i was watching the opening movies today,and i was thinking, "why arent these played in-game when you reach a suitable point for the story",when i personally played through the 1-80 story,other than the ending credits for the .0 patches,you have no idea,if it's patch content,prepatch or when you're in the next expac,and i think the opening movies would do a great job of pacing WHAT content you are doing,if placed correctly,it's not even a hard implementation just tie the cinematic to one of the MSQuests, if you were a fan of the game,you'd be seeing them 3000 times over,since they are played in every convention and every promotional material(in this case the ShB one),but why isnt it played ingame???
As an addon to this issue,given how story focused the game is,that it has mandatory story progression,other than the opening movie issue,which is very good art that very few new players actually get to see,it would be a very nice touch to have the login screen/theme change as you progress in the expansions, currently it's either the ARR one if you have the free trial,or ShB one(since it includes all other expacs with the purchase), making not only the login screens art but also the music,be lost into obscurity
now,this would be acceptable for a regular mmo,but again with FF14 being so story focused,i think it would be a great touch if the login screen and theme,changed to reflect what your highest progression character has reached,meaning that new players will get to see and hear all of the login screens,while veterans experience no changes.
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As an addon to this issue,given how story focused the game is,that it has mandatory story progression,other than the opening movie issue,which is very good art that very few new players actually get to see,it would be a very nice touch to have the login screen/theme change as you progress in the expansions, currently it's either the ARR one if you have the free trial,or ShB one(since it includes all other expacs with the purchase), making not only the login screens art but also the music,be lost into obscurity
now,this would be acceptable for a regular mmo,but again with FF14 being so story focused,i think it would be a great touch if the login screen and theme,changed to reflect what your highest progression character has reached,meaning that new players will get to see and hear all of the login screens,while veterans experience no changes.
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