jake

How is FFXIV nowadays? Is it finally worth playing after the launch and early days mayhem?

How is FFXIV nowadays? Is it finally worth trying after the premature launch and early mayhem?

Boy is Trion moving fast with the updates, I'm still not even lv50 on my first character (ok so I'm a slowpoke); keep it up!

I fear this means buying/selling will effectively become mandatory for multiplayer mode; one who doesn't shell out cash for better gear won't stand a chance otherwise.

We all get that this is brilliant from a business standpoint, Blizzard gets to keep control over farmers and even take a cut for extra revenues, but game-wise it's very much a "wait a few months to see how to works out before buying the game" thing for me.

Lolegolas for president!

Having been playing numerous MMOs since around 2002, I can't say that I ever missed whatever character and/or items I had in any of those games; it's indeed about the journey and not the rewards for me.

What's the game population like nowadays (at least, prior to the announcement that it was shutting down)? It's been a while now, but back in 2006 SWG had already peaked and the highest headcount at a given time was no more than about 10k players logged in.

What is sad is that CCP knows they screwed up, they know their plans are not popular, but they are going to spend more energy on damage control and finding a PR spin than revising them accordingly.

That is simply called hubris, it's deadly for companies.

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To each their own; you couldn't pay me enough to try it because I'm very much a PvP wuss, but those who enjoy that sort of free-for-all mayhem will at least have the option to play that way.

"Never give up, never surrender!" ?