http://static.finalfantasyxiv.com/players/images/en/default/topics/110121graph_b36kgy8gt57.jpg
Those are graphs from SE’s latest Letter from the Producer for FFXIV
Looking at it hurts my mind. It’s supposed to represent what other MMORPGs have players played before FFXIV. Players are allowed to choose multiple answer.
Looking at the graphs, the total adds up to 100%… This isn’t proper representation of data at all. Why?
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Hard: Taking one hour to move from point A to B, because there’s an intricate series of quests between the two areas, and said quest requires guile and cunning to complete.
Tedious: Even though point A and point B are physically next to each other, you can’t take the direct path because there’s a 10cm wall blocking, and thus you have to take a one hour long detour to get around said wall.
Dumb mechanics don’t make games hard. They make them tedious.
Why do people defend tedious and/or dumb mechanism? I’ll never know.
Then again, to a good population of people, stating the flaws of a game, in hopes of the game changing for the better is called a jaded, negative, misinformed or bias troll.
Worshiping the flaws however make you a saint who shall restore all hopes that were drained away by the “jaded trolls”, even though these white knights are often more misinformed and/or bias than the “trolls” they are attempting to fling a flask of acid at.
Random blogging is random.
Along with the postponement of FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test, the issuing of registration code for FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test will be postponed as well. With the download of client software’s installer, it will be suspended at 19:00 (PDT) on Aug. 31, 2010.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
For those not in the loop, the open beta patcher was having downloading issues, among other things.
Still sticking to my believes that the game isn’t ready for a September release since controls and even the fatigue system hasn’t been sorted out yet.
- Still can’t rebind keys. Huge problem to me since I’m a ESDF user.
- Mouse-based camera control improved quite a bit. At least mouselook is working now.
- Some framerate optimization done, game is a bit smoother than the previous beta
- Retarded menu-based system is still in. Still 5-6 menus to start a quest, 4-5 to sell/buy items etc…
- Server stability is non-existent. Crashes quite often at times.
No matter how I see, it’s still not ready for a September 2010 release. For goodness sake, Linkshells (i.e. guilds) functionality was only added this patch…
At least 3-4 more months of additional development are needed.
- Camera is still horrid: WTB working mouselook.
- UI still based around a game pad/controller instead of keyboard/mouse
- Still can’t rebind keys
Incredibly tedious to do anything due to the above. Still need to go through around 5-6 menus before you even START a quest.
Menu style stuff works well in a console RPG, but not on a PC, especially for a next-gen MMORPG.
As it stands, it’s STILL far from release worthy. It’s basically just a reskinned FFXI…
Nothing much has really changed from alpha other than some graphical changes. Combat speed has somewhat improved though.
Disappointment++
Back to DDO, unless they do some major changes before release.
