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Final Fantasy XIV likely will hit Xbox One soon; subscription model likely to continue; no new FF MMO in the pipeline
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Microsoft's restrictive cross-play policies when the game was being developed made it unfeasible to port over.
Good to hear! Should have been on xbox ages ago. As much as I bitch about content, whats there is great. This can be the only ff mmo for a good while and I'm fine with it as long as we keep getting great Xpacs
This is what I thought they'd do...there are likely two more expansions for FFXIV, at least. And the gamble to make the graphics so impressive back in 2013 has made the game age well.
When you just released the Avengers Endgame of gaming, you don't rush the release of the next X-Men movie.
When you just released the Avengers Endgame of gaming, you don't rush the release of the next X-Men movie.
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The free trial has no time limit and you can now level to 35. So you can get your to your Class' Job and do some leveling with it. There are some limitations but there's enough there to know if you want to continue or not. You can create one character per server which means if you're not happy on your current server you can try another as they do have a different feel to them. Obviously that depends on what server restrictions are in place as sometimes they block new character creation on high-pop servers.
FFXIV - Free Trial FAQ
FFXIV - Free Trial FAQ
It is since the times of Xbox 360 that they are talking about bringing the game on Xbox consoles.
In the meanwhile plenty of MMOrpgs arrived and are still arriving.
Just sto this nonsense and focus on something else...
In the meanwhile plenty of MMOrpgs arrived and are still arriving.
Just sto this nonsense and focus on something else...
YoshiP has said they'll keep making expansions and content as long as people play. The next expansion should end the game's story. Who knows what they'll do after that.
Subscription model is the best model. It's a small fee for a whole month and with these patches every few weeks, you literally feel where you money went into.
Hard to beat quality wise.
Hard to beat quality wise.
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I just hope they don't start a new, long running story that takes another decade to finish. I wouldn't mind stand alone expansions, like XI had.
Yeah, ARR does a really good job at introducing and rolling out the game mechanics throughout the quest. Still, having just played through ARR again there are a ton of places the thing could be cut down without losing any character moments, which is more an argument for them retooling ARR rather than skipping it since new players are stuck with what's there at the moment. Some of the fetch quests seem designed just to get you to go to zones that wouldn't otherwise be visited by the player, actually.
FFXIV:ARR was actually a graphical downgrade from the original FFXIV in a few ways, so I'm not sure there was that much of a gamble since in their eyes they were making it easier not harder to finish.
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A friend of mine skipped ARR story entirely (I mean, he played all of it but skipped all cutscenes), and he's pretty much lost at Heavensward and he asks me all the time about the plot. "So who is this guy? What is he doing here? Oh, was she lost?" etc...
I mostly skipped quest text, but always paid attention to cutscenes, which were interesting. Now Heavensward is damn interesting.
They'll want to release as close to Day 1 as possible to get people during the dry launch window.
What? No it won't.
Yes, ARR features a ton of foundation that shouldn't be skipped. Everything comes back around in the main story and carries over from expansion to expansion. I know someone who also skipped ARR and he was clueless to what was going on. The payoff to some threads in ARR are huge. It's very well planned out.
You probably told them this but your friend can go to the Inn and rewatch any cutscenes if they want to but you'll probably have to tell them what movies to watch, lol. Also, there's got to be a playlist of "All Thriller, No Filler" cutscenes somewhere or a youtube synopsis for a refresher on story and mechanics. I'm still going through the A.R.R. MSQ myself so i can't recommend anything as i haven't looked.
...or what snausages said.
The main story was 60% finished with Stormblood and 80% finished with Shadowbringers. One more expansion should finish it.
It is true that the next expansion is supposed to end this overarching storyline that has been going since the beginning and after that they'll begin a new one.
They mean the Hydaelyn and Zodiark story arc. The story will continue after that.
I always thought the reason it was not on Xbox was that Microsoft requires Xbox Live Gold to play MMOs, while Sony does not?
Ah this is cool! Glad more people can experience this wonderful game. Maybe then I can actually find a good FC to join ;_;
Yeah, outside of using the group finder to automatically put you into dungeons to complete the story quests in them. But folks are typically quiet and do their job in them with zero hassle.
I imagine that's why it won't come to Switch, outside of a streaming solution that probably won't be viable outside of Japan.
It was always different reasons, and SE were very vocal about the roadblocks that they were facing. The previous issues they faced were crossplay with PS4, Microsoft's policy to allow Xbox One players to at will opt in and out of crossplay, and I think the Xbox Live Gold requirement. This is the first time that they've stated something positive and that they're actively working and communicating with Microsoft .