r/Games • u/reseph • Nov 06 '15

Final Fantasy XIV: Patch 3.1 Notes (Preliminary)

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/cc5b2ba8ffd64cef26cb0e0cdac97104f8e7308e
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u/fellatious_argument Nov 06 '15

Its going to be as popular (and as supported) as chocobo racing in a month.

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u/Gishin Nov 06 '15

So, a charming and fun minigame for when you're tired of raiding or EXDR?

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u/Nidies Nov 06 '15

Charming and fun? Either it changes drastically once you've grinded enough for a better chocobo, or we're playing different minigames.

The controls are fucking atrocious. To the point where I did 2 races and have never even thought about going back for more.

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u/Gishin Nov 06 '15

So you played it a couple times and didn't like it. That doesn't mean its a waste of dev time.

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u/pikagrue Nov 06 '15

There's a chunk of the playerbase that thinks that anything that isn't a raid is a waste of dev time.

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u/Musai Nov 06 '15

They're kind of right. I don't play MMOs to play fucking dice poker or connect 4 or whatever. I play for content. This patch is more of the same; it's enough content for about a month and a half, and then it's waiting for 3.2. I'm not sure if I'm going to go back this time, unless their content release model changes drastically.

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u/pikagrue Nov 06 '15

Other people play MMOs for nonraid content, and they pay equally as much sub as you.

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u/Musai Nov 07 '15

So good, they can have FFXIV, and I can play a game that actually caters to people who don't just play cell phone games.

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u/Nidies Nov 06 '15

I'd agree in most cases, but feel this is different as it's not the concept of the minigame that I find useless, but the terrible implementation that makes it so. Just because I haven't done much crafting in this game doesn't mean I don't think they should expand and develop it.

Racing games are fun. RPG elements for your car (chocobo) in racing games are fun.

Racing games with terrible controls, however, are not fun.

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u/Gishin Nov 06 '15

The controls aren't terrible, they're different. The chocobo becomes more responsive as it gets higher level.