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[AphxA]

well from what i am reading final fantasy xiv is turning out to be a a crash and burn of an mmo. gameplay is broken, a dull and boring battle system. No official forums, no auction house, and a laggy gui are plaguing this game. Seems like they should have released this game in 2011. Hopefully a patch can fix some of these things. I was looking forward to this game on the ps3.

 

[Filthyweasel]

Well I played the FFXI when it came out and just could not get used to the UI, which is geared for a controller and makes you rifle through numerous menus just to get the most menial stuff done. It frustrated me and I stopped. I also hated the convoluted payment system. They've apparently not changed either of those things at all. And apparently even the most high-end gaming computers are not enough to meet the requirements. I won't be touching it with a 10 foot pole.

 

[AphxA]

There was a patch today that fixed a few things including the exp. It is a mmo and this all can be fixed in a matter of months. I just cant afford a pc to run it. I love to try it out. I played ffxi for number of years, i've played wow and eqoa.

 

[Speedbump]

It's not terrible, but not amazing, either. The storyline is fun as hell, and I love it, but there's not enough of it. The gameplay is basically, do 8 battle quests, or 8 crafting quests, per 36 hours server time (which is the same for everyone, so if it resets and you do all your quests 34 hours after, you only have to wait 2 hours for them to reset so you can do more), otherwise, you just grind on mobs, or crafting, or search every person's bazaar that you come by to see if they have a piece of gear or crafting material that you might wanna buy.

The world design is amazing, though to a degree. The environment can get boring after a while, but the city area's are well made. Anyway, there's a bit of exploring you can do as well, if you just wanna wander around.

Right now, I'm experiencing lag and getting kicked off the game a lot due to "an error with the game server", and if you get booted or disconnected during those limited quests you have, you actually lose them, so not a fun time. 🙁

It's kept my interest for a couple weeks so far... but not sure how much longer.

EDIT: Also, Fithyweasel is right, they have a similar menu system to FFXI, although a bit better. Unfortunately, the UI is pretty laggy as well, so sometimes it can take a while to get simple things done.

Just so you know, if FFXI weren't so top heavy now, and out for so long, didn't have the experience loss/level down from death, and a shitty billing system it would be 100% better of a game than FFXIV