Note: This is not a complain nor a report post. Neither am I doing a moral high ground or questioning other people’s integrity. And I don't need any responses. I just want to equip the Core Development Team and YoshiP the knowledge of this.
"Before I started FFXIV, I had watched a 'Live' stream of Eorzea being ravaged my Bahamut and the Fall of that Meteor. Watching Goobbues walls and Magiteks marching in on players trying to defend their Forts. I was sad because I wasn't there. I didn't have a PC to play it back then. I could only watch as a bystander, cheering silently on the players and the Developers doing their bit in that virtual apocalypse. But I got the free pass through FFXIII game back then, I was immensely ecstatic and waited patiently for the PS3 version to launch for 3 years. It didn’t come. And Eorzea died. So when A Realm Reborn was announced Within me, I swear, I will be there! By hook or by crook!. XD
Niniru Rui, is not a great player in this game. Just a curious curious adventurer. Niniru is an absolute Noob/newbie in the world of MMORPG. It was my first time engaging and braving this virtual world of Eorzea without a single knowledge of what or how MMORPG works, nor do I know the gamer's jargon being referenced. Neither am I from a gamer’s world. My experience in gaming is a fraction of what the overall FFXIV community is. I got lost so many times within the HUD looking for directions or even finding where the map goes. Fumbling over the PS3 controllers, trying to setup how my brain and my hand works. The Noob is me 'shines' ever so brightly, an absolute standalone beacon of noobness. I spend 4 hours on the mainframe Character Creation Menu. And another 6 hours starting the main gameplay.
Nonetheless, I was really happy and I enjoyed every single stumble and falls in my newfound adventure. I went as far as looking into every nook and cranny of Eorzea. I would stand near a swamp or river and hoping a virtual Frog doesn’t sticky tongue at Niniru. I was seriously, seriously intrigue with every single stupid pixel in Eorzea, wondering how many layers of pixel is this? Man, how did they run this graphics? Who would’ve thought of this scripting to do it this way? Oh look shiny shiny thing? OMG I can fish that way? Oh that’s how the trees were layered! Smart! As you can imagine - I was seriously intriguingly curiously enjoying dumb at every single thing… And due to that, I was never levelled up to 50 at all. I kept going backwards looking at things around me, and not to mention, I had never found ‘Minifilia’ either. I could never complete the quest where “Minfilia’ was suppose to be hiding… >.< I was still level 40 months in the game. Neither did I bother to ask around. But This new World, this new adventure, this New Eorzea was a liberating breathe of air.
All this almost 7 years ago… My thrilling newbie days, filled with awe, excitement, as I look forward to coming back almost daily.
On the Beta run for ARR, I started as Bard, Your game YoshiP didn’t take even 1 minute to convince me to buy it. I was hooked at creation menu (hahaha… XD). It took a lot of brainstorming to play it though. As mentioned I am a shining beacon of noobness. Died so much as Bard, I just don’t understand what to do. And I started trying out again and again and again, not getting a grasp why I’m even dying (haha… XD) I had to press things one by one to see what it even actually means or matters. And I haven’t discover the battle log at all. Out of a fluke, I click on Marauder… and I didn’t die. So with this noob thought, I was like, right, I didn’t die as much as marauder, I will put on so much thick armour that I won’t ever die right? What class is it again? OH tank, what’s a tank? Petrol tank? YEA - you got it. The best Noob Tank you will ever get… I am not even joking, I literally thought since I didn’t die that much I’ll just go with this damn class… AND I still didn’t die AT LEVEL 38. Bravo! Great! Yes! Hahaha… XD (are you all screaming yet?)
Ah… what a huge mistake huh? A super grave mistake. I was still learning with however much time I could login into the game. This is still the best game to me! The story was solidly written, the flow in the MSQ was great other then me being stuck at minfilia which was also my gross misreading being such a fresh player. Fast forward. After 6-8 months of struggling with how things work and looking up here on the forums, with some help from my initial FC mates. I find solace in going the right direction as a tank. I watched the backs of all those Warriors with full fledge Warrior gears, with bright determine sparkly eyes. Literally *kira kira* eyes. And I did it. I got my Relic, My Warrior Armour. I was Sugoi Kakkoi Kawaii. I slowly made friends. I joined linkshells and anything I could help with if I’m welcome.
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"Before I started FFXIV, I had watched a 'Live' stream of Eorzea being ravaged my Bahamut and the Fall of that Meteor. Watching Goobbues walls and Magiteks marching in on players trying to defend their Forts. I was sad because I wasn't there. I didn't have a PC to play it back then. I could only watch as a bystander, cheering silently on the players and the Developers doing their bit in that virtual apocalypse. But I got the free pass through FFXIII game back then, I was immensely ecstatic and waited patiently for the PS3 version to launch for 3 years. It didn’t come. And Eorzea died. So when A Realm Reborn was announced Within me, I swear, I will be there! By hook or by crook!. XD
Niniru Rui, is not a great player in this game. Just a curious curious adventurer. Niniru is an absolute Noob/newbie in the world of MMORPG. It was my first time engaging and braving this virtual world of Eorzea without a single knowledge of what or how MMORPG works, nor do I know the gamer's jargon being referenced. Neither am I from a gamer’s world. My experience in gaming is a fraction of what the overall FFXIV community is. I got lost so many times within the HUD looking for directions or even finding where the map goes. Fumbling over the PS3 controllers, trying to setup how my brain and my hand works. The Noob is me 'shines' ever so brightly, an absolute standalone beacon of noobness. I spend 4 hours on the mainframe Character Creation Menu. And another 6 hours starting the main gameplay.
Nonetheless, I was really happy and I enjoyed every single stumble and falls in my newfound adventure. I went as far as looking into every nook and cranny of Eorzea. I would stand near a swamp or river and hoping a virtual Frog doesn’t sticky tongue at Niniru. I was seriously, seriously intrigue with every single stupid pixel in Eorzea, wondering how many layers of pixel is this? Man, how did they run this graphics? Who would’ve thought of this scripting to do it this way? Oh look shiny shiny thing? OMG I can fish that way? Oh that’s how the trees were layered! Smart! As you can imagine - I was seriously intriguingly curiously enjoying dumb at every single thing… And due to that, I was never levelled up to 50 at all. I kept going backwards looking at things around me, and not to mention, I had never found ‘Minifilia’ either. I could never complete the quest where “Minfilia’ was suppose to be hiding… >.< I was still level 40 months in the game. Neither did I bother to ask around. But This new World, this new adventure, this New Eorzea was a liberating breathe of air.
All this almost 7 years ago… My thrilling newbie days, filled with awe, excitement, as I look forward to coming back almost daily.
On the Beta run for ARR, I started as Bard, Your game YoshiP didn’t take even 1 minute to convince me to buy it. I was hooked at creation menu (hahaha… XD). It took a lot of brainstorming to play it though. As mentioned I am a shining beacon of noobness. Died so much as Bard, I just don’t understand what to do. And I started trying out again and again and again, not getting a grasp why I’m even dying (haha… XD) I had to press things one by one to see what it even actually means or matters. And I haven’t discover the battle log at all. Out of a fluke, I click on Marauder… and I didn’t die. So with this noob thought, I was like, right, I didn’t die as much as marauder, I will put on so much thick armour that I won’t ever die right? What class is it again? OH tank, what’s a tank? Petrol tank? YEA - you got it. The best Noob Tank you will ever get… I am not even joking, I literally thought since I didn’t die that much I’ll just go with this damn class… AND I still didn’t die AT LEVEL 38. Bravo! Great! Yes! Hahaha… XD (are you all screaming yet?)
Ah… what a huge mistake huh? A super grave mistake. I was still learning with however much time I could login into the game. This is still the best game to me! The story was solidly written, the flow in the MSQ was great other then me being stuck at minfilia which was also my gross misreading being such a fresh player. Fast forward. After 6-8 months of struggling with how things work and looking up here on the forums, with some help from my initial FC mates. I find solace in going the right direction as a tank. I watched the backs of all those Warriors with full fledge Warrior gears, with bright determine sparkly eyes. Literally *kira kira* eyes. And I did it. I got my Relic, My Warrior Armour. I was Sugoi Kakkoi Kawaii. I slowly made friends. I joined linkshells and anything I could help with if I’m welcome.
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