Im enjoying some aspects of FFXIV, but there are some major annoyances. I don't mean bugs/glitches, those are to be expected. After all, the standard edition hasn't even hit release yet, however.
Somethings simply should have been done around the beta.
The minimap gives you no information, i can't see party member locations unless we are within 20 yards of each other, if you go further than that poof! your mates are gone. No indication as to even the direction they have gone. I can't see gather points, i can't see quest givers, i can't see merchants or merchant types. I have to click every single green NPC that might be a merchant, scroll through all the chat text (with massive delays on everything you do), eventually browse their goods only to realise it's not what you're after. I realise there is a slight indication if you look at their stalls, like they are surrounded by say, fruit.
I have green dots and i have orange dots, seriously?
Where are the chat channels? I can say, shout or talk to a group / Linkshell. I found i could /tell to players ( /whisper doesn't work) by chance. Not like there's any info to help you discover these things. You can't even edit the only two chat tabs you got beyond the options offered to you by SE. Which are lack luster at best. Nor can yuo seem to add new custom tabs, just as well since you can't really customize them.
Where is the information on available quests/leve? NPC's don't display available quests, the stones don't show available leve's
You get your introduction quest, once as you finish that that's it. NO more information from the game on where you might find more quests/leve's.
You can't scroll your map, the minimap has no filters, because there is no useful information to filter, which only makes finding the possible locations of future camps and quests even harder.
There's no information in game on synthesis possibilities, so you gather all these materials with no clue as to what you can use them for. Would a crafts tab with available recipe's have been that difficult?
That said :
hew:: im still enjoying this, the combat (Without all the bugs) is pretty entertaining and the game feels great to play. Im just not sure why some seriously useful features were not added during the beta and Alpha, is that not what they are for?
Im also at a lost as to why your payment method is restricted to click and buy, what's wrong with Paypal? Click and buy is trash, not to mention not even close to being as secure.
It's also weird that nobody in game seems to talk. Maybe that's because there's no method of communication outside of say and yell?
Oh and i can't fathom why the patch is done via some trash peer to peer program that can't seem to handle more than 20 connections. I mean even free p2p software can handle a million times more than this thing. You're already charging a fortune for the game compared to other MMO's.. Would it be so hard to simply host your content yourselves?
I also think a simple auto-attack would do well. I realise Auto-attack isn't exactly FF. But having to spam the crap out of a button that results in masses of really annoying beeping sounds is just... annoying.
Also, please please PLEASE fix this menu crap. Slect menu option > 3 seconds of delay. Ok ready. EVERYTIME you select an item, or a menu function, or perform a none combat action you are waiting, waiting, WAITING, for it to load. It took me forever tyo trade off 30 or so items to my retainer. Everytime i selected an item, 3 second delay, everytime i selected "entrust" 3 second delay. It's not really excusable for a "polished" retail version still sporting the same issues you did in both Alpha and Beta. I've tried to lower GFX settings down and nothing helps. I've even reduced my buffer size down and now my game looks like crap.
I hope to god SE listen to their fanbase, because if they don't this will be a massive flop.
Somethings simply should have been done around the beta.
The minimap gives you no information, i can't see party member locations unless we are within 20 yards of each other, if you go further than that poof! your mates are gone. No indication as to even the direction they have gone. I can't see gather points, i can't see quest givers, i can't see merchants or merchant types. I have to click every single green NPC that might be a merchant, scroll through all the chat text (with massive delays on everything you do), eventually browse their goods only to realise it's not what you're after. I realise there is a slight indication if you look at their stalls, like they are surrounded by say, fruit.
I have green dots and i have orange dots, seriously?
Where are the chat channels? I can say, shout or talk to a group / Linkshell. I found i could /tell to players ( /whisper doesn't work) by chance. Not like there's any info to help you discover these things. You can't even edit the only two chat tabs you got beyond the options offered to you by SE. Which are lack luster at best. Nor can yuo seem to add new custom tabs, just as well since you can't really customize them.
Where is the information on available quests/leve? NPC's don't display available quests, the stones don't show available leve's
You get your introduction quest, once as you finish that that's it. NO more information from the game on where you might find more quests/leve's.
You can't scroll your map, the minimap has no filters, because there is no useful information to filter, which only makes finding the possible locations of future camps and quests even harder.
There's no information in game on synthesis possibilities, so you gather all these materials with no clue as to what you can use them for. Would a crafts tab with available recipe's have been that difficult?
That said :
hew:: im still enjoying this, the combat (Without all the bugs) is pretty entertaining and the game feels great to play. Im just not sure why some seriously useful features were not added during the beta and Alpha, is that not what they are for?Im also at a lost as to why your payment method is restricted to click and buy, what's wrong with Paypal? Click and buy is trash, not to mention not even close to being as secure.
It's also weird that nobody in game seems to talk. Maybe that's because there's no method of communication outside of say and yell?
Oh and i can't fathom why the patch is done via some trash peer to peer program that can't seem to handle more than 20 connections. I mean even free p2p software can handle a million times more than this thing. You're already charging a fortune for the game compared to other MMO's.. Would it be so hard to simply host your content yourselves?
I also think a simple auto-attack would do well. I realise Auto-attack isn't exactly FF. But having to spam the crap out of a button that results in masses of really annoying beeping sounds is just... annoying.
Also, please please PLEASE fix this menu crap. Slect menu option > 3 seconds of delay. Ok ready. EVERYTIME you select an item, or a menu function, or perform a none combat action you are waiting, waiting, WAITING, for it to load. It took me forever tyo trade off 30 or so items to my retainer. Everytime i selected an item, 3 second delay, everytime i selected "entrust" 3 second delay. It's not really excusable for a "polished" retail version still sporting the same issues you did in both Alpha and Beta. I've tried to lower GFX settings down and nothing helps. I've even reduced my buffer size down and now my game looks like crap.
I hope to god SE listen to their fanbase, because if they don't this will be a massive flop.
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