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Final Fantasy 14 patch 2.3: Defenders of Eorzea trailer
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Baleoce
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I *want* frontlines to be great. I do fear it will end up in duty queue limbo though. They've made it accessible, which is fine and all. But the problem is, other than the currencies you obtain, there's no room for growth or development in the actual event itself (wolf marks dont really count, as that's wolves den progression). The PvP is very oddly thought out in this game.
The amount of endgame content released is pretty big.
For instance, WoW launched in november 2004 with one lairboss (Onyxia) and one raid (Molten Core).
The first addition to endgame content was nearly a year later, with ZG in september 2005.
Even during the TBC era, here's the timeline:
January 16 - The Burning Crusade expansion released
With, already, a ridicolous amount of endgame content:
- Three lairbosses (Maulgar, Gruul, Magtheridon)
-12-boss 10man raid (Karazhan)
- 5-boss 25man raid (The Eye)
- 6-boss 25man raid (SSC)
Which would, five months later, be stacked with Black Temple(9-boss) and Hyjal (5-boss).
Even later, 2.3 brought ZA (5-boss) November, and Sunwell(6-boss) at March next year.
(But that's past glories: Now, WoW has gone over a year without any new raiding content.)
By contrast, ARR launched with four lairboss encounters, two 3-boss raids, and a 5-boss raid; but is adding things very quickly.
If i'm correct, by 2.3 there will be five primals in Hard\Extreme\Brutal, 9 bosses in Coil and 10 bosses in CT?
And not even a year has passed since ARR launch.
I'd reckon to say it's one of the most well-content-supported MMOs i've ever seen.
Kresnik258
Member
I really don't think I can get back into another MMO after WoW ate up so many years of my life (at the expense of everything else), but this game keeps appealing to me so much.
Maybe when I get my PS4 I'll see if I can play it in moderation. Heh.
Maybe when I get my PS4 I'll see if I can play it in moderation. Heh.
I'm inclined to agree, honestly.
Perhaps there's a point to be made about the content not lasting as long as desired (for some), but still. I've subbed and played nearly every day and there's still quite a bit I want to do and get done.
I only hope we'll have the same momentum in each major patch leading up to the expansion, and I haven't heard anything yet to make me think otherwise.
Lol, the content(I want to play) usually is awesome, but lasts me 3 days max to complete. Then maybe a week socializing with the FC but that's it.
I'm really curious how this will work.
In XI getting a Chocobo was something that required efforts and you could only get one in towns and at the crags. Chocobos were also the only mounts (not like XIV were you can even summon a freacking Behemot). Your personal chocobo was indeed special, because you could summon it everywhere, had different speed from the normal one and color.
Yoshida already made clear all the mounts will have the same speed, you can already summon your chocobo everywhere and apparently with 3.5 you will be able to change his color at will, so... what will make your personal, raised chocobo different?
Ploid 3.0
Member
Oh man FFXII hunts? This is perfect for NM or challenging solo fights in the open world. I can't wait until the game is more fleshed out in the exploration part. I may boot this up when the Rogue and Assassin class is in, not a fan of the arena fights with their seemingly strict gear checks.
ZiZ
Member
:C
wait, is that the CNJ from Tam-Tara that was walking around with
her fiance's severed head
Riposte
Member
I think the problem is tied to the fundamental design of the game and cannot be wholly solved by band-aids. No matter how they add content, the game's progression is so narrow and sharpened that most of the game's content is doomed to be useless at any given moment. I'd argue that there being multiple paths for casual and dedicated players is only kind the combat system can support, but it only cements the idea of there being mostly useless content to any one player. To take it out of the MMO space (which I have little love for), if you've played a Souls game, especially Dark Souls II, consider how all the ways stats (including elemental weaknesses) can be used, how many pieces of gear (like, considering just one weapon type at a time) can be borne out of that (and completely unique effects), and how many ways the game can pull on you trying to find or create said gear; ARR is basically the exact opposite. Whenever they add a new dungeon with amazing presentation values, they are adding something with a very short expiration date and, in some cases, is outdated upon implementation (I think what you have in mind falls into the latter).
The leveling experience might be a slightly different issue, but I think it amounts to the same thing. After the first time, is it really anything more than a light grind buffer to the endgame? I can't help but contrast it to what leveling a fresh class/job meant in FFXI and the experiences are very different because the lacking community/economy hooks I mentioned (FFXIV goes for a very impersonal approach even outside of soloing and lacks a functional economy). It's hard to put it exact terms, but the pool of players you were jumping back into was constantly vitalized, with gear/food economy being kept alive for this reason, with several milestones existing outside the number next to "level" becoming higher (such as obtaining spells and gear, which is a complete non-issue in ARR, even the quest-based Artifact gear and exclusive job abilities - an explicit softening from the previous version of the game where they were milestones), with rules and demands being created and followed by players, and a general deeper shared experience throughout the server/game (Tam Tara Deepcroft surely isn't "the dunes", it is arguably not even a "real place" in this highly segmented virtual world). It's hard for me to see the activity of leveling other classes in ARR as valuable in itself and I think Yoshi-P has said as much as the game really beginning with endgame, that's just what the game is. Given how linear the endgame is (and thus how horizontal it must be for meaningful progression to exist), I think having multiple main classes is actually discouraged within the game design.
Neat to see that callback to that old adventurer party. Here I thought she would get a happy ending.
:C
A Yandere Reborn
ZiZ
Member
indeed, I'm enjoying this game's story more than many offline Final Fantasies.
:C
pretty obvious she's gonna die there
You missed Blackwing Lair, which released in July 2005.
The tank seems to be wearing two sets of tank gear I haven't seen before, not counting the new CT gear. Drops in the new dungeons I suppose? Maybe crafting.
If they're crafting gear, I don't think it'll be i100 gears though.
Oh yeah. That conjurer totally turned that head into an ahriman. Great.
If they're crafting gear, I don't think it'll be i100 gears though.
Oh yeah. That conjurer totally turned that head into an ahriman. Great.
July 8.
July 8th.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Whoa, good catch.
A free weekend, probably, so people can try the game or try the new patch.
Awww I was expecting some sorta 2x tomestone weekend
Oh well back to grinding the duty roulette.
SpiceMelange
Member
I love this game, still leveling my white mage. The end game sounds very.. daunting/complicated. I hear tons of terms in the FC like myths, tomes, atma, zodac, turn, ct, alexandrite, novus, etc.
In other news the Titan fight was awesome, the tank got one shotted midway in the fight for some reason that escapes me (his hp just dropped completely). Still, we managed to finished the fight as I was healing and tanking the hits. First time I got all 3 player commendations
In other news the Titan fight was awesome, the tank got one shotted midway in the fight for some reason that escapes me (his hp just dropped completely). Still, we managed to finished the fight as I was healing and tanking the hits. First time I got all 3 player commendations
Does this means 3 days of free play?, if so any good place to dload the game?.
Stormhammer
Member
Just when I had taken a few weeks from the game from burn out and losing the will to play, they suck me right back in. D:
If you have a PS3 version of the game you can upgrade to the PS4 version for free until December 31, 2014. This will deactivate your PS3 copy though, so you won't be able to play FFXIV: ARR on the PS3 anymore, but you'll have a digital copy of the PS4 version that you can play.
Wait. Are you for real? Can anyone confirm?
Quadaess Suikun
Member
Wait. Are you for real? Can anyone confirm?
Yes, it's her. Edda.
Some time ago, Yoshida said we would see her again, and here she comes.
sciencerob
Member
Careful, too much more and people might think you actually like this game.
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
I had to forcibly extricate myself from this game for fear of it taking over my life...but god dammit I think I need to come back for this.
ZiZ
Member
Wait. Are you for real? Can anyone confirm?
sure looks like her:
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Edda
Yep. Loads of them near Bronze Lake. Normal enemies, though, and a fate or two.
Riposte
Member
That Mamool Ja FATE is really messed up lol. It's like pro-racism.
Taken from the official site:
From that dungeon description and everyone's input, this person is definitely sounding like her a lot more. Wow. EDIT: And I found another place online that confirms that it is her. I guess this has been building up for a while? (I started in May this year)
Edda’s cameos were one of the most memorable events I’ve encountered in this game. And I’m a bit saddened by this state of affairs. Damn you Square Enix. I can’t wait for patch 2.3 now. I MUST KNOW.
TheDancingWatermelon
Member
Guy is still around, spreading his love of tacos to all in his path.
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Member
Really stoked for world PVP.
SuperDowns
Banned
CT2 (Syrcus Tower) Gear:
I thought this game was prettier than this. OR is that just a bad screenshot.
Watch the trailer?
hitsugi
Member
Why are you resisting? Join us.
This all seems like really great stuff to me. Can't wait.