Jan
22
2011
4:55 pm
1

Statistical Failure

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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Written by 守護霊母Finella in: Final Fantasy XIV | Tags: , ,
Sep
01
2010
3:23 pm
0
Aug
12
2010
9:11 pm
6

FFXIV, Beta 3

- 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.

Written by 守護霊母Finella in: Final Fantasy XIV | Tags: , , ,
Jul
13
2010
7:59 pm
4

FFXIV Beta… Failure

- 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.

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