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: 2009-04-22 05:05 pm (UTC)I play WoW a little each week, maybe enough to get a level or 2 per week. I play FFXI long enough to make a pile of stuff and AH it. But when I start thinking about going out to XP, there's a sense of dread. I forced myself to the other day...after 4 hours of seeking on 21COR with no invites, I gave up.
What really amazes me is FFXI came out, what, 6 years ago? 7? While I was still in college. WoW hit beta shortly after I graduated (though I can't remember if it was before or during my time in grad school). I've been in the workforce for 3 or 4 years now...And none of the competing MMOs have come close to holding my interest like FFXI. WoW doesn't, though it is at least fun for a few hours a week. I played Age of Conan at launch for about 6 months...and while the atmosphere was great, there was nowhere near enough content. I played a whole host of other games while they were still in beta, and none of them even interest me. When the hell will someone create a new game with current tech that is actually fun and engaging for years worth of play?
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Date: 2009-04-24 07:03 pm (UTC)That's exactly how I used to feel. Up until yesterday, I was unsure I wanted to feel that way anymore. Today, with the Beanie Crap, I'm pretty sure I never want my love to return.
When the hell will someone create a new game with current tech that is actually fun and engaging for years worth of play?
Yes please!