Dreams, MMOs
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thistlechaserLots of dreams last night. One was about being able to use my WoW flying mount to get to FFXI's sky (so handy!), and another was that my WoW guild asked me to go on some raid with them (even though I'm 10 levels below everyone...) and it involved fishing (maybe that's why?) but I couldn't deal with handling fish guts, so we failed. :P
I've been resisting posting negative stuff about FFXI even though it's sometimes very hard, but I ran into a post on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ffxiljcommunity that just boggles me. They changed Beastmaster so that your pet can no longer fight while you do anything else. (So if you send your pet to fight and try to harvest, open a chest, whatever, the pet now stops fighting and walks back to you.) It just boggles me, outright boggles me, how anti-player FFXI is. (And what boggles me even more is there was a time I used to think that was a good thing, I defended it.) I tried to imagine how my Hunter would change if that pet-behavior was put into place on WoW -- it'd cripple me. How often I've used my kitty to distract/hold/whatever monsters so I could do something else!
I feel sort of like I finally got out of an abusive relationship and only now am I seeing the situation through clearer eyes. I don't understand the point of so much of what SE does. The BST change, ACP's losing your (damned annoying to get) key item if you lose the (very hard) BC... Why does FFXI fight against the players?
It always annoyed the hell out of me when other people said this, but: WoW is fun. Easier? Sure, but know what? That's not necessarily a bad thing. It'd nice to play a game that likes me, instead of one who, the moment it sees I'm succeeding, changes things to make it harder for me. (See also: All the farming nerfs, the fishing change, all the endless supposed anti-gilseller crap that hurts the players but doesn't stop the gilsellers...)
I used to wonder when my love of FFXI would return, but now I'm starting to wonder if it will... (To be fair, the fact that I'm RPing on WoW gives the game an amazing boost. It's like two games in one (MMO and MU*) instead of just one.)
*rereads post* I wonder if I'll delete this an hour from now. :P I tend to do that with my more negative posts.
I've been resisting posting negative stuff about FFXI even though it's sometimes very hard, but I ran into a post on
ffxiljcommunity that just boggles me. They changed Beastmaster so that your pet can no longer fight while you do anything else. (So if you send your pet to fight and try to harvest, open a chest, whatever, the pet now stops fighting and walks back to you.) It just boggles me, outright boggles me, how anti-player FFXI is. (And what boggles me even more is there was a time I used to think that was a good thing, I defended it.) I tried to imagine how my Hunter would change if that pet-behavior was put into place on WoW -- it'd cripple me. How often I've used my kitty to distract/hold/whatever monsters so I could do something else!I feel sort of like I finally got out of an abusive relationship and only now am I seeing the situation through clearer eyes. I don't understand the point of so much of what SE does. The BST change, ACP's losing your (damned annoying to get) key item if you lose the (very hard) BC... Why does FFXI fight against the players?
It always annoyed the hell out of me when other people said this, but: WoW is fun. Easier? Sure, but know what? That's not necessarily a bad thing. It'd nice to play a game that likes me, instead of one who, the moment it sees I'm succeeding, changes things to make it harder for me. (See also: All the farming nerfs, the fishing change, all the endless supposed anti-gilseller crap that hurts the players but doesn't stop the gilsellers...)
I used to wonder when my love of FFXI would return, but now I'm starting to wonder if it will... (To be fair, the fact that I'm RPing on WoW gives the game an amazing boost. It's like two games in one (MMO and MU*) instead of just one.)
*rereads post* I wonder if I'll delete this an hour from now. :P I tend to do that with my more negative posts.
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Date: 2009-04-21 10:02 pm (UTC)It's unrealistic. Unless you're talking about mass transit systems you will NEVER see public transportation with schedules such as that. If there's anything FFXI tries to be is realistic, not - unfortunately for some - convenient. Whether of not it's something you'd like to see in a game is up to you. Airships are not the only methods of transportation (in fact it's one of the most archaic) and there are much faster ways to get around. Personally I look at ship/airship rides as perfect opportunities to AFK or take a break.
Why not have Besieged going on 100% of the time, like some places in Northrend on WoW?
It's called Campaign.
Perhaps. But would it not be typical SE behavior to nerf it?
No. It's actually more like typical SE behavior to break it by accident. Yes it's not as smooth as what Blizzard may have done, but SE aren't raving lunatics going around changing things willy nilly either. OR, like the other thread pointed out, it could be that some people just don't pay enough attention and it's wasn't even changed in the first place.
You know, for someone who's leveled EVERY craft, CAMPAIGNED WHM to 75, I didn't think a lack of patience or unwillingness to jump through SE's hoop would be a problem for you, but I guess there's a limit to everything. I didn't think you'd have as big a reaction for something as irrelevant as /BST HELMing either.
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Date: 2009-04-22 02:22 pm (UTC)Realism isn't the be-all and end-all though. Is riding giant chickens realistic? Is not dying when chomped on by a dragon realistic?
And yes, NOW airships are old, but there was a time when they were the only option, other than chocoboing. When/why would it ever be acceptable to make your players stand around 15 minutes to wait for a ship?
Why not have Besieged going on 100% of the time, like some places in Northrend on WoW?
It's called Campaign.
Campaign is far, far, far from 100%... You could annoy yourself by chasing it around the map, but you'll still miss attacks, arrive just as they're retreating, etc.
You know, for someone who's leveled EVERY craft, CAMPAIGNED WHM to 75, I didn't think a lack of patience or unwillingness to jump through SE's hoop would be a problem for you, but I guess there's a limit to everything. I didn't think you'd have as big a reaction for something as irrelevant as /BST HELMing either.
I think it's a combo of things.
1) I'm stubborn/too stupid to give up on things. The WHM to 75, craft after craft, FFXI for five+ years... I get it into my head that I HAVE to do something, and I just bull-headedly push my way through it.
2) Like I said in my OP, I think going to WoW opened my eyes. I hadn't been able to see just how horrible the flaming hoops I was jumping through were.
3)... hm. There was a 3, but I can't remember it now and must get ready to go to work! :D