>no class customization whatsoever, once you pick a class you will be playing them in exactly the same way for all content >class design amounts to repetitive, deterministic damage rotations, with no other ways to interact with mobs >longwinded, cliche ridden and boring story where you play the role of both a mary sue and a deus-ex machina >the poorest quest design i have ever seen in a MMO, you spend most of your time teleporting to npcs to watch cutscenes >devs are afraid to innovate, so you end up with rehashed content and rigid gameplay. the game hasn't changed since 2013 except for stripping everything down >absolutely nothing about combat has proper tactile feedback, animation locks and poor netcode bog down everything. >boring itemization >teleport into everything anywhere >almost everything is instanced >vertical progression from start to finish. barely even an rpg >claustrophobic and flat map design, invisible walls everywhere and almost no verticality in zones >open world becomes an irrelevant lobby pretty quickly, and you barely explore it during the story either >all content except the very end game is mindnumbingly easy and even then savage raids aren't too difficult compared to other MMOs >very little raid content, period. 4 bosses in a major patch is laughable >small group content (4 mans) offers absolutely zero meaningful gameplay at any stage in the game >dungeons are singular long hallway simulators with mobs appearing at the exact same point everytime, no challenge or deviation whatsoever >faux-friendly community that is petri-fricking-fied of being reported and banned for upsetting someones fragile little ego. criticism is "toxic" here >The crafting system that gets praised so much doesn't even make anything that affects gameplay beyond basic food buffs and dps increase potions >cash shop just as predatory and greedy as other MMOs, with mounts being extra expensive
Think about it this way. It's gonna end the Void plotline. So even if it's still disappointing, at least we'll be fricking done already and we can move on to 7.0 next.
Oh he was talking about 6.45. I thought he meant these patches have been barebones in general.
Yeah I dunno why anyone's excited for .45, I ain't resubbing for it, I'll just do Hildy and the Criterion in .5.
>and the Criterion
Lol, no you won't, it will be completely dead content by .5, because they're stupid morons who have no idea how to pace endgame content.
They don't seem to have fixed the biggest problem with Criterions and they haven't expressed any desire to do so. So I have no hopes it will be worth doing.
My man, I have been waiting on a BLU update for so long.
I don't really give a shit about the rest of the patch. I have an intense need to do Eden as a Blue Mage.
if you're just gonna be a tourist then don't resub
if all you're gonna do is play the msq new dungeon new trial and new raid once in normal mode then you are not actually playing the game
there's people who play game way more beyond the 5 hours of "real content" you get every 4 months
and no, they don't fl, believe it or not
Thats how I've been playing the game since HW, I subscribe once every year to finish all story content, i never play with the same people, always play with randoms.
that defeats the purpose of an mmo
people play mmos to build persistent communities and social circles and to have a virtual second life there
if you just come back sporadically to do the tourist attractions without any friends or any community interaction you're just dead weight
sure, you are allowed to play the game howevwr you want, even cheat, as long as you pay the sub fee
but don't expect people to take your opnion on how dead the game is seriously
>You need to pay 10 bucks every month even if you don't play the game >you need to make the effort to socialize with randos even if you don't like >you need to spend at least 6 hours DAILY even if you don't want or cant
Nah bro I don't want a 2 IRL job
I would gladly unsub every month / content lull but my personal house that I don't use and my solo FC house with submarine and airship that I also dont use prevent me from doing so.
>no class customization whatsoever, once you pick a class you will be playing them in exactly the same way for all content
>class design amounts to repetitive, deterministic damage rotations, with no other ways to interact with mobs
>longwinded, cliche ridden and boring story where you play the role of both a mary sue and a deus-ex machina
>the poorest quest design i have ever seen in a MMO, you spend most of your time teleporting to npcs to watch cutscenes
>devs are afraid to innovate, so you end up with rehashed content and rigid gameplay. the game hasn't changed since 2013 except for stripping everything down
>absolutely nothing about combat has proper tactile feedback, animation locks and poor netcode bog down everything.
>boring itemization
>teleport into everything anywhere
>almost everything is instanced
>vertical progression from start to finish. barely even an rpg
>claustrophobic and flat map design, invisible walls everywhere and almost no verticality in zones
>open world becomes an irrelevant lobby pretty quickly, and you barely explore it during the story either
>all content except the very end game is mindnumbingly easy and even then savage raids aren't too difficult compared to other MMOs
>very little raid content, period. 4 bosses in a major patch is laughable
>small group content (4 mans) offers absolutely zero meaningful gameplay at any stage in the game
>dungeons are singular long hallway simulators with mobs appearing at the exact same point everytime, no challenge or deviation whatsoever
>faux-friendly community that is petri-fricking-fied of being reported and banned for upsetting someones fragile little ego. criticism is "toxic" here
>The crafting system that gets praised so much doesn't even make anything that affects gameplay beyond basic food buffs and dps increase potions
>cash shop just as predatory and greedy as other MMOs, with mounts being extra expensive
How can anyone even post Shazam these days without phasing off the face of the earth from pure embarassment.
Cry about it, WoWtroon. XIV mogged your game years ago and is still growing
You realise that shazamposting was invented by a troony who hated cyberpunk for having actual women with dick attachments?
Isn't the fact that it's being used against them now what makes it funny?
Ugly character
only third worlders and dogs chase white women
Are people really excited for a barebones patch?
I unironically like variant dungeons so there's that at least. Nothing worth $12 though.
xiv players have no standards. shit eaters with their lips carefully and meticulously planted on yoshida's butthole
please understand $12 is a month's salary in the majority of Ganker player countries
Think about it this way. It's gonna end the Void plotline. So even if it's still disappointing, at least we'll be fricking done already and we can move on to 7.0 next.
Bro....
6.5 is still two months away...
Oh he was talking about 6.45. I thought he meant these patches have been barebones in general.
Yeah I dunno why anyone's excited for .45, I ain't resubbing for it, I'll just do Hildy and the Criterion in .5.
>and the Criterion
Lol, no you won't, it will be completely dead content by .5, because they're stupid morons who have no idea how to pace endgame content.
Not really
They don't seem to have fixed the biggest problem with Criterions and they haven't expressed any desire to do so. So I have no hopes it will be worth doing.
At this rate I'll probably come back in 7.0.
Yes.
I love variant dungeons and I love blu.
You may not like it, but I'm a happy fricking camper.
My man, I have been waiting on a BLU update for so long.
I don't really give a shit about the rest of the patch. I have an intense need to do Eden as a Blue Mage.
Not really, Im excited to play the stuff afte I finish 7.0 story and have gametime left.
I love Variant dungeons, BLU and Hildibrand, so this is probably one of the best patches for me.
if you're just gonna be a tourist then don't resub
if all you're gonna do is play the msq new dungeon new trial and new raid once in normal mode then you are not actually playing the game
there's people who play game way more beyond the 5 hours of "real content" you get every 4 months
and no, they don't fl, believe it or not
Yoshi-P wants me to unsub. I am playing the game the right way, not you. Most of the content outside of the msq trials and raids suck dick anyway.
Thats how I've been playing the game since HW, I subscribe once every year to finish all story content, i never play with the same people, always play with randoms.
that defeats the purpose of an mmo
people play mmos to build persistent communities and social circles and to have a virtual second life there
if you just come back sporadically to do the tourist attractions without any friends or any community interaction you're just dead weight
sure, you are allowed to play the game howevwr you want, even cheat, as long as you pay the sub fee
but don't expect people to take your opnion on how dead the game is seriously
God stormblood was a shitty era for the game
>You need to pay 10 bucks every month even if you don't play the game
>you need to make the effort to socialize with randos even if you don't like
>you need to spend at least 6 hours DAILY even if you don't want or cant
Nah bro I don't want a 2 IRL job
Next expansion is made with Open Ai
I would gladly unsub every month / content lull but my personal house that I don't use and my solo FC house with submarine and airship that I also dont use prevent me from doing so.
Until what???
until my ban expires and I can go back to /vg/