FFXIV
cccoursey
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Is anyone currently playing FFXIV and what are your thoughts on the game, gameplay, and community? I have a few people asking me to play. After years of WoW and an expansion I have enjoyed I have kind of lost interest at the moment. I played FFXI prior to WoW and enjoyed the story but it was the community that kept me playing. I played on Midgardsormr, as a paladin in the Valor linkshell. Best online family ever! Still miss them. Valor changed to Virtus a bit after I moved to WoW. If I am going to purchase and sign up for another subscription based game I would like to do so with a good feeling going into it. I did play the beta for XIV and enjoyed it but I play betas for exactly what they are... betas. I spent all my time looking for issues with gameplay. All that being said I cannot create a 14 day trial because I already have a beta account tied to the game. So back to the original question. If you do or have played what are your thoughts on the game, gameplay, and community? Thanks in advance!
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I play FFXIV, but my subscription is currently out. I'll probably be renewing in a week or two. Like you, I also played the beta (well for ARR, not the original XIV). Before XIV, I played WoW for several years. I've also tried out Aion, SWTOR, Guild Wars 2, and a couple of F2P mmos.
On FFXIV, I play on the Balmung server. I love the community, as most of the people on that server are very friendly! I also play on Balmung, because I have friends and family that already played on that server when I started. Since Balmung is the only server that I play on, I can't really speak about the communities on other servers. I'd suggest checking out the FFXIV forums for more info.
I enjoy the game and gameplay. There are those who complain that the combat system is "too much like WoW", but that was never really a bother to me. I haven't gotten through the story line events after the main story line's conclusion. (Does that make sense?) The main story line was great! It definitely got at my feels a few times. I like many of the side-quests, too! (Hildebrand, especially!) My biggest complaint about the gameplay is how they rely so much on RNG and FATES. They could definitely ease up on tying those in to almost everything. >.>;;
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Thank you for the reply. I have a couple who will be purchasing the game for me at the end of the month. They are quite determined that I should play. I really enjoyed our adventures in WoW so hopefully I will have the same feels. Honestly, I have no idea which server they are on. Who knows, may be Balmung. ;p0
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