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PCGamer interviews FFXIV devs. Why is the game so bad?

Unknown Soldier said:
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Oh geeze, game on :lol

(maybe a bit much yo)
 
Unknown Soldier said:
The ball is in your court, Londa. Your turn. :lol
Everyone and their mother knows that Londa is an obsessive, unabashed SquareEnix apologist and you didn't need to go on this off-topic rant to prove it.
 
Unknown Soldier said:
You're right, I need a tag. How about:

Unknown Soldier
Exposer of Bullshitters

Anyways, here's you:
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/rc/character/status?cicuid=2326447
Your highest battle rank is 16. You haven't the slightest goddamned idea what it's like to level up a battle class in this game. Your bullshitting about how anybody can solo to the level cap in this game was so stupid that everyone called you out on it in the OT. You haven't even started to play this game, someone can reach rank 16 in any non-mage battle class in roughly 7-10 hours.

As a point of comparison, here's me:
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/rc/character/status?cicuid=1987213

This is Rentahamster:
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/rc/character/status?cicuid=1555795

These are our biggest LS crafters:
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/rc/character/status?cicuid=2451826 (Ishtori Reni)
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/rc/character/status?cicuid=1560928 (Ryoshin Tarugane)
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/rc/character/status?cicuid=1537906 (Dega Enemis)

A few other LS people who have played pretty damn hard since release:
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/rc/character/status?cicuid=2451931 (Chie Izanami)
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/rc/character/status?cicuid=3406780 (Hipstah Deuxbag)
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/rc/character/status?cicuid=1303345 (Meep Moop)
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/rc/character/status?cicuid=5077006 (Treitei Firnas)
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/rc/character/status?cicuid=1556851 (Dental Plan)

You want to ask anyone who actually knows what it's like to rank up any class in this game past 16-18 (lol), ask some of these people. You don't even have to ask me, I'm "only" a rank 37 archer and everyone knows the huntards in these kinds of games don't know anything about anything, amirite? :lol

I'm calling you out right now, right here Londa. You don't have the slightest fucking goddamned clue what it's like to play this game for any extended period of time. Ask armorer rank 37 Ryoshin Tarugane what it's like to grind out crafting at a high rank in this game. Ask marauder rank 45 Meep Moop what it's like to grind out battling at a high rank in this game. Hell, ask Rentahamster just about anything, I think that guy has walked around and explored every nook and cranny in the game world already. Ask him about the empty placeholder NPC towns, the ridiculous lag in the main towns, the doors to the Adventurer's Guild in Ul'dah that don't fucking open to let you in, the retarded SP gain (ranking up) mechanics, the broken party mechanics, the copy-pasta whole regions, the ungodly UI, the lag, oh god the lag, I could go on and on. None of these people who have actually played this game for any real length of time share your sunny outlook on this game in it's current state, and it's because we've actually played the hell out of it the last 2 months.

The ball is in your court, Londa. Your turn. :lol

I am not hiding my progress. You are lying by saying I have no played the game at all. When in reality I have. So what at what other people have? I couldn't even try to make myself care. I have other things to do than just make sure I exp for rank everyday after work and school.

someone can reach rank 16 in any non-mage battle class in roughly 7-10 hours

I have a life. This doesn't apply to me. I don't want to rush to cap. There is no endgame.

All you have done is shown useless information and have not proven that your lie to be true. You said I have no played the game.

Where is the proff of me lying?
 
Londa said:
Tons of people who enjoy quality art may feel different, it also takes more skill, time, and effort to create the latter.

Absolutely, but I'm saying that *I* would find the C&H anthology more enjoyable for a longer period of time. I would be consistently entertained by it. I've seen the Mona Lisa; it's a wonderful painting, if surprisingly small. And then I moved on. I don't have any major desire to go see it again; I'm no student of fine art.

Also, there's an artistry independent of the visual side of things; there's an art to comedy. Not a lot of laughs in the Mona Lisa. But it's a very pretty painting.

FF14 is a fine art masterpiece presenting itself as the same commercial prospect as The Simpsons.

This metaphor's getting out of hand.
 
Unknown Soldier said:
The ball is in your court, Londa. Your turn. :lol
Wow. Match point - you better come up with something good, Londa.

Alright, never mind, game Unknown Soldier.
 
Londa said:
I am not hiding my progress. You are lying by saying I have no played the game at all. When in reality I have. So what at what other people have? I couldn't even try to make myself care. I have other things to do than just make sure I exp for rank everyday after work and school.



I have a life. This doesn't apply to me. I don't want to rush to cap. There is no endgame.

All you have done is shown useless information and have not proven that your lie to be true. You said I have no played the game.

Where is the proff of me lying?
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Londa said:
I am not hiding my progress. You are lying by saying I have no played the game at all. When in reality I have. So what at what other people have? I couldn't even try to make myself care. I have other things to do than just make sure I exp for rank everyday after work and school.

All you have done is shown useless information and have not proven that your lie to be true. You said I have no played the game.

Where is the proff of me lying?

:|

DaBuddaDa said:
Everyone and their mother knows that Londa is an obsessive, unabashed SquareEnix apologist and you didn't need to go on this off-topic rant to prove it.

It was an awesome post, shush.
 
Lyphen said:
Wow. Match point - you better come up with something good, Londa.

Come up with what? I don't need to prove anything. I haven't lied about anything at all. So I can't talk about this game until I have a rank 30?

I'm no student of fine art.

Also, there's an artistry independent of the visual side of things; there's an art to comedy. Not a lot of laughs in the Mona Lisa. But it's a very pretty painting.

that might be why I said people that are into that kind of art would feel differently.

I thought the game was casual friendly though and designed just for this type of player.

You should be like level 85 by now.

I know, right?

I don't necessarily think you have such an expert opinion that you can say that people who've invested more time into it than you are wrong.

He said I have never played. I said he lied. He did lie. Then tried to make me look bad. But he looks like a idiot because he can't prove that I have never played. He is derailing to cover over the lie. To say, HEY! SO WHAT YOU ARE WRONG CAUSE YOU ARENT THIS LEVEL.

I have been talking about copy and paste graphics, how does having a rank 30 character make you know more about copy and paste graphics than a rank 16 in mar?
 
Londa said:
I have a life. This doesn't apply to me. I don't want to rush to cap. There is no endgame.

All you have done is shown useless information and have not proven that your lie to be true. You said I have no played the game.

Where is the proff of me lying?

I thought the game was casual friendly though and designed just for this type of player.

You should be like level 85 by now.
 
Londa said:
Come up with what? I don't need to prove anything. I haven't lied about anything at all. So I can't talk about this game until I have a rank 30?
Well, I don't necessarily think you have such an expert opinion that you can say that people who've invested more time into it than you are wrong. I guess to complete the validity, how much have you played World of Warcraft?
 
I found the quote saying that they went from Alpha -> Launch in 6 month interesting. That doesn't sound like a long time. How long does it take the average game to go from alpha->beta->gold->shelves?
 
Londa said:
Come up with what? I don't need to prove anything. I haven't lied about anything at all. So I can't talk about this game until I have a rank 30?
I think the point was that you can't waive away its issues if they haven't made you cry yet. Meaning that if the game is problematic in areas that don't concern you, that doesn't mean that said problems should be ignored just because you're happy.

Mind you, that shouldn't hinder you from playing the game you enjoy.

Flame on.
 
Coldsnap said:
I find it beyond hilarious that Londa's highest rank is a 16.

In all fairness, if I remember the last thread properly, her entire stance on WoW's diversity and overall game design was founded on watching a few YouTube videos, so playing a character almost out of the newbie ranks is basically like a PhD in FFXIVology in comparison.
 
Never use exaggerations when posting with Londa, or she'll point out that it's technically incorrect on a theoretical level while ignoring everything else the post (and posts related to it) contains, including what the author actually intended to communicate.

Hint: It's not that you litterally has 0 hours, 0 minutes and 0 seconds worth of playtime. Maybe there's a hidden message?
 
Coldsnap said:
I find it beyond hilarious that Londa's highest rank is a 16.

I guess you didn't look at my lodestone page.

I am also guessing its unheard of here to not view games at number one in your life. :D

Shock to the senses.
 
Ask him about the empty placeholder NPC towns, the ridiculous lag in the main towns, the doors to the Adventurer's Guild in Ul'dah that don't fucking open to let you in, the retarded SP gain (ranking up) mechanics, the broken party mechanics, the copy-pasta whole regions, the ungodly UI, the lag, oh god the lag, I could go on and on

Yikes.
 
DaBuddaDa said:
I found the quote saying that they went from Alpha -> Launch in 6 month interesting. That doesn't sound like a long time. How long does it take the average game to go from alpha->beta->gold->shelves?
The average MMO? Look at what's out there.

Truth is, the average MMO doesn't really come out of beta, and barely makes it into it, is declared gold anyway and put onto shelves asap. It's a sucky genre in that regard.
 
PC Gamer Interview said:
PC Gamer: Recently, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada said that “Currently, the service isn’t satisfactory”. Can you comment on that?

Hiromichi Tanaka: From the game design point of view, we do agree, and all of the development team do understand that itÂ’s not up to the expectation.


Londa said:
If you are speaking from knowledge of developing games hands on that are Nextgen. Then I'll believe you.


Whelp, that was easy. <claps hands together and walks out>
 
Londa said:
I am not hiding my progress. You are lying by saying I have no played the game at all. When in reality I have. So what at what other people have? I couldn't even try to make myself care. I have other things to do than just make sure I exp for rank everyday after work and school.



I have a life. This doesn't apply to me. I don't want to rush to cap. There is no endgame.

All you have done is shown useless information and have not proven that your lie to be true. You said I have no played the game.

Where is the proff of me lying?
:lol :lol :lol

So basically... you spend more time defending FF14 than actually playing it.

How about this: post less, play more
 
Londa, if you want to look like informed about something when others have different opinion AND more numbers behind them (therefore more TIME put into the game), you just cant win by saying you have a life.

This is not how it works.

It is like saying you know the big Fermat theorem, and that you could actually prove it right here and right now. Then, when asked to do it, you, instead of proving it, back out by saying you like banging chicks more than proving dumb math theorems.

That is about it.
 
Bisonian said:
Whelp, that was easy. <claps hands together and walks out>

Because you haven't been reading my post. I haven't said the game is untouchable. I said that comparing WoW graphics to FFXIV proves that the interviewer doesn't know anything. He also saids basically, why can't this be WoW if you paraphrase his question. They admit to their being faults, but copy and paste terrain was needed or the size of the game would be bigger than it is.
 
Painraze said:
:lol :lol :lol

So basically... you spend more time defending FF14 than actually playing it.

How about this: post less, play more

If I am somewhere and bored I'm going to post. I can't take the game with my everywhere. When I'm home, I have other things to do than play every evening. Is that too hard to understand?

AND more numbers behind them (therefore more TIME put into the game), you just cant win by saying you have a life.

no, I'll play however I chose to and will continue to post as I chose to.

FACTS and not Londa made up assumptions, you have to admit your now just trolling to piss others off

Where are my made up assumptions? I'd like to see them. I play the game to enjoy myself when I have nothing else to do. I'm not playing to report back, etc. I bought the game for fun.

apologist behaviour

where? I haven't apologized for anything. Good on you for getting to where you are.
 
I thought Londa was a top level character in FFXIV that maybe knew WTF was going on, and why he was talking like that

Your still in the beginner stages?, you can't say you have experienced everything this game offers

People who go out of there way to level up quickly and find out for the rest of us what lies ahead helps out the whole community a fuck-ton

If the game is broken early on, and some still struggle through it, hoping that the second half of the game is where it's at, and they report back it is, people will go through the struggle to get to the point, but if the game from start to end is a complete mess, and people have data, images, FACTS and not Londa made up assumptions, you have to admit your now just trolling to piss others off

Did you really use the I have a life comment, really!? REALLY!?, you just threw me back into a time warp of 1999 where this was rampant with the I have a life, I can't grind like these soul-less losers and achieve maximum power!
 
Zefah said:
Uhh... WoW is mentioned. Are you saying WoW is the only MMORPG developers should look at when making an MMORPG? I'd say your rather ignorant if you think there is nothing worthwhile to gleam from EQ2, SWG, or other non-WoW MMORPGs. Not like it matters--FFXIV is still a pile of shit.

I'm saying the most recent game they mentioned (that being WoW) came out in 2004. When someone asks you which MMO's you have played and the best you can come up with is that a few people on your team played EQ2 and SWG, it's pretty obvious you haven't been watching the MMO genre for quite awhile.
 
I'm a higher level/rank than Londa and I haven't even played since the first few weeks of launch. Londa you must be getting paid by S-E, that is the only thing I can think of to explain your apologist behaviour on this forum.

So basically, ITT: Londa defends a game he/she/it has barely played.
 
Londa said:
If I am somewhere and bored I'm going to post. I can't take the game with my everywhere. When I'm home, I have other things to do than play every evening. Is that too hard to understand?

So you adamantly defend a game you rarely play?

I think it's safe to say most of us have lives here. I'm married, have a house, family obligations, have a side business, etc, etc yet I still have time to play games. I sure as hell have enough time to put more than 10 hours into a game that's been out since September... Especially when I like said game so much I choose to defend it day after day online.

Something doesn't add up. Sorry.
 
Guys, it's not hard to figure out. Londa likes the game despite its shortcomings, and chooses to ignore them. And is maybe a bit outspoken about the liking part.
 
Painraze said:
So you adamantly defend a game you rarely play?

I think it's safe to say most of us have lives here. I'm married, have a house, family obligations, have a side business, etc, etc yet I still have time to play games. I sure as hell have enough time to put more than 10 hours into a game that's been out since September. Especially when I like said game so much I choose to defend it day after day online.

Something doesn't add up. Sorry.

I don't defend the game. Just call people out for lies, or exaggerations.

I have also put more than 10 hours in the game. I guess you haven't looked at my lodestone page. How can I be level 29 with 6+ jobs at different ranks and not have put more than 10 hours?

You can not compare someone elses life to yours. Good on your that you have all those things and can still play. I'm not going to throw my life out there to be examined by gaf. So I wont be doing the same.
 
Londa said:
Because you haven't been reading my post. I haven't said the game is untouchable. I said that comparing WoW graphics to FFXIV proves that the interviewer doesn't know anything. He also saids basically, why can't this be WoW if you paraphrase his question. They admit to their being faults, but copy and paste terrain was needed or the size of the game would be bigger than it is.

I think that when he says "Why can't this be WoW?" what he's actually intending is "WoW sacrified graphical fidelity - it wasn't even bleeding-edge at launch - in the name of more coherent worldbuilding. Why did you focus so much on graphical fidelity when it meant you had to make so many sacrifices?"
 
mclem said:
I think that when he says "Why can't this be WoW?" what he's actually intending is "WoW sacrified graphical fidelity - it wasn't even bleeding-edge at launch - in the name of more coherent worldbuilding. Why did you focus so much on graphical fidelity when it meant you had to make so many sacrifices?"

While I sorta agree w/ this, I don't think it's fair to compare WoW graphically to FFXIV. WoW was made as he said years ago and XIV was designed to work on the best PCs in today's market.
 
Londa said:
I don't defend the game. Just call people out for lies, or exaggerations.

I have also put more than 10 hours in the game. I guess you haven't looked at my lodestone page. How can I be level 29 with 6+ jobs at different ranks and not have put more than 10 hours?

You can not compare someone elses life to yours. Good on your that you have all those things and can still play. I'm not going to throw my life out there to be examined by gaf. So I wont be doing the same.

4-5 local leves should get you pretty close to rank 10. And level 29 isn't hard, as Unknown has said, you've hardly scratched the surface of the game.
 
oohh Londa... FFXIV's only white knight. Give it up - even the devs don't know what to say for their game at this point. It's pathetic.
 
I wonder if they'll extend the discount period for FFXI/FFXIV subscriptions since it was supposed to start once the FFXIV free trial period was over. :lol
 
Londa nuked from orbit.

Why isn't she banned yet, at least for a month. The FF14 discussions wouldn't devolve into "Londa vs Everyone else in the goddamn world." :|

ANOTHER FREE MONTH

Why don't they just cut their losses and make it free to play? Oh, right, no one wants to play it in the first place.

They should make 11 F2P finally. I have the base + first expansion discs right here that I haven't used since I bought them for $20 at Gamestop 5+ years ago, waiting for free servers. :|
 
It doesn't surprise me that they copy and paste so much in FFXIV. They did the same thing with terrain in FFXI, just disguised it as console limitations :lol.

IMO the only reason they rushed it is due to cataclysm, it isn't as if SE is running out of cash, they were just trying to get it released at the lull before the xpac, and just like warhammer before it, they failed.

I was hoping for FFXI-2 with better graphics and it was unrealistic to expect that but what we got was worse.
 
TheSeks said:
Londa nuked from orbit.

Why isn't she banned yet, at least for a month. The FF14 discussions wouldn't devolve into "Londa vs Everyone else in the goddamn world." :|



Why don't they just cut their losses and make it free to play? Oh, right, no one wants to play it in the first place.

They should make 11 F2P finally. I have the base + first expansion discs right here that I haven't used since I bought them for $20 at Gamestop 5+ years ago, waiting for free servers. :|

Because to be f2p you need another source of revenue. What do they do? A cash shop? Split the players into those that want to pay for slight advances and those that don't pay. I played XI for years, if I still did I'd never want free 2 play.


Emenis said:
Plus update on 25th

And shit, I might have to move my PC...what do I play? Updated XIV or GT5?!??!?!
 
demosthenes said:
Because to be f2p you need another source of revenue. What do they do? A cash shop? Split the players into those that want to pay for slight advances and those that don't pay. I played XI for years, if I still did I'd never want free 2 play.




And shit, I might have to move my PC...what do I play? Updated XIV or GT5?!??!?!

Same news update.

This month's version update, tentatively scheduled for November 25, marks the first step in bringing about significant improvement to FINAL FANTASY XIV

edit: ah you found it
 
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