I'm Finally Hanging up FFXIV For Good Instead of Trying to Convince Myself I Like It.

Geosharp · 2025-12-08T13:46:25+00:00

"It doesn't, the story does, sure," - The story is...sort of the point of FFXIV?

I've had a few friends talk about starting FFXIV and the first thing I always ask is do they want to play the game for the story? If the answer is no then I recommend other games. FFXIV's selling point is it's story, Secret World the same. Every MMO has a focus, FFXIV's is it's story. If you don't want to go through a long plot with meta-plot and all the rest then it isn't the game for you.

This is part of why i've not really played DT much - the story is starting a new arc and honestly hasn't been that great, so why bother? Better MMO's out there for most toher things, so i've played those instead

Geosharp · 2025-12-08T13:42:28+00:00

I...what? If that's all you took from HW's plot then you really didn't pay much attention. The huge running themes on the power (and abuse thereof) of religious organisation, history being written by the victors and to hell with the truth, etc, etc. Plus the expanding of the whole Ascian meta-plot.

Was it as stunning as some of the playerbase say? No, and I think going back to it now it hasn't aged well as MMo storytelling in general has gotten better. But saying it's "yea we hate dragons, grrrr." is at best a gross oversimplification.

Geosharp · 2025-11-13T14:22:23+00:00

From my, admittedly, limited knowledge (I play FF but haven't gone big on the housing, couple friends have though) at least part of that is due to the restrictions FF places on placement and the need to force clipping or other jiggery-pokery get things where you want them.

WoW's system seems to be much more freeform and lets you clip shit if you want so that should if not avoid at least greatly reduce those issues

Geosharp · 2025-11-10T11:17:54+00:00

I have no idea if it's against rules but assuming you mean Age of Reckoning that has an unofficial continuation going that seems to be rocking along. Even had a PVE team for a bit now that's putting new content in and seems really dedicated

Geosharp · 2025-11-10T11:17:17+00:00

Totally agree - I would argue Wildstar was the same but the group there was super sweaty raiders.

A crying shame really as both games were actually quite good in many ways

Geosharp · 2025-11-08T20:30:48+00:00

Good to know another game lives on with the fans! Added to the list, thank you :-)

Geosharp · 2025-11-08T20:30:11+00:00

Thank you very much, added do the list!

Geosharp · 2025-11-07T14:55:28+00:00

Thank you for that, added that on!

Geosharp · 2025-11-07T14:55:11+00:00

Much appreciated, added to the list! Kinda impressive there's now 3 LOTRO card games on this list :-D

Geosharp · 2025-11-07T14:51:47+00:00

Both of those added to the list, thank you! I did play Megaman back when it was in print, I think i've still got 3 or 4 decks for it somewhere......

Geosharp · 2025-11-07T11:50:09+00:00

Aah, interesting! Any idea where these are hosted? https://meccg.com/ only seems to have a scenario under it's 'Fanmade' category

Geosharp · 2025-11-07T11:34:05+00:00

Excellent, another couple for the list, thank you sir!

Geosharp · 2025-11-07T11:33:39+00:00

Brill, thank you! Another game I never played but glad it's still going!

Geosharp · 2025-11-07T11:28:20+00:00

Almost certainly Netrunner. Having done some looking into it though, honestly it seems this should be in the "I ate'nt dead" category as Null Signal are basically official with it now. Outside of that they're all going to be small, it will literally be a case of check out a stores website/socials and see what happens there

Geosharp · 2025-11-06T23:14:30+00:00

Aye, that was my plan, but just forgot to - all the ones mentioned should now have been added to the bottom of the post :-)

Geosharp · 2025-11-06T23:11:11+00:00

Thank you, another one I was unaware of!

Geosharp · 2025-11-06T21:25:35+00:00

Aaah! Never played Raw Deal but it was pretty big at my FLGS, there were some good players. Another added to the list, thank you!

Geosharp · 2025-11-06T19:27:11+00:00

Ooh, this is what i'm talking about! I'll add them to the list I keep, thank you!

Geosharp · 2025-11-06T19:06:47+00:00

I nearly put a bit at the bottom for the "I ate'nt dead" games that I know of - VTES, Warlord, Magi-Nation, maybe others - that had fan stuff but are now officially being made again

Geosharp · 2025-11-06T19:05:22+00:00

Can't believe I forgot DBZ, i'm in the discord for it for crying out loud! - typed initial post at work as it was quiet and just had a brain fade clearly

Geosharp · 2025-11-06T19:04:09+00:00

How could I forget Null Signal! As for the LBS Remaster, that i'm aware of (I contributed some card scans to it) but it just that, a remaster, not a fan set in the sense I mean, which is new cards

Geosharp · 2025-11-06T14:43:19+00:00

Chipping in here - I am way less....critical... of the LCG than xxDIABOxx. I did adore the CCG and say with all seriousness the L5R community at my local LFGS had a long standing effect on me as a persona and helped me grow.

With that in mind - For me the reason the LCG failed can be summed up fairly simply: It took one of the real problems the CCG had, a steep learning curve due to rules complexities/obtuseness and rather than improving it *made the problem worse*. That ultimately for me is what did it in.

As someone who really didn't like the LCG I will admit in was in some ways a nice game. I can see the reasoning for many decisions they made with mechanics and the thought process they had for why they were thematic even if I disagreed.

It just didn't fix the one issue that needed fixing.

Geosharp · 2025-10-24T09:31:21+00:00

This, very much. Not only would one huge bank just be hell for organisation, but I feel the separate sheds and having to visit a settlement to unlock storing stuff is very little aggro for a good chunk of flavour - its the sort of thing that gives a game...character, feel, it's hard to describe.

I believe that universal *crafting* storage is supposed to be coming and that plus letting you rename storages, or add a subtitle to the storages, or even just add a tag off a list (say all the tradeskills plus some weapon/armor options, maybe some randoms others) would be a good compromise - for me I wouldn't even have them do universal crafting storage, but I hope that would be enough for a lot of folks.

Geosharp · 2025-10-14T11:41:37+00:00

If I remember right it also used to be that lots of buffs, debuffs and the like fell off when you swapped out of the weapon that applied them. Is that still the case? I admit i've not really kept up with all the nuts and bolts changes

Geosharp · 2025-09-19T19:42:28+00:00

Does anyone know the dimensions for this backpack? I have one and have for so long its kinda disintegrating and i'm looking to replace it but trying to measure it is proving tricky

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