Joining the 2.0 hype trainFollow

I beta tested the game, and really didn't care for it, but seeing the recent videos has get me hyped, so once again, I'm on the hype train. I've been waiting for another console MMO since EQOA, and this is really luring me in.

So the main question I'll be asking myself til launch is if I wanna go for Paladin or Monk first :P

Haha. Yeah, it's hard for me, because both Tanks, and hand-to-hand users appeal to me, and I kinda wanna focus on one equipment set at once for the most part (aside from the stuff needed to unlock the job souls)...so that choice is even tougher than which race, which I haven't decided on either :P

Yeah, I tend to go with male characters or female characters depending on my mood, so race/gender will all depend on what I feel like making. Though if I focus on Pugilist, I might just go with Female Mi'qote, since they look kinda awesome as Pugilists/Monks :P

Yup...Conj leveling might be interesting, luckily, I only have to get it to 15+, which is fine with me...though I tend to stick to melee mostly, though summoner might be nice

I left FFXIV when they wanted me to pay for it. I know it has huge potential but just couldnt get myself to subscribe for what seemed like a beta. I'm really looking forward to ARR however. I'm not sure if it's because it was my first MMO, or there was just something magical about it, but FFXI will always have a place in my heart. As corny as that sounds.

I was on the SWTOR forums and they were talking about macros. I remembered swapping gear arround between accuracy and attack to dexterity/agility on my THF for higher burst in SATA. Ahh, those were the days. And the time I accidentally skill chained SATAVS, but ended up watching the dragonfly's health just DROP. Really I was just pissed at the tanks not cooperating, so I was just gonna do it behind whoever, and not care if they died. The SC was a complete accident, though epic.



I also play mostly melee in any game, usually the stealthy burst class. But before I quit FFXIV I made a character solely for THM and CNJ, just to test it out. I rather enjoyed it. It makes me regret not taking up more classes in FFXI.

Can't wait for ARR! Sadly I got an alpha invite, but had very little bandwidth left and didnt check my email the day they sent the alpha invite to me.

Same here, i quit FFXIV before subscription started and FFXI was my first MMORPG, hopefully ARR will be a good game.

P.S. i think you are not supposed to tell you were in alpha!!! :)

I didnt actually get to participate though. I checked my email too late. Looking forward to the beta however.

I have been on that train since beta 1.0 >_>

I cant wait for ARR, it is looking so awesome.

The only thing I dislike so far is the go her kill these mobs, or go here get these items type of quests.

Everything else rocks!

I think the problem is that we grew up with games that disguised these things for us a bit. It used to be:

"Oy guv! Them marauders came into the castle and 'alf inched the princess! Salty lot they was, not some to be trifled wif. The palace gottin' their knickers in a twist, and I doubt they'll find her royal highness in time. If you've got the stones fer it, we could use yer help in savin' the princess!"

Which turned into "Go to this dungeon, kill these 10 mobs we put in your way, and walk back to town with the princess." Same thing, better presentation.

People want to feel like they're affecting the realm, not running errands for the fat grocer who is too busy cheating on his wife with the baker's daughter to gether his own mushrooms.

The President has been kidnapped by ninjas! Are you a bad enough dude to rescue him?

XI's quests were pretty cool, but there weren't that many of them, and they weren't intended for leveling. When you're creating a questing system whose purpose is to advance the player through levels, the rules are a little different.

Quests have to be simple enough that leveling isn't a chore (especially when you consider alts, or in this case other jobs). Breaking up the monotony of the Kill X of Y quests with other more interesting quests is a fine balancing act. Too much of the other stuff and the game starts to feel like it has no cohesion, too little and it gets samey and bland.

Ideally, quests should be broken up further with alternative leveling paths, like dungeons, or quests that advance the game's story. With the right mix of these things, it never really bothers you that some of your quests are Kill X of Y, you don't care because it isn't ALL you're doing.

When the game's path and design are keeping you engaged in what you're doing, you don't have time to notice that some of your quests are "Grind"

Edited, Jan 4th 2013 1:04am by Callinon

Lmao! So the problem is not that you have to kill 20 rats, is that they tell you have to kill 20 rats <.< instead of telling you "Thou would be so kind as to save blue blood from being spilled ? How you ask young adventurer ? by taking the lives of 20 rodents!"

Is the same sh*t really..... i really hated it when there was like 5 scenes, 10 parragraphs in XIV just to tell me to check out an airship that crashed near uldah.... Like really ? all that to tell me to check this airship out... and when i get there, there is not even an airship out lol

I'd totally ride that hype train...

Seriously though, whatever they show Monday has the potential to get more people on said train

Archmage Callinon brought up a good point, If the quests are to be the main way to level will they be repeatable? If I choose Lance/Dragoon as my main and later wanna switch it up will I be forced to grind mobs forever...or maybe the guildleve system will still be there I dont know.

People were clamouring for generic, wall-of-text, point-the-way quests to be delivered from "floating exclamation point" NPCs?

Or were they asking for something more involved than guildleves?