobs however provide more complexity than meets the eye... Especially at the higher levels.

BartelX wrote:
Also, trying to comment on level 30-35 content is endgame is pretty pointless, since it is NOT endgame. It's mid-game. Some endgame will be available in Open Beta, try it out then and you'll get a better idea. Trying out 30-35 content now and claiming it as endgame is just going to give you an inaccurate assessment.


Again, this is a moot point to the new gamer... No one is going to give something a chance at level 35, let alone 15, if levels 1-10 stink...

I'm not saying they do in XIV, in fact I find them to be a joy to play though... however this is a personal opinion. For those that are put off by the battle system, they'll never make it to 35+.

Edited, Jul 3rd 2013 1:26pm by ClydesShadow
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The depth of the mage has been dramatically decreased from XI given what I've seen up to this point...


Really? All I ever saw blms do in XI was cast Thunder repeatedly... on everything. Weak to fire? Cast thunder anyways, it's still stronger.

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Again, this is a moot point to the new gamer... No one is going to give something a chance at level 35, let alone 15, if levels 1-10 stink...

I'm not saying they do in XIV, in fact I find them to be a joy to play though... however this is a personal opinion. For those that are put off by the battle system, they'll never make it to 35+.


Two things: first, this is exactly why the battle system and the storyline itself introduces the different concepts at different levels, starting as low as level 5. You start learning about multiple mob targeting, avoiding AoE, using consumables, working in a group, etc. It builds pretty steadily so that new players can learn as they go.

Second, why are you even talking about 1-10 when we're talking about endgame? If anything is a moot point, it's your comment in general. New players have nothing to do with endgame.

Edited, Jul 3rd 2013 1:31pm by BartelX
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THM's setup is the very reason why enemy elemental resistances and weaknesses have been removed.


This is why BRD is so lame. with the above statement, Foe Requiem is virtually useless.
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Not trying to prod you but have you played any other Final Fantasy game in the series? Did they turn you off as well?


I did not play FF XI. Maybe that's my problem.
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