The population and standby afk people in the game are hardly an issue at the moment. I personally am not playing because I have a life and with the current format do not have the time to grind xp all the time. With the 8 leve quest limit, I do my quests, grind when I am really bored and do other more useful things with my time. With a free month thrown down by SE I'm just using this phase like I did the Beta. Play to get the hang of it, then wait until release...FFXIV in essence hasn't been released yet. As for those crying about people crying...seriously?
Basics are
1. If you want to play the game play it.
2. if you don't want to play, keep your account active and read up on updates as they show up and cancel when you have to pay if you're not satisfied.
3. this game is never going to compare to any other MMO.
If I was going to worry about that I would still be playing the original Everquest since no one has really improved on that standard way of playing(my opinion. Flames from this point are your opinions). Other MMO's have just made games look a ton better and usually made the gameplay and lore a lot easier to deal with for the "I want it now" gamers. Pay to try something out and it sucks...it happens. DDO, Conan, Eve online, City of Heroes...the list goes on. You only find something that suits you if you try, and you WILL find games that aren't your style or don't fit with your playstyle.
If you don't agree with me, refer to my sig
FFXIV Hot Read Thursday
Check out the past week's hot threads from the FFXIV General Forum!
Ongoing discussions in the FFXIV General Forum continue to be filled with complaints and confusion (and often confused complaints), but from the ashes of rational thought have risen several constructive, informative and insightful threads. Granted, these threads seem few and far between compared to the number of rant threads littering the forums. However, posters like these have made ZAM.com what it is over the years. It's a shame their voices are being drowned out by the shrill whine of gamers who are jamming the forum with rant threads while offering nothing of value to our community.
Seriously, the anti-FFXIV trolls are almost as annoying as me when I troll Oregon State Beavers football forums.
Anyway, go Ducks, and on with the links:
Hands down, this is probably the best thread we've had since the launch of Final Fantasy XIV. To everyone who claims this game is unplayable, this poster has given you an easy-to-follow instruction manual to reach level 35 before waving the white flag. No more excuses! Let's hope this poster continues to create more guides. And to all you naysayers out there, here's an example of an informative thread that doesn't take a side on loving or hating FFXIV. See how that's done? You CAN hate the game while also being useful.
Turn off the music, enjoy the game
Any male gamer who lives with his wife or girlfriend (or who has a girlfriend over on a regular basis) can understand this poster on a deep, meaningful level. The music in FFXIV (and also in FFXI) was unique and memorable, but dang, it's also repetitive! So, why not turn off the music and just enjoy all the other ambient sounds this game has to offer? There's the sound of pounding metal from crafting, and the sound of wood being cut from crafting, and the sound of crystals breaking from crafting, and... well... I'm sure there are other sounds, too. I'll hear them, someday, when I stop crafting.
Effect of DEX confirmed! Test inside!
After a series of tests, this poster concluded that +20 DEX is equal to roughly a 12 percent boost in accuracy. Now, whether or not this poster's tests are actually conclusive is up for debate -- and as you can see in the many replies, that debate is ongoing. However, props to this poster for undertaking such a large test. Gathering data like this is likely to pay off in coming months as the game continues to grow and evolve.
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