Final Fantasy XIV (Rapture) - E3 Conference in OP (READ BEFORE COMMENTING) (E3 Discussion: pg39+)

[SamanosukeShiva]

you know what would make the game? characters being able to jump

[Tagus]

Allowing players to 'transfer' their FFXI characters to FFXIV would be a colossal mistake. Nobody wants to start an MMO where a large chunk of players have had a head start, it's just stupid. I hope they do mixed servers, I enjoyed playing with foreign people, although I don't know if I'll end up playing this. Time will tell.

If SE could design a way to allow us to transfer our characters over while not providing those new characters an unfair advantage, it would be pure awesome. Starting completely from scratch without anything at all to show for the last couple years would suck so fucking hard!

[Ryko]

You know what else .hack had? Comas.

lol'd

[Yugl]

You know what else .hack had? Comas.

I mentioned that as a solution for FFXI players who are around when they shut down the servers.

[Francisco]

Aside from the major lessons I hope SE has learned from FFXI... here are some minor bits of feedback...

- Gilgamesh should have been a major event / BCNM battle... not an old NPC.

- Lich and Kraken shouldn't have been generic mobs... they're elemental lords!

- Ochu isn't a type of Malboro.

- Cactuars shouldn't have looked dumb.

- Iron Giants.

[Tagus]

After careful consideration

Oh come on... wild speculation is much more the visceral reaction this news deserves. It's a necessary part of the cycle that leads to our inevitable disappointment.

[SamanosukeShiva]

Aside from the major lessons I hope SE has learned from FFXI... here are some minor bits of feedback...

- Gilgamesh should have been a major event / BCNM battle... not an old NPC.

- Lich and Kraken shouldn't have been generic mobs... they're elemental lords!

- Ochu isn't a type of Malboro.

- Cactuars shouldn't have looked dumb.

- Iron Giants.

cactuar have to look dumb! i rather have the classic look cactuar as oppose to a mob that look like cactus....

[Moosey]

If SE could design a way to allow us to transfer our characters over while not providing those new characters an unfair advantage, it would be pure awesome. Starting completely from scratch without anything at all to show for the last couple years would suck so fucking hard!

How many other games have you gotten to do this?


I hope they don't do any sort of FFXI>XIV transfer stuff. Access to betas/"mog house" item(if there is such a thing in this game) would be good enough imo.

I'd like to see a fresh start, everyone starting off on the same level, gear and experience-wise.

[blev]

You know what else .hack had? Comas.

i heard if u fight Pandy Warden for long enough, this is possible.

[Tagus]

How many other games have you gotten to do this?

Let's consider this question for a second in the arena of final fantasy mmo's... how many other games have existed to set the trend from which we can speculate how they will make the transition? Zero.

[Sephknight]

In my opinion the 90% of buyers for this "new game" will be FFXI players,so is only logical they give us some way to bring partially our achivements to FFXIV.

So if FFXIV is what it seems to be, FFXI will loose a lot of population one way or the other.
Still to soon to say this but maybe to the point were it would die completly, unless they link them both, somehow.

On a side note AV still left unkilled as intended, think it will stay that way as well XD,waiting to see his new version on FFXIV!

[Mistress Stowastiq]

Looks very similar to Promyvion to me.

Yes promyvion, I haven't gotten to that part in the game yet sorry (noob is me). Thanks for the info!

Also correcting my own info earlier, the tuft of hair on the end of the tail is male mithras not female! I hope the illustration is true and finally male mithras.

[Nibe]

Honestly, I'll probably buy it if it ends up coming out for PS3. Most of the best times I had in the game aside from the months before I quit were those initial days in the begining when everything is new to you and you have no clue whats going on. That combined with the fact that it was my first MMO got me so immersed into FFXI in the first place. If anything I'll play the new one to try and recreate that feeling I first got playing FFXI.

[Eaglestrike]

Let's consider this question for a second in the arena of final fantasy mmo's... how many other games have existed to set the trend from which we can speculate how they will make the transition? Zero.

EQ1 and EQ2.

Didn't happen.

[BRP]

- Lich and Kraken shouldn't have been elemental lords... they're generic mobs!


EDIT: Make no mistake- FFXI will be a better game for at least the first year. MMOs are never worthwhile until after a couple updates.

[enoch]

3) This one will probably come out wrong, but what the hell, its the internet... This is XI v.2. Anyone who doesn't see it as such is really trying to fool themselves. XI was their first MMO, and they learned quite a bit from it, which I'm sure we can agree on that. But my gut feeling is that, yeah, this game will probably be totally revamped from the ground up, but everything in the game will scream XI. Battles, the mathematical side of the game, even the gear and such will probably be retreaded gear from XI (in glorious HD, mmm). Now don't get me wrong, this formula from XI has kept me around 5~ years, so not saying its damning the game, but people thinking this is 100% new content (races aside) is really pushing it.

They learned quite a bit? Hmm, at first I wanted to dismiss this out of hand. But it's true, after a fashion. They learned to put rage timers on things. They seem to have learned that having more than one way to get endgame gear is generally a good thing. Have they learned their lesson when it comes to instanced shit? Scalability and congestion problems? Support and communication? And above all... the RMT situation?

Extremely dubious.

Will have to take a wait-and-see approach, but given their track record running FFXI and how they've "fixed" problems like AV... I can't say I have a lot of hope.

[Cheerios]

Level 10 gear: Converts 25 hp to 25 MP
Level 40 gear: Converts 25 hp to 25 MP
Level 60 gear: Converts 25 hp to 25 MP

good scaling

[ringthree]

Watch the scene again in HD, smart guy.

There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who put all his pixels in a bucket,
He was sure they were HD,
so in his pants he did wee,
but he just turned out to be some fucking kid that doesn't know what the fuck he is talking about.

[Moosey]

Let's consider this question for a second in the arena of final fantasy mmo's... how many other games have existed to set the trend from which we can speculate how they will make the transition? Zero.

FFX-2 FF tactics and FFXII. Spin-offs/sequels to other FF games, yet you didn't get to keep your progress did you?

EQ1 and EQ2.

Didn't happen.

also, that.

[Loziel]

Honestly, I'll probably buy it if it ends up coming out for PS3. Most of the best times I had in the game aside from the months before I quit were those initial days in the begining when everything is new to you and you have no clue whats going on. That combined with the fact that it was my first MMO got me so immersed into FFXI in the first place. If anything I'll play the new one to try and recreate that feeling I first got playing FFXI.

I have a feeling that starting this new game will be more like the time that you stepped off the boat in aht urghan for the first time than the first time you started FFXI an were a total newb.