Can I just say how excited I am?Follow

It's nice to be excited, but please don't wind yourself up too much.

Overhype is the best way to set yourself up for great disappointment. A lot of features they're working on for A Real Reborn likely won't be ready for release and some things some people are leary about (Armory system for example) are saunchly not going anywhere at all.

It's always good only to remain open minded and semi-optimistic.

FFXIV will not meet player expectations. Period. We as a gaming culture ritiualisticly overinflate them, and that needs to change. SE, and Yoshida's Team still have a tremendous challenge ahead of them. And while I wish them luck, I will not hold it against them if they do not hit it out of the park on their first swing. A bunt to first base will be enough for me - just lay the groundwork for a game that will last.

In the end, try not to expect more than a "New" Vanillia version of the game.

Especially with this player base. Defines the term "Damned if you do, damned if you don't".

I'm certainly looking forward to finally getting a taste of this game whenever it gets released on the PS3. I mean, ye gods, man. The long, sordid history of this game, the cataclysm that was the launch, the painful redemption the new team is putting it through, I have to experience this game for myself. I may never fully understand what 1.0 was like, but I have to see where this road ends. If you can say nothing else, they're putting a ridiculous amount of work into the game.

So yes, color me excited. However, knowing that it is going to be quite some time before the PS3 version launches makes it easy to curb my enthusiasm. With the development team two months behind, a PS3 release is likely several months away, and I just can't be bouncing off the walls in manic jubilation for that length of time. I'd have to triple my carbohydrate intake to keep up that level of energy.

I'm also incredibly excited, I played 1.0 from CE to about mid-2011. Lived through skilling and fatigue and no end game. However, the original hype I had for 1.0 helped me ride out the terrible-ness of the original launch. Sort of expecting the same kind excitement, my want for 14 to be great is what gave the rose-colored glasses needed to play through that garbage.

Reading the 14 forums, this is a definitely a "what have you done for me lately?" crowd. Also, considering that ARR is an a unique position of not only having to cater to a brand new incoming crowd but also to people who have 50s in every single category.

I do think that the new comers, especially PS3 users, will be excited and surprised. But the people who stayed playing, have 10 50s, they'll be the ones who are never satisfied

I really want to play now