FFXIV Flame Wars Thread: because ten threads is not enough threads

[Grey Jorildyn]

It is. Transparency of that nature isn't something SE is familiar with, nor willing to experiment with. The best I felt it ever got in FFXI was "Latent Effect: X". of course you still had to figure out how to trigger that, and that was part of the metagame of FFXI, which I felt brought a uniqueness to the game. However when it bled into stuff like how to kill AV and shady zoom-in videos, you had to wonder what the hell they were thinking not having some kind of in-game clues or anything to go on. Part and partial due to the stone-age client, which is what we have here now. I think the largest improvement in visuals is probably incapacitation, which of course they had to write a lodestone entry about because within the game, you'd be hard-pressed to find any information about how to actually play it. One thing I've always said about SE to my guildmates is they are very good at implementing limitations and very poor at letting you know how anything works (but man, you know those limiting-factors never, ever falter. They are coded rock-solid to prevent you from abusing anything).

It's like they don't want to be competitive in this market.

A fellow in my shell put it like this "Oh boy, too many fish hooks being made per synth; EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE! Fuck we can't get Skill Points in combat; eh, we'll fix that in the next patch in two months."

I just don't get it..

[Lucavi]

Stopping any form of RMT to them takes more priority and precedence over anything else. They've clearly shown that with their emergency nerfs.

[Alderaan]

I've just recently looked into Rift and TERA due to the failure of this game and I've gotta tell you it's very impressive when you look through their sites. The content they planning to launch with seems to be extensive and they not afraid to share info with potential customers.

Head over to the Rift thread in the gaming section and check out how long the patch notes are just after the first beta 2 weeks ago. All fixes from player feedback.

[Cichy]

Yeah that company is listening to their beta testers for sure. However, as far as Rift goes the way it looks bothers me, I cant play a MMO that isnt visually appealing to me. On the other hand TERA skanky characters definitely do.

[Lucavi]

Rift looks like Dungeon Siege Online or some shit, which is exactly what I wanted a few years back. It looks perfect other than the same-old same-old UI setup. If I want pretty graphics, I can always play XIV and AOC.

Oh wait.

[Cichy]

Bioware in my opinion is notorious for this shit, I played Dragon Age and I enjoyed it alot besides the wierd character design, especially the funky looking women, Mass Effect had same problem for me too. It seems to me that although they try to make characters look more realistic for some reason they make them less, they all have a vacant expression. On the other hand I always thought SE did very well with the design of their models which is what I like about 14, the characters are well animated.

[Sign]

Bioware in my opinion is notorious for this shit, I played Dragon Age and I enjoyed it alot besides the wierd character design, especially the funky looking women, Mass Effect had same problem for me too. It seems to me that although they try to make characters look more realistic for some reason they make them less, they all have a vacant expression. On the other hand I always thought SE did very well with the design of their models which is what I like about 14, the characters are well animated.

Yeah Bioware has a huge issue with the Uncanny Valley. At least their stories are good.

[Riposte]

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[BlackheartX]

Rift looks like Dungeon Siege Online or some shit, which is exactly what I wanted a few years back. It looks perfect other than the same-old same-old UI setup. If I want pretty graphics, I can always play XIV and AOC.

Oh wait.

Rift will remind you of what it's like to not play a game that's a gigantic pile of shit start to finish.

[miokomioko]

Yes, celebrate mediocrity.

[notorious bum]

Mioko was that kid who's parents only bought those shitty tiger hand-helds while all his friends had Gameboys. The rage is still there, I can tell.

[Ambrosia]

*FFXIV looks in the mirror*

FFXIV: How am I doing today FFXIV!?!?

Mirror: You are doing great!@!@!@

FFXIV: Good, then I'll keep it up!

I don’t want us to turn our backs on FFXIV the way reality turned its back on Gary Busey

[miokomioko]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xv13hLDFNa...artSmalley.jpg

[notorious bum]

Gary Busey lives in the 4th Dimension. You need a pair of 3D glasses and a babel fish to understand him.

[Grey Jorildyn]

http://iamdns.files.wordpress.com/20...if?w=250&h=227

[Lucavi]

Yes, celebrate mediocrity.

Better than celebrating this.

[miokomioko]

I'm not celebrating, I'm just playin'. :3

[Lucavi]

I'm not celebrating, I'm just playin'. :3

Me too. <3 you too.

[Lucavi]

We all knew it would happen, but its official: FFXIV is 2010's worst game that everyone has played.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/96061...nline/57558785

I like how GS didn't simply take the old launch build, but included the fact that we're playing for free and that updates and fixes have been "promised". I guess that PS3-centric UI worked really well for a PC game. Happy holidays, SE.

[Lazytowner]

PS3-centric UI worked really well for a PC game.

Apparently SE wanted to please the majority of XI players who happened to use controllers -- because we all know they're an intelligent bunch. We all ended up using controllers with the PC version because it was ABSOLUTE SHIT and was a straight port from the PS2.

If I wanted to play XIV with a controller then I would be waiting for the PS3. Unfortunately I'm not -- I paid for a keyboard/mouse and should be able to press motherfuckin "i" for inventory.


Why are Japs so damn far behind American game development? Eight years and they still haven't figured out that a mouse IS IJKL or using the arrow keys -- its just not redundant as fuck and taking up four keys on my keyboard.