Regarding the New Gameplay Videos

Did anyone see the one showing the combat? I'm kinda scared now because it looked rather slow like FFXI. I liked that I saw a little actionbar on the bottom of the screen, and the monsters appeared to be more fast paced than FFXI...but the player attack speed seemed so dull and slow like FFXI. Anyone worried about this?

From what I gathered from the interview videos, I was hoping FFXIV would be much more fast paced and action-style than FFXI. The director even compared it to "real time" speed. What do you think?

ye, ill be disappointed if thats as good as it gets speed-wise, perhaps its slow to start? maybe a spd stat?

even WoW is slow at lvl 1 (4 kills and you level though) as you have no abilities and no stats.

I think it would have been betterif they showed a pimped out max level combat vid might have given us a better idea.

Yeah you're probably right. Once stats and gear are taken into account, overall combat speed (hopefully) will look and feel more action-packed. With Aion coming out, Star Wars, and WoW's next expansion being announced, FFXIV is going to have a lot of competition in the MMO market, I hope they step it up! So far, FFXIV's graphics look so far beyond superior than any other game I've seen announced though--so that's a good sign.

Dont forget about Star Trek Online, thats looking good too

oh and WoW's new expansion was announced, its a total re-skin of Azeroth, not as good as FFXIV of course

Yoruichi wrote:Dont forget about Star Trek Online, thats looking good too

oh and WoW's new expansion was announced, its a total re-skin of Azeroth, not as good as FFXIV of course

Ah yes, I forgot. And yes I knew WoW had announced Cataclysm already--I think it actually looks really good. They're bringing back all of the old raids and introducing a lot of things into the game that are going to be a lot of fun. I think the guild leveling system is genius, and the new areas and races look beautiful. My only concern is that it seems like this expansion should have come before or something...it seems like Northrend should have been the last thing to occur in the world.

I think cataclysm is a "distraction" expansion, raising the level cap to 85, gearing people up, giving an insane amount of extra content (Heroic Deadmines woo!!) so that in about a year or so they can finally open the gates to Arthas' instance. They probably want this expansion out, then Arthas kill, then finally the Emerald Dream Expansion. (Portals are already there)

Yoruichi wrote:I think cataclysm is a "distraction" expansion, raising the level cap to 85, gearing people up, giving an insane amount of extra content (Heroic Deadmines woo!!) so that in about a year or so they can finally open the gates to Arthas' instance. They probably want this expansion out, then Arthas kill, then finally the Emerald Dream Expansion. (Portals are already there)

According to MMO Champion, they actually announced that you'll be able to fight Arthas in Icecrown Citadel--there will be four levels within the citadel with insane attunement requirements, as well as multiple smaller raids throughout the citadel. But I don't think players will be fighting Arthas even a year from now, because what's left after Arthas? The longer they prolong the confronting of the Lich King, the longer they can keep players hooked.

I just hope that FFXIV is up for the challenge these other monster MMOs keep introducing. I want FFXIV to be new and innovative, and from what I saw from the gameplay videos--other than the spellbar--it looked pretty much like FFXI with a makeover. I just hope it's more than that.