heres ffxiv in a nut shell 5 zones 20 job to lvl basicly it oh wait thegames verry laggy to the uses so frustaiting itss makes a simple task a chorei wana go buy something but wait no auction how so i have seach a million randamn people to find my said item 5 hours later then 3 minutes after i buy it find it cheaper off someone ells. I Want to craft ok play this mini game i want to go mining ok play this mini game i want to go logging ok play this mini game i wana go fight something ok press the number 1 on you key board a million times so you can attack. lol i could go on and on the number of numerus problems
Funny it doesnt lag for me. I run it on max settings and pull 60fps.
Your problems/complaints are kind of silly. Everyone seems to have the same complaints, and quite honestly, if these are the complaints, go play WoW or one of its clones. Thats what the complaining seems to gravitate towards... ITS NOT LIKE WOW, SO ITS NOT GOOD. *yawn*
1) Crafting is interactive. Would you rather have crafting be "click this button mindlessly 99 times, or wait for a meter to fill up" like it is in WoW? Now you get to play some little meter games and have to pay attention. Oh No!
2) Fighting, you know if you use OTHER attacks, you are more effective? Mindless pugilists barely handle 2-3 enemies where mine sucker punches like 6+ at the same time no problem.
3) Shopping. UO has the same market system. Its fine if you arent a sissy. Even so, craft your own items if its that hard, shout in town, use the online database that logs retainer inventories, or shop around before you complete purchases...that way you know you got the best deal. They have the market wards organized by stuff, so its kind of easy to locate what you want. The retainers even WEAR what theyre selling. If you see one with a bow, odds are its selling a bow. Etc. etc.
The game plays like a console RPG, and for some reason, all of the PC mmo players are peeing their panties because its not WoW w/ better graphics like they wanted.
I think the games great myself, and im glad they did this. All this means is my free trial is even longer! YES!
I explored the entire Uldah area w/ my Pugilist and switched her to archer recently, and have been exploring the Limsa Lominsa area on my Elf. The games pretty frigging big with plenty to do. Theres enough areas to run around in, levequests to do, and im not sure if the majority of people realize this, but theres a STORY you do also. I haven't even messed with the Gridania areas yet. I might, who knows.
The complaints are all dumb, and whiney.
Eventually Im sure an AH or searching feature is going to show up to make people happy. The interface re-work wasnt NEEDED, but some of what they did is a nice addition. They even added new quests to the leve-stuff, so theres more to do.
*shrug* Time to keep playing.
EDIT: also, there is an inaccessible town in the game that isn't available yet, and segments of the code have shown other classes are present but not unlocked....
So, my assumption is it will be like FF11, where new advanced jobs show up like Rise of the Zilart brought in FF11.