Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

[Kasoivc]

Yup. Been like, one week and I'm halfway with the main story questline. I mean that's not to say that "OH, THIS GAME IS SHORT; NOT WORTH MY MONEY" but that the main story wasn't quite the purpose of the MMO. The director came out and openly stated that XIV would be an end-game content sort of MMO; and how would that sell? By making End-Game Reachable in a reasonable manner. You'd probably spend weeks, months, or even years to reach max level and craft the highest tier equipment in another MMO.

 

To be honest, I love that XIV is P2P. It deters away anyone who would turn down a "good game" because it has an extra price tag. I would rather not play with people who think some games are only worth a dollar value and no more, because generally they're stingy with money and make for a bad companion (to me at least, not all of them. Though honestly, if you don't have the ability to spend $14 a month, even $16 for max character creation per server, then you must not have priorities set straight. I have a few bills as well as the responsibility of feeding myself and ensuring my car has gas, $14 is not that much after the initial purchase imho because I don't plan on playing anything else.)

 

And besides, a P2P MMO is generally better imho than a F2P. A F2P has no motivation or funds necessary to motivate the possibility of "DLC" / "Additional Expanded Content" that MMOs generally NEED to continue even existing. A P2P based MMO (While not going to hold well in today's society) has the funds necessary to do what needs to be done.

 

My money, and other players money aren't being solely used to "pay" employees to sit around now that the game is finished. It's going to pay employees that are actively working to better my enjoyment of this service. This game. This great game.

Edited September 6, 2013 by Kasoivc

[AxelVIII]

Anyone else on Fenrir?

[osborn_2009]

Faerie! (lol)

[AxelVIII]

Anyone know anything about there being "Server jumping" I'm only on Fenrir (Japanese Server) because all American servers were locked when I signed up in Beta Phase 4.

 

Edit: Server jumping will start mid-September, so I'm thinking about which server to switch to.

Edited September 11, 2013 by AxelVIII

[Kasoivc]

I don't remember what I was playing on in Beta 3, but I signed in during the open-beta phase 4 weekend and created myself a character on Exodus. Been playing on it since and my server isn't one of the "popular" ones  either so the population isn't followed by a bunch of misfits from reddit, 4chan, etc.

 

...That's the last thing I want to do.

 

I also got into a FC that I'm regularly active in, so I'll probably just make it my home server. I considered server jumping early on but I'm already nested in, no point in leaving

[Breathless]

Damn, I picked Behemoth because my mates are on it, but with how much they're playing (they're not) I kind of regret it now!

Also, Oh my god my character is so beautiful, I want to marry her. .__.

[AxelVIII]

Well, World Jumping is now in effect, and I am now in Faerie.

[Kenai]

I really enjoy this game, it's a shame that school takes so much time so I can't play.

[eriesofwar]

monthly fees suck