On FFXIV: I still like the game, a lot. I am pretty patient with MMO's if they have one thing happening: Putting out content on a regular basis. When you start a brand new MMO (Which honestly I think most MMO players should NOT DO because they don't have the patience for the next part) you're putting in a Time/money investment on the Devs putting in content. Content isn't going to BE THERE the first year. It's just not. No MMO will ever have enough content to keep players happy right at release. They just won't. Patches later on will show what they plan to do and what their design theory is and that's important - but even THOSE patches will still lack some content because they will be playing catch up with their player base till probably the first expansion.
You play an MMO at the beginning, you are saying "I expect you to put in more content later and am paying the money to trust you will." and a lot of people just don't have the patience to wait.
A lot of MMO's I've played failed to deliver (Aion, no content patches in 6 months, TERA - same, TOR - small content patches, one dungeon per 3 month patch after a promise of one PLANET every three months, TSW too small and real content patches) but I love how the Devs are doing it in FFXIV. It makes me want to invest my time. 2.2 was a major content patch, 2.3 is also a major one, plus they do patches in between that are large and fix things as well. They are coming out when they said (Every three months), keeping the playerbase relatively informed (Not as well as WoW, but better than most Devs), Yoshi-P has a real passion for the game that is refreshing and seems to really understand the MMO community.
It really makes me want to stick around because I feel it's a worthwhile investment of my time. I know content is coming - something I can't guarantee from a lot of games on the market right now (Save WoW, but I'm so tired of WoW).
That being said, the only one that maayyybbe catching my eye is Wildstar, and that's ONLY because it's Science Fiction (My prefered Genre). I hate the art style, but I'll give it a whirl.
I'm forever waiting for World of Darkness (Which was how I got into Roleplaying at the tender age of 17) -- but I'm starting to believe it's nothing more than a pipedream of CCP.
I actually really like Age of Canon pre-20 when it launched. THe solo instances and the story were really fun... after 20 there was nothing and I felt tricked
You play an MMO at the beginning, you are saying "I expect you to put in more content later and am paying the money to trust you will." and a lot of people just don't have the patience to wait.
A lot of MMO's I've played failed to deliver (Aion, no content patches in 6 months, TERA - same, TOR - small content patches, one dungeon per 3 month patch after a promise of one PLANET every three months, TSW too small and real content patches) but I love how the Devs are doing it in FFXIV. It makes me want to invest my time. 2.2 was a major content patch, 2.3 is also a major one, plus they do patches in between that are large and fix things as well. They are coming out when they said (Every three months), keeping the playerbase relatively informed (Not as well as WoW, but better than most Devs), Yoshi-P has a real passion for the game that is refreshing and seems to really understand the MMO community.
It really makes me want to stick around because I feel it's a worthwhile investment of my time. I know content is coming - something I can't guarantee from a lot of games on the market right now (Save WoW, but I'm so tired of WoW).
That being said, the only one that maayyybbe catching my eye is Wildstar, and that's ONLY because it's Science Fiction (My prefered Genre). I hate the art style, but I'll give it a whirl.
I'm forever waiting for World of Darkness (Which was how I got into Roleplaying at the tender age of 17) -- but I'm starting to believe it's nothing more than a pipedream of CCP.
I actually really like Age of Canon pre-20 when it launched. THe solo instances and the story were really fun... after 20 there was nothing and I felt tricked
![[Image: tumblr_n92fndN0EH1rujdn8o1_500.gif]](https://33.media.tumblr.com/449e130ac31106ec8aeda3d0f121d76b/tumblr_n92fndN0EH1rujdn8o1_500.gif)
