boss> ok guys so we want to really show off how some content is coming along!
worker 1> boss i got an idea! why don't we fight some exp mobs in new zones
boss > brilliant idea - exp mobs outside Abyssea ! but with the new jobs in zones that look like we just renamed an old zone
worker 2 > and lets make sure the gfx on the stream is ***so we can troll the americans hard when they all up late watching it xd
boss> /bow good job team
what do they want $30 for again?
I'm not even targeting my ire at you specifically but I'm tired of hearing the inane babbling of individuals who are bitching about what amount to small previews of the content a month before the expansion. The stupid little things bitched about like NA bias or reskinned zones are so nitpicky and telling of a reach to complain about something that it amounts to verbal diarrhea that we unfortunately all have to read.
Yes, the stream quality was ***and we know for a fact that SE has always had language barrier issues that prevent these things from coming over to NA/EU in a timely manner but do you also *** about turning on the shower and being pelted with water from the showerhead? *** water, why are you so wet.
As for reskinned zones and reused textures? Who gives a ***, this is a 10 year old MMO well past its prime. Do you look at every pixel in a zone and tell yourself " aha, this is resused!" in a self-masturbatory manner? Good for you, I'll be grading
content instead of if a zone happens to look like a previous one.
What Seekers and Matsui will be graded on is
what there is to do out of the box. No, I don't mean 2 years down the road when SE finally decides to add some new content but what I can access as soon as the game is installed and I cross over to Adoulin.
This means: What is there to do in town? Quests? Interesting NPCs? Are the job quests interesting? Any dialogue that immerses me in the "FF experience" or just more Voidwatch "lets make this CS as mechanical as possible" style dialogue? Where are the zonelines? How large is the town?
After answering those questions, then comes:
What is there to do outside the town?
What is the Colonization system like?
Are there immediate long term goals available to me?
Is there any large scale PVE content available for groups?
What does the "endgame" look like? Hardcore? Semi-casual? Casual?
How "complete" is Seekers of Adoulin?
What are the new monster gimmicks?
Make no mistake, I'm wary of SE in anything they do online but lets at least be fair about the content before dismissing everything as a failure. I see the potential with a new man at the helm and months of observing the game stagnating that something needs to shake up FFXI and thats what this expansion could be. Will it be another TOAU expansion that changes the previous dynamic or another WOTG disaster where things take years to get done?
We'll soon find out. Save the bitching about 30 bucks down the drain till then.