Too safe for traveling? Follow

Does anyone feel that the game is too safe when traveling? I just think the roads should be more dangerous, it adds a thrill when you enter a new zone and you have to be very cautious when getting around. I know some of you will say go back to ffxi when I say this but remember in ffxi when traveling how dangerous it was? Specially the first time traveling to the dunes or jeuno?

Yeah it was scary, when traveling from sandy and you hit the dunes and you agro a bat haha better zone out! I know but I feel those ingredients can't be changed man, it's what got people hooked!

Pashow Marshlands 2004. Never forget.

I believe traveling to areas your level, before you are max, should be fairly safe. But I would love to see areas that offer great rewards(High end gathering, Better drops) be areas where you do have to be smart to get through, or have a group to survive.

But I don't think lower end players should have to struggle to level up. I enjoy it, but even more people don't.

Morale of the story.

We all have fond memories of the mmo that popped our cherry. Perma death, unsafe traveling, no form of quick travel regardless of how vast the land is, quantum physics combat. Give us all that in our single player games.

Unfortunately in a massive multiplayer game your enjoyment shouldn't infringe upon the thousands of others precious time and effort.

Travel around the 6 or so zones that the game start around isn't particularly dangerous; you DO have established city-states there. Going beyond is incredibly dangerous, and you'll die a lot, chocobo or not. There are some deep recesses that you will not pass easily, or at all, without a party. I went running in circles with my chocobo looking for mob locations so when p4/Open hit I can get right to where I need to farm crafting mats, and found many, many areas that, even at 50, were ripping me apart as soon as I stepped foot in. Some areas have max level mobs running around solely because it's not a finished zone yet and they don't want people puttering around in there, but others are just plain old nasty and fleshed out, so you'll get your many runs of death at some point. It just won't be before you can properly afford the repairs.

When you get hit, the chocobo drops you where you are, and runs away.

You can pay for safe passage from a chocobo stable to a city, and the chocobo will auto run and take a safe route that is guaranteed to not get attacked. However, if you rent a chocobo to just go exploring, and get into a high level area, then mobs can attack it.

I'm just happy that I got to experience FFXI in its fresh prime all the way to 75. Now, I dont mind so much if games are easier. I have less time too so it all works out!!!

Gamers don't have as much time as they did before? The world has become tremendously busier in the last 10 years? I don't think so, nor do I buy that that is the reason.

I do think there are generational differences between 20 year olds 10 years ago, and 20 year olds today which preclude creating games which can be considered difficult or "time sinks" by those of us who tend to be more cynical.

Edited, Jul 5th 2013 6:59pm by ClydesShadow

Um yeah, in the last twenty five years the world has become a lot busier. The population has grown exponentially. The work load has shifted from hard physical labor to mental labor though. But I don't think he meant actual work when he said that. I think he is referring to the amount of stuff we do when not working.

With every year that goes by more and more new technology fills the gap for recreational stuff as the back catalog of classic stuff grows as well. More movies, more sports, more games, more music, more fantasy sports leagues, more tv channels, more bands, personal pc movie/music creation tools, more entertainment websites, etc. Cell phones do more than just allow voice conversation. We've come from a culture who's only alternative to sleeping after work was reading a book, storytelling, or playing outside. To a culture who can do just about anything and connect at the touch of a button. It all adds up to more stuff competing for our time. That's what he means by busy.

Now there will always be a group who loves the old days and how everything required a more hands on approach. For the vast majority, when they get used to a modern comfort. They probably do not like being told that comfort is being taken away without a good reason beside immersion. Imagine being able to order take-out food for the last ten years. Then suddenly you found out that you couldn't order out anymore. Imagine the same scenario if planes were omitted from long distance traveling.

Call it modern comforts, call it babe-a-fying, call it whatever you want. It's the way of the world.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/03/how-oculus-rift-will-change-the-world-beyond-gaming

Linked the wrong article..... It's fixed now.

Edited, Jul 5th 2013 8:16pm by sandpark

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Edited, Jul 5th 2013 8:19pm by sandpark

You are confusing my point of view. I do not want easy mode. My comments were aimed towards the remarks about wanting traveling more dangerous. I would be inclined to agree with you on not any players wanting an insta-leveled character. Yet, some players still partake in power leveling or having a high level cake-walk them through content. FFXI wasn't hard just time consuming and had your resources severely below enemies resources. But I still loved the game.

If you are significantly more powerful than the enemies you encounter there is nothing difficult or feeling of accomplishment. Which is why I like that Yoshi is level capping content. I thought it was fun in FFXI dodging enemy detection throughout all the levels. But I still saw most using sneak and invisible to bypass sneaking anywhere for the most part.

Yoshi implemented it this way. I didn't agree with the ease of walking. But if he reverted on that and sneak/invis made it's way into this game for that purpose. I would be even more agitated and dumbfounded. Just because I don't agree with Yoshi doesn't mean that the decision he made is any worse or better.

Giving players the option to take in the countryside is all fine and dandy. Forcing them to explore the countryside with no option for fast travel regardless of how many times they walked that countryside is asinine.

I can't help but feel overwhelmed by all these things to do sometimes. In the past when I was a kid I just knew of a few games I owned or TV shows I watched, but now there's so much around their value ends up decreasing in my mind and I end up barely enjoying anything anymore. Another superficial distraction is the last thing I need...

I don't understand why people keep confusing "difficult" and time consuming though. Except for some special parts like boss fights, MMOs are mostly just monotonous repetition that has nearly zero difficulty. I think this kind of gameplay can easily draw in young (post-WoW generation) players who aren't yet cynical of these kinds of mechanics, but probably not older gamers so much. Experienced MMOers aren't going to flock to a game that offers little challenge to them in large numbers, no matter how little time investment the game requires.

Edited, Jul 6th 2013 11:42pm by Dizmo