LuLu Update Episode 2
Added 2025-03-08 15:35:11 +0000 UTCHeres what I'm up to!
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Baka's did she not say do not post Paragraphs? *dies*
Ridgar
2025-03-09 23:24:27 +0000 UTCWhen it comes to MSQ i really want to find out whats going on with the actual SPHEEEEN!!! now that she´s woken up and we still have like 2 raid tiers to come before the end of the expansion so who knows where the story will take us, since surely it cannot all happen in Tuliyollal (Maybe another treasure hunt with Estinien, last time it led us to a damn void gate, but oh well)
Max Tenacity
2025-03-09 23:12:43 +0000 UTCI would say the main issue with the game at the moment is Dawntrail's MSQ. The whole expansion feels like Star Wars 7/8 because of it. Like... it is serviceable. But it barely puts in place any element for the new story arc. It barely shows any of the old characters or when it does their personality is barely recognizable. The new characters are not that interesting and most will be bystanders in the next instalment.
WanderingSky
2025-03-08 20:10:05 +0000 UTCI did what I could, but even after some trimming this turned into a mini essay. The MSQ and characters in Dawntrail are by far the worst I've seen since I started playing FFXIV. That whole topic has been covered so much it doesn't need much mentioning. I love the instanced content in Dawntrail, but I'm limited (perhaps by myself) to what I do. I've never done Extreme or Savage only because I would rather do them with friends instead of Party Finder. If I had 7 other people to run with, I'd absolutely jump into those waters. I've reached out to people who do that sort of thing, but it's never gone anywhere. I'm sure there's other people in the same boat as me. I dislike the way gearing is done in FFXIV on a number of levels. I will say outright that it's better than the convoluted stat weights and min maxing that a game like WoW has though and would take FFXIV any day of the week. I do not miss getting a raid drop or a piece from M+ and having to throw it away because it has the wrong stats on it. That said, FFXIV could do things a lot better. Where are the relic weapons? Where are the second rings? Why is materia melding such garbage? Where is the Bozja zone? (Note, I've never set foot into Bozja or Eureka but I've heard good things about Bozja.) Job design and play could use a lot of work. I just finished leveling my last job to 100 the other day, and while some are fun to play, I can say for certain a lot of jobs are not. Healers have it the worst in their homogenization, but that's a widespread problem. I love playing tanks, but they need some adjustments. I've never really enjoyed playing DPS, but they need a lot of fixing. The biggest thing keeping me in FFXIV right now is the social interaction. I have a venue I love going to every Friday night and I play music at another one every other Sunday. If I didn't have those, I doubt I would stick around. Edit: and one more thing. I'm playing BG3 for the first time and every single line in this game is voiced. It's completely inexcusable that at bare minimum the MSQ and raid stories aren't fully voiced in this game.
Sam
2025-03-08 19:01:07 +0000 UTCCompletely agreed.
Sam
2025-03-08 18:36:11 +0000 UTCYou bet I watched the video until I got called baka. Thanks for the update LuLu! Here are a few things that have been bothering me with FFXIV: A lot of the old zones aren't made with flying in mind so it would be nice to remove some of the hidden walls, make dying from fall damage normal and maybe add some new areas which you can reach with flying (and swimming) only in the older zones. Maybe even get rid of the loading screen between zones so the world feels more like an actual world? Basically like WoW, but doubt that'll ever happen. PvP: Make us queue up with friends for Crystalline Conflict if only just for casual. Makes the battle pass a lot more fun to do. Other modes for smaller scale PvP would be cool too like capture the flag or simply team deathmatch. Glamour: Please just copy the transmog system from WoW or what the FFXIV mobile version will have. Glamour prisms shouldn't be a thing imo and neither should dyes clutter up your inventory. Want to dye your gear? Cool, the glamour dresser now has all the dyes you need with infinite use. Currencies: Ever noticed how many different currencies, tokens, totems, tomestones, scrips and what not we have? Why do we need 3 different types of currencies for crafters? And also 3 different types of tomestones?? Quite confusing, some of them could easily be reduced to 1. PvE: Not much to complain about here, the encounters in Dawntrail have been pretty good! Just wish the Savage tier would unlock waaaay sooner. Other things that bother me have to do with MSQ, Job fantasy/feel, content for FCs (or lack thereof) and the game's UI that could use an overhaul but I'll stop myself here. Couldn't help the essay, sorry!
Daiji
2025-03-08 17:51:44 +0000 UTCHopefully, whoever gets put in charge of FF14 can save it. It's happened before so I'm sure they can do it again.
Some Stupid Fugolla
2025-03-08 16:22:00 +0000 UTCMaybe I want to be bitten :3 ...also I'll stop typing that essay... but to keep it short, I think the game suffers a lack of direction in the places where it needs it and too much direction (see 'interference') where its not needed - particularly the story. If Ishikawa could be talked into taking up the lead scenario writer role again and was just left to write with no interference, and if the directorship and the rest of the team instead focused on... I dunno... creating new, midcore content for the game, and planning for a staggered release of content across the whole expansion (instead of ignoring x.1 patches), and hell even providing updates to other older content which has just been neglected. Also, the investors, the board of directors, or whoever the fuck keeps pressing for making the game easier and easier to reach out to a wider audience needs to be thrown off the top of the SE office building. Congrats, you gut the game and make it 'accessible' to a few more subs... but you just alienated a portion of the player base that's pissed at the constant changes and likely will not come back if they're forced out. /end rant
Erin
2025-03-08 15:51:48 +0000 UTCIt do feel like the current FF14 direction be like we free falling from the top of Mount Everest
Lorhane
2025-03-08 15:44:03 +0000 UTC
