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Now this is how you do a Halloween Event!
Albatroes
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http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/2015/All_Saints_Wake/
Now the only question I have is, how long do we get to keep the broom. God I hope its permanent since it'll fly son!
Now the only question I have is, how long do we get to keep the broom. God I hope its permanent since it'll fly son!
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no idea why this is supposed to be that super.
"I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me!"
Any post about FF14 made the game sounds superior than other games and I was misguided so much that I subbed twice, both time I couldn't find the motivation to even log in. I sincerely think 99% of these posts are written by gunners hired by Square Enix because no normal person can be this enthusiastic about a game that is dated both graphically and mechanically. Just FYI both time I subbed, I really put a lot of effort to like the game. Nothing ever special popped up, all was "been there done that".
Also, who the hell are you to decide what a 'normal person' is? That statement just reeks of arrogance and pretentiousness.
AN' DERE AIN'T NO SUCH FING AS ENUFF DAKKA, YA GROT! Enuff'z more than ya got an' less than too much an' there ain't no such fing as too much dakka. Say dere is, and me Squiggoff'z eatin' tonight!
We are born of the blood. Made men by the blood. Undone by the blood. Our eyes are yet to open. FEAR THE OLD BLOOD.
#IStandWithVic
Aside from ESO and now Black Desert I don't know of any other MMORPG that has better graphics than FFXIV.
What If we got fangs that our characters could use as a glamour and I would of simply subbed if I could get a little outfit for my lalafel with cute bat wings like in the image. Why not add some spooky furnishing which you could display in your home or maybe a Haunted house skin much like the moogle one shown a few weeks back for 3.1?
As someone showed above Wildstar did well above and beyond with their event. You actually get a haunted house for your personal housing plot and actually go trick or treating to other player homes and collect candy to purchase more fluff. Finishing all this you get a entire new dungeon to do! You can even obtained furnishings and props used in the Halloween zone.... Yet for FFXIV here is yet another boring event, come get your reskinned outfit and crappy flying mount reskin.... The video below does well to illustrate how ones REALLY does a Halloween event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yy5nUMCakI
On a separate note, is there a way to allowed embedded youtube videos on here? Not exactly familiar with how one does that or if its possible.
As for people who made fun of me and everything, I really just wanted to make a point that the hype and enthusiasm for FF14 appear unreal to me, pretender at best. I've been seriously thinking there's still forums warriors and gunners who defend FF14 when it really shouldn't be a mmo genre; I think jrpg needs to be jrpg.
I mean, for a very ordinary event promotion page, there are common folks talk about how GREAT it is, there is probably something fishy going on.
The game fails at a lot of things or does not do a lot of things the way i like to see them,but dated graphics is just such a lame statement it is pathetic.
For the record i don't find any event in any game to be that amazing,after all it is free content,so accept it for what it is.It is an event that breaks up the monotony a bit.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Your second paragraph is spot on as far as the pretender observation, if you think its bad here then you should see how things go down on the OF. Not minutes after you express concerns and show areas where the game should improve you are swarmed and gunned down by the apologists and pretenders. Your post is quickly buried with 100% satisfaction and there is virtually nothing wrong with their WoW with FF Skin token grinder dress up simulator online world.
As far as your claims on FF not belonging as an online world, I can see that you probably haven't played FFXI. The game had many of its own problems for many years but has delivered on some of the best story I have ever seen in a FF game or go even as far as saying any other MMO to date. It (like much of the other mmos of that time frame) harbored some one of the best/helpful/memorable playerbase to date and still to this day retains most of it. As its been said many times before this is purely my opinion, but I can't say I've run across anyone that played FFXI and felt it didn't fit in the MMO genre.
The problem in all of this isn't that people have various opinions, its that people are utterly unwilling to accept the game is not flawless and proceed to belittle anyone that does. People like that ruin games but the real problem is a major portion of the users that actually frequent the forums are these aggressive apologists. You may think nothing on the subject but this does very little to let SE know where they can improve the game. There are players on this forum like Driven who can actively enjoy playing the game because it fits "their" needs but can still acknowledge the game can be even better. What I am trying to say is driven is one of the very few players that doesn't go into immediate aggressive "la la la I cant hear you" turtle mode once any "heretic" dare makes any negative comment. Nor does go full comparison mode of FFXIV vs. WoW/Any other MMO as if they think I gave a flying chocobo how they compare.
Where I am going with this is that it couldn't hurt for some of the white knights to be a little more open minded and for those that have ideas and concerns to not be discouraged by the aggressive stance the apologists take. The problem is that those who speak up could care less of the future of the game and move on and I don't blame them. When you drop some criticism on the OF and the first thing you see is "Then quit if you don't like it, I am enjoying the game myself" or "See you next major patch then" followed by walls of apologist comments like "Their design team is so small and they work so hard". I mean I can't honestly say I have ever seen game supported in such a manner and it freaks me out.
In the end if the players that are content with the game/are the current audience FFXIV is catered to makes up a huge part of the playerbase then maybe its a lost cause to argue. That being said I wouldn't be surprised when SE releases their current sub numbers that they can't even push higher than 1M subs in NA. I mean 500k is a lot and 1M sounds like an amazing crowning achievement but if the game has no flaws and HW did nothing but better the game (as the apologists claim) then they should have more subs than they did in 2.55 no?
Even though I don't agree with you with most things, you do make compelling and thought out arguments but then you throw in some name calling. There's no need for that. Why stoop to their level? It just makes people only see that one thing and nothing else you're trying to say.
Also times have change, there are so many games to play these days, I feel no matter how good the game is, It will never reach heights in which only one game has ever done. Maintaining what they have in this market is already an amazing feat. Could they do better? Of course, you think the developers are stupid? They're not listening to all the happy people. They listen to thought out criticism. Things that make them take notice, not someone that responds with go play another game or this game sucks. You get my point. You are a smart man.
So go ahead and criticize the game how you please, just remember there will be disagreements and some WILL act like children but I say again, don't stoop down to that level, it makes you just as bad as them.
As far as your times have changed bit I am in 100% agreement with you, but it still pains for me to have to accept it. After doing some pondering I have come the the realization that this all stems from me being a long time Final Fantasy player and so I hold very high standards for Square. Ever since FFXIII and moving forward It was a really tough time for the company and as a result the botched launch of FFXIV just makes me feel like 2.0 was a safe compromise. This was at what feels like the cost of what it means to be a final fantasy game; a rich engrossing story filled to the brim with memorable characters and a real sense of a "journey" and "adventure". Not a B rated movie cinematic experience with lobby based bite sized adventures inside a massive sprawling soul-less world with nothing going on all with a emphasis on dressup!
Final fantasy was a final bastion to me when it comes to the dreary and done 100 times already market that is MMORPG's. FFXI is finally setting its name down and is becoming a mobile app to allow it to live forever after 13+ successful years thanks to a dedicated and innovative development team and an equally amazing community. The game itself is living proof that you don't have to cater to everyone to be successful but bring a community together, this goes without saying for DAoC, Ultima, EQ and even EQ2.
Because god damn it Vandal, there are plenty of games that copy WoW just as WoW is itself and Square didn't have to be just like everyone else. Instead of making a game for the interests of a flaky, shallow, and temporary playerbase you could do better to build a solid game with a equally solid community that could invest itself in the long run. This is what Square has done before and has built its successes based on what the original meaning of what a Final Fantasy game is.
Originally posted by Scagweed22
is it the graphics? the repetativenesses? i mean what is the point? you could be so much more productive in real life
Real life brings repetition and pointlessness too. The only thing real life offers is Great graphics. Its kinda expensive too and way to dependent on the cash shop. Totally pay to win as well. No thank you. Ill stick to my games.