The next 5 years of FFXIV is going to crush the MMO space and its not even going to be close.
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The title is rather a clickbait… solo players will need groups for anything that won't be trust + MSQ. I'm sure community will be happy when roulette gives them players not only without a job stone but also without gear or any knowledge of the game/job đ And then it will have limited effect on solo players outside of FF franchise as I doubt people would want to play ARR MSQ instead of like Witcher 3 or any upcoming hot new game. MSQ Trust is rather for future players having problems with queue time.
I understand that clickbait is part of the game
Cape Westwind and Lahabrea being retooled as "Instanced Story Battles" basically means it will be a solo duty, kind of like… to use an old and I think non-spoiler (for Accolon) example, the hostage situation in the Vault.
SPOILER!
Though it'd be more like Zelidibus, Zenos and/or Ran'jit but those encounters are probably spoilers still.
I love how public they are about their long term plans. How often do you hear about the entire expac road map after patches have barely even started with most MMO?
In my mind, it's sorta crazy how people want to play an MMOrpg by themselves. But hey, to each their own; more accessibility can't hurt, right? It's cool that they're trying to cater to pure soloists. It also means they'd have to figure out alliance raids like 'the mandatory one' unless they completely change it.
Bring on solo play!! I love solo play and group play đ
That didn't come out right. I'm very embarrassed and need to be alone.
Hoping they do something about clipping, won't be the end of the world but it is a slight pet peeve of mine. gets to part on clipping …..sadness
Brook's Law is alive and well. "Adding additional resources to a late software project will make it later." Or, as he once put it, it takes nine months to make a baby no matter how many women are assigned to the task.
Back in business school we learned a fancy formula for how many people you can safely add to a team and how to calculate about how much of a delay you could expect, vs potential gains down the road. The earlier on in the process you add them, the less of an impact, but there is always an impact. Of course, the potential gains in terms of increased scope (content) are huge, but there is always going to be growing pains when trying to add more people to a big project.
SE has also been burned so many times trying to outsource even pieces of a project that they've given up on that, and do everything fully in house as much as they can now. (Most recently with the FFXI phone port, but previously with FFVII remake, and much earlier with XIV 1.0….. and probably many others I'm not aware of.) They have a handful of trusted partners in China and Korea who are in charge of the localization for those versions, but all development for the Japanese, European, and North American markets are handled internally.
Mare Lamentorum is actually pronounced Mah-rey. It's Latin for "Sea of Sorrows". Ultima Thule is also Latin. While it translates literally as "furthest island", in Latin it is a metaphor for "edge of the world" (since in Roman times, the furthest island was considered the edge of the world). These updates do give me a lot more confidence about the game…after finishing Endwalker my thought was "what are they going to do from here?"
Killing off characters because a VA died isn't realistic(RIP Stephen). The game is available in multiple languages and have multiple actors.
The problem with voice acting all cutscenes in FFXIV is that characters will refer to the player character by name in unvoiced cutscenes. If they were to change it up, you'd get the "Maw Walker" issue in WoW, where the relationship between PC and NPC feels disconnected.
I donât know if FF is going to crush other, but Iâd say itâs most likely the most well managed and complete MMO in the market right now. No other MMO even come close. Lost Ark for example, is fun but mostly due to the combat. The grinding is not fun at all.
Here's how you handle rewards for Trust dungeons: Literally the same as usual. When you do Trusts in Shadowbringers and Endwalker, the amount of gear drops are halved, but since you're by yourself, it jumps right into your Armory Chest no muss, no fuss (or Inventory if you set new gear to go there first). Anything that rewards minions and such will still drop like normal, cause who gives a shit it's a minion.
Not only will this be insanely easy for MSQ gearing, if you're doing this on an alt class or re-running them, you can just equip an alt class or sell the dungeon gear for Company Seals that will also give your Free Company currency to keep supplying your world buffs like the slight EXP gain or teleportation discount.
Basically, if you wanna check the trust dungeons out for New Game Plus or just skipping to the dungeons, you still want the gear drops since you're helping your FC and yourself by getting things like Ventures for your retainers or crafting/gathering EXP boosters.
Trust dungeons are a massive win-win. It lets you do the basic story without worrying about other players since all other group content is still group required, and even if you don't need the gear, the stuff you can sell it for is very helpful.
I've never played a game that laid it's intentions for the next several years out so thoroughly before it's actually finished and ready to be implemented. Like, I'm used to games with day one dlc or finidng out what's coming in patch livestreams where they showcase what is coming about a week before it drops. This is wild to me. Makes me want to keep playing just to be able to see these things drop in realtime.
some dialogue is better left unsaid
About voice acting, many people forget that FFXIV supports multiple languages from sub to VA. When a diaglog changes, all other supported languages must change as well. The sheer amount of work goes into that must be overwhelming for small group of people working on the game. But hopefully with budget increase, we'll see more VA.
As a Sprout healer I am looking forward to the trust ARR dungeons. It will make me feel more encouraged to play without being nervous a new healer. And I would totally try new things like warrior. If I could play solo it will make me sooooo happy.
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