Two posts in one day! (FFXI)

[thistlechaser]

For those who haven't seen the link elsewhere, the new Wings of the Goddess expansion pack trailer.

While I'm excited and bouncy about it, none of the trailers or screenshots have caught me the way ToAU's had. I've always hated people on message boards using "I came" as a response to something they liked, but that would fit the thrill that ToAU trailers gave me. A new city! An amazing, exotic looking place! Beautiful! And monsters attacking it! Music that made my heart race! The idea of time travel is cool and all, but I really don't think any expansion will ever be able to top ToAU for me.

Add onto that my fear that this new expansion (or one after it) will be CoP-ish, and my joy gets really mellowed out. On one hand, I know it's silly to worry -- if SE thought CoP was spiffy and perfect, they'd not be still changing it. So if they know how flawed it is, why would they duplicate it? But still, I worry. Endless capped zones? Having to jump through major hoops for the smallest bit of progress? No thanks.

Hopefully the new (old, whatever) zones in Wings won't be CoPish to get access to. And it's strange, as much as I love FFXI, to have such a big black mark shadowing all new things. How many expansions will it take before I lose my 'I hope it's not CoPish' worry? Well, as I said last time I talked about this (the last Wings trailer~), if worse comes to worst and Wings is horrible, I can just sit in my MH in Al Zahbi and wait for Besieged! :D

Edit: It's funny, but watching the ToAU trailer gets way more of a grin and an 'eeee!' than the Wings one gets. Even after all this time, I love the new city so much. So beautiful! And Besieged! And Assaults! And new jobs! And new armor! <3 <3 <3 ToAU!

Comments

[deckardmagnus.livejournal.com]

CoP was the most enjoyable experience I've had in FFXI =D seriously.

The only reason it's being changed is because lameass weiners keep whining about how it's too hard because they're too lazy or cheap to properly prepare for those missions. I did them before anything was changed. They were hard. My team prepared properly. We won without facing immense difficulty.

CoP actually felt epic and great to me. ToAU... bleh. Assault + missions that lack in depth and difficulty = boring.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a couple people on my flist like CoP better. I'm glad you got to do the missions before they were changed, and I'm glad that people who don't want to deal with them can now do them with less hoop-jumping.

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

To me, I don't care what zones look like. I want storyline. CoP was awesome for story, not so much the missions themselves. ToAU likewise. I'm not overly impressed with the Zilart story, but oh well.

Most of the time I've spent in my MH in San d'Oria, especially since the last update. =p

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Hopefully they'll keep learning with each expansion and it'll just keep getting better and better. :)

[niffy.livejournal.com]

E3's not as big as it used to be, so they're probably saving their best stuff for the Square-Enix party or Tokyo Games Show. Expect to hear some big news at those events.

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

E3 might not be as big this year, but they've still made some pretty big announcements already. Soulcalibur 4 with online play? Zelda sequel? More Wii games? All I can say is a big HELLZ YEAH to that.

Then again, what's big for me might not be for others and vice versa.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Makes sense. This video was only about 30 seconds where the official ToAU one was... 2-3 minutes? So it seems like we'll be getting another verson of it.

[kerai.livejournal.com]

Why is the mithra SMN in the trailer wearing a scythe?

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

SE's usual thing about putting horrible armor/stupid weapons on people in their videos! Makes no sense to me. :P

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

If only they could make it challenging for us, and not level capped, yet still have alot of storyline...and perhaps many attacks that ignore shadows and -damage gear.

/em knows it won't happen but it's ok to dream.

[quistie.livejournal.com]

Or...maybe that much-needed third tanking option.

[veloxe.livejournal.com]

pffftt

Warrior can do that just fine.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

and perhaps many attacks that ignore shadows and -damage gear.

Poor poor NINs. :P