1.15a Patch notes 2/2/11

[Hyan]

Other MMO's gotta have that since the devs sure as hell won't have much of a timeframe to add more once the game goes live. "Grind" is shunned and the games become top-heavy in no time. After that it's instance instance raid raid for 1-10 years.

And looks like Yoshida sure has a hard-on for that kind of shit. I guess they can barely add something for 20-40 before the conveyor belt starts to roll.

[Lucavi]

I'd value instance instance raid placed ontop of a plethora of early quests, battlegrounds, and world PVP over... this. Grind grind grind grind until 50, then... what?

Even at the beginning of other games lifespans, there's just more to do. Much more than this, a brand-spanking new game. The new car smell wouldn't even have worn off from XIV, and yet people have been bored for months.

[Hyan]

Herp-a-derp. This game has two ways to expand from here. And they are choosing the shitty way.

It's not a matter of "what we have now" versus "instance instance raid". "This" is merely the groundwork from which shit grows to a pile of instances on top of each other or something slightly more creative and diverse than that.

Of course anything is better than "this". It's not the point gdi.

[reccaa]

Nice timing for SP improvements; I can get my CON29 to 30 & retire it for good until they add content (Not grinding sp on battle job ever).

I'm impressed with DoL changes (finally getting some love!); I save 5-minute per leve now, and logging is much smoother.

Obviously, stacking items is a big improvements for DoL & Crafters...

I hope they continue with this pace & little improvements.

I agree with Hyan; I'm expecting they will improve UI a bit more and do minor fixes here & there before adding new content (so we can enjoy the content with a responsive easy-to-use UI)...

Good job SE, I'm impressed ^^

EDIT: On a funny note, I still press bottom arrow-key to scroll down local guild leve to check rank & so on, even though it is displayed on one page lol... force-of-habit I guess ^^;;

[Corrderio]

Did anyone notice adjustments to damage taken in this update?

[Kurokikaze]

Going to make a video outlining all the stuff in this update for people that aren't playing at the moment.

[Patriarch]

this patch has made me happy.

[Draylo]

Yeah... I don't see why people are in such a rush to play such a bad game right now. Fixing SP isn't going to fix the fact that there's nothing to do. That takes time. Just forget about it for a few months, then come back to a (hopefully) different game.

This ^

[miokomioko]

Who cares? I don't believe anyone claimed the game was "fixed."

Hell, there are a lot of successful games that are proof that people can easily be entertained by pure, endless grinding. Feel free to rank all your shit to 50 now that it's realistic to do anything besides craft.

[Kurokikaze]

For those that want to get a look at the changes without logging in: FFXIV Patch 1.15a Highlights.



Enjoy.

Edit: Posted it in the SP thread and here cause it was relevant.

[Lucavi]

Thanks for the vid, Kuro.

[Selamis]

Damn, that looks pretty sweet. Nice video! Also surprised at how fluid the UI seems to respond now when you were in the wards, and really doing anything, before you sped it up. Gonna have to log in this weekend and try out the new changes. I haven't played in close to three weeks probably.

[Gokulo]

Nice video Kuro, S-E should be happy there's someone like you that wants to bother to present things in a way like that for other players Maybe it will convinve someone to play ^^;