Final Fantasy XIV - Kiwi Free Company

[SnowBall]

Not going to lie people already being extremely annoying online claiming this is just ripping off ShB, being ShB memberberries, reheating its nachos, etc. Again we’ve been building up shard travel for nearly an entire expansion. They laid so many plot threads down. We know there are other shards out there and it was extremely clear we were going to visit them. I swear people don’t understand basic story telling and setting up plot hooks.

 

[Lord Nelson]

So first you pay for the expansion, then you pay the monthly subscription, and then you also have to pay for a battle pass? How about we add few more layers of payments? How about we take few pages out of Bungie's play book and sell access to dungeons separately from all that?

 

[Troon Whisperer]

Yoshi-p's already said there's no extra charge, and the game isn't going free to play, it's just them changing to match WoW with their season stuff.

 

[Fcret]

Trailer is visually interesting, but something about the actual audio mix sounds off, like the main narration clips into the soundtrack or SFX more than it should.

The mix is always fucked up for the teaser because the song is usually not the final version and they're explicitly hiding shit.

Whos genius fucking idea was it to add a season pass to a paid game

We've basically had one for PVP since Endwalker, I dunno why anyone's surprised about it being extended to the rest of the game. Hell if the rewards are good it might actually keep people playing in the downtime between patches. It's not going to cost any extra so I don't see the big deal.

I think it's fine as long as it's not tuned so tightly that you basically need to nolife it from week one to get all the rewards.

 

[Smug Chuckler]

oh my prediction going to the ice planet from a year ago was right. >_>

What the fuck? Double shield wielding tank incoming?

like the good ole days of grinding in FF2

 

[Sunflower Samurai]

The mix is always fucked up for the teaser because the song is usually not the final version and they're explicitly hiding shit.


We've basically had one for PVP since Endwalker, I dunno why anyone's surprised about it being extended to the rest of the game. Hell if the rewards are good it might actually keep people playing in the downtime between patches. It's not going to cost any extra so I don't see the big deal.

I think it's fine as long as it's not tuned so tightly that you basically need to nolife it from week one to get all the rewards.

Honestly Season passes aren't a terrible idea and FFXIV already has little carrots on sticks that are pretty much cosmetic as a reward for a lot of things already. Bringing in a battle pass that just has that more formally and it gets filled up from roulettes or maybe even leves and old content sounds like a decent idea

 

[Lord Nelson]

Yoshi-p's already said there's no extra charge

That's a bit better at least. But it wouldn't be the first time where "no extra charge" lasts few seasons and then they introduce the premium battle pass.

 

[Troon Whisperer]

That's a bit better at least. But it wouldn't be the first time where "no extra charge" lasts few seasons and then they introduce the premium battle pass.

It's 100% preparing for going full f2p after a few more expansions. Wouldn't surprise me if it goes GW2 where you buy the expansion, then buy the battle pass, but there's no monthly sub.

 

[Sheep King]

How big a deal is region-wide matching for US players? Are Crystal players going to infect everyone else? t. europoor

 

[Lou's Sentient Backfat]

We have a Balmung containment breach coming. Damn you, Yoshi!

 

[Kane Lives]

Let me know if the story is actually worth paying attention to again.

 

[Fcret]

How big a deal is region-wide matching for US players? Are Crystal players going to infect everyone else? t. europoor

Everyone's already effectively DC traveling to raid on Aether so nothing much different. The real wild card is the Pedros from Primal showing up in your roulettes.

 

[Pigeon Enthusiast]

Everyone's already effectively DC traveling to raid on Aether so nothing much different. The real wild card is the Pedros from Primal showing up in your roulettes.

As a primal player I appreciate that everyone will soon feel my pain.

The behemoth BRs are coming for your parties. Suffer.


Oh, and re: the trailer. Not a fan of the expac title, the shard travel was so obviously foreshadowed I refuse to believe anyone with eyes didn't see it coming, looking forward to Shiva fight number the nth. Etc etc.

 

[Troon Whisperer]

This fixes my biggest issue with the game at the moment, I had to move DCs just to do the MSQ content because everyone was on Mana raiding.

 

[Lord Nelson]

These two play modes sound like a good idea in theory, but balancing them is going to be 100% impossible.

Edit:
They are basically doing a new "evolved" mode that is ability pruning in all but in the name. But you can still play "reborn" mode that keeps all the old buttons, rotations, etc.

 

[Fcret]

These two play modes sound like a good idea in theory, but balancing them is going to be 100% impossible.

Good, this game is fucking overbalanced to shit anyway and all it's done is magnify the few tiny gaps that remain and make the game mechanically boring as shit.

Enough with the balance. We've had three expansions of race to the bottom desoulification via autistic balancing.

 

[Troon Whisperer]

They are basically doing a new "evolved" mode that is ability pruning in all but in the name. But you can still play "reborn" mode that keeps all the old buttons, rotations, etc.

Only applies to the old jobs, the new ones will only have evolved mode, so I expect reborn mode to be removed in 9.0

 

[Lord Nelson]

Good, this game is fucking overbalanced to shit anyway and all it's done is magnify the few tiny gaps that remain and make the game mechanically boring as shit.

Enough with the balance. We've had three expansions of race to the bottom desoulification via autistic balancing.

I was talking about balance between reborn/evolved mode for each class. It will pain in the ass if you have to play one or other to get into groups.

 

[Troon Whisperer]

Nigga what the fuck, Evangelion themed Alliance Raid.

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[Zenos Yae Viator]

It looks like from the visuals this will be about a more humane rejoining? how would you pull that off without having everyone on all the shards being turned into pure Aether and killed?