its not even about being a wow person or a casual gamer. I love the fact that its not like wow, but that's no excuse for such a terrible UI. If you've ever played WoW, or any other MMO, and then you jump into FFXIV and attempt to navigate around, its like playing with both hands tied behind your back and you're only…
I don't think it's so much about it being not explained. I play many games without having to read an instruction manual but there's a difference between something being needlessly difficult versus being intuitive. It doesn't need to be a WoW clone but to throw everything out the window in the effort to be different is…
After playing FFXI, I gave this a go. I agree with the menus and the laggy mouse right now. However, after playing in the closed beta and the open beta, I've gotten more than used to the UI and navigation. Once you get the hang of it, it is great. I have no complaints about it. Yes, it is awkward at first, but nothing you…
I remember trying the demo of FFXI for Pc just to see closely the awesomeness of the art throught this viewer: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56985 And I think it's the only reason I would try the beta or demo of FFXIV... inspect the great art via some viewer. ... I'm not a fan of monthly fees, that was my…
i've played to level 20 so far, and it feels like one giant tutorial... kinda makes me wish i could just skip to that level and assume i know how to play what is a very generic (control wise) mmo. what's not generic? i dunno... actually thinking about it quite a lot is. it does have a very final fantasy feel to it which is…
I've been playing it a bit in my spare time and have really been enjoying it. The combat feels a bit more slow paced that WoW but that is mainly because of the GCD being a bit longer I think. There was quite a bit of complaints about server queues at the beginning and they were absolutely awful. Since the maintenance last…
When comparing FFXIII to FFXIV, FFXIII is way better. At least with FFXIII, menus weren't laggy and aspects of the game were explained in some sort of tutorial fashion. Seriously, XIV seems to be marketing itself to the niche market that is FFXI players, which I think is totally the wrong direction. They took some nice…
I'm not getting this lag everyone is talking about and my pc isn't real beast mode either. I just am smarter with my settings I guess. Try turning some things down FFXIV is a power whore so make sure to not feed it to much. Even at the lowest settings the game still looks pretty so don't over due it. The Ui isnt really…