Official global alpha start date: November 28th.

**Kaiyoko** · 2012-12-06 22:04

What was so great about XI's quest system? Getting to watch models preform shitty animations preformed by lifeless character models? Spamming /trade macros to trade in items? The system itself was terrible and the story was the only thing making it remotely bearable.

I'll take WoW style quest systems any day over mindlessly killing the same mobs over and over again at a camp. At least I'm getting to explore that way...

**Churchill** · 2012-12-06 22:15

XI's quest system is terrible, it's like the equivalent of FPS games that force terrible spawns and match-make by arbitrary skill level rather than connection speed. It's just not acceptable in 2012.

**Fievel** · 2012-12-06 22:16

**Kachiko** · 2012-12-06 23:16

Rose colored glasses aside, everybody knows that the FFXI quest style cannot progress into today's MMORPG. As the comic above describes, FFXI was the icon for lack of in game information, and because we were all FF fan boys, we lapped it up anyways. Hell, I recently threw away my 'wiki' print outs, include original skill chain charts/graphs, from when that was the only way to play the game. Don't get me wrong, I'll always fondly remember my FFXI days (haven't quite stopped subs but probably will soon), but most of us have grown up now and realize that MMORPGs have evolved, and I for one am glad that FFXIV is implementing the basics that any MMORPG these days should have. That in no way means they are prohibited from bringing the elements that make a FF game, to today's current market, but they sure as hell can't just re-bundle a ten year old product and ship it, like they tried with 1.0. One thing I'd like to see are new models, for the FFXIV mobs that are currently in FFXI (Adamantoise from Video 4?), and maybe we'll see that later, in the finished product; would give it the complete coat of new paint that would push it over the edge.

**mightyg** · 2012-12-06 23:55

Agreed. I don't expect quests to completely spoonfeed people, but FFXI was ridiculous. People just waited till some crazy bastard figured it out the hard hard way(unlit lantern anyone?), then found the guide online. The resizeable alpha map gives me such a hard on. Now I do prefer the cut-scenes for storyline quests, but for your average guildleve/fetch/justletmeridemygoddamnchocobo quests, text is just fine.

**Enkidu** · 2012-12-07 00:20

Nobody claimed XI's system was good, just that improving on it and implementing it in XIV from the start would have been better then the guildleve system. The point was just that XI was not that bad of a game and could have easily translated into a successful new MMO with proper improvements and restructuring. Instead they decided to go in a completely different direction and they ended up with a total flop.

Part of me just wishes they let XIV die and SE gave Yoshi the keys to the luminous engine and said "see you in 4 years, make FFXVI with this".

**Sephiroth** · 2012-12-07 06:05

Twitter:

"Additional invitation to the ARR alpha testing has been sent! Check out your email! Next invitation will be sent on Dec 10th."

No luck for me today.

**euph** · 2012-12-07 06:41

womp womp, maybe on monday

**Rionel** · 2012-12-07 07:23

The early morning has been kind to me today.

**Wulfgang** · 2012-12-07 07:26

Got an invite; will poke around after work.

**blythe** · 2012-12-07 07:55

I logged back into 1.0 to compare something real quick (there were 3 other people online at the time). It had been so long since I'd been actually been in that game, and it just hit me all over again how astonishingly terrible it's foundations were... from optimization, to the unnecessarily massive and copy-pasta'd maps etc.

I don't know why I'm posting other than to say that I hope you all who are waiting get in soon.

**shepardG** · 2012-12-07 08:13

RAGE. Yoshi WHY U NO INVITE ME ><

**Toth** · 2012-12-07 08:14

Originally Posted by shepardG

RAGE. Yoshi WHY U NO INVITE ME ><

Ditto lol

RNG just hate me!

**Elcura** · 2012-12-07 08:37

Adding to the disappointed pile. It makes me feel good to see other people suffer as well, so I guess there's that.

**shukudai** · 2012-12-07 09:29

Is there a way to find people in game on the alpha? >.> just a whole bunch of strangers!

**Stanislaw** · 2012-12-07 09:47

Today is a better day.

**Lucavi** · 2012-12-07 09:48

Rounds are still coming, so hang in there. >_>

**Insanecyclone** · 2012-12-07 10:04

**Thesuspect** · 2012-12-07 10:24

When I seen an empty inbox this morning I thought I was all alone. Misery loves company I guess. In the end a nice early Beta invite will heal all wounds.

**Dakin** · 2012-12-07 10:34

Well shucks....I don't know how much more Diablo3 I can handle...

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