FATEs are in essence what you're saying is missing, and those are available at level 1. It doesn't really require much planning or interaction between players to drive a communal formation, per se, but it is a stepping stone to get players to understand that they'll need others to do the bigger things in the game.
You may not think it to be interaction, in the traditional sense, but it is, whether those doing it realize it or not. It's passively forced grouping.
The new Everquest gets revealed today.
For me, my fall/winter is between those two titles. I will see if i like what i see in a few hours with EQ:N
EQ:N probably won't be out until winter 2014 at the earliest. What they showed was nothing more than a tech demo yet I was a bit disappointed for some reason. It's way too early for me to bother with following it and getting angry/hyped over it. Devs always promise the moon at these stages and a lot changes by launch.
FFXIV seems to scratch my old-school MMO fix while keeping it modern enough so hopefully I'll have some good fun with it.
Teamwork in your traditional definition doesn't start until 20ish, but it is there. It doesn't take very long to get to 20 on a single class. I'm not at all opposed to having to learn the ropes of your class or the game mechanics prior to jumping into group play. In comparison to FFXI, you solo'd to level 10 on most classes then looked for a party. In contrast, it took about as long to get to level 10 in FFXI as it does to get to level 20 in FFXIV (for a first time play through; I'm not talking about people with gear and money to fly through stuff). So it's about the same to me. The scaling of time will be smaller though in FFXIV:ARR; which is going to be welcomed by the majority of the community.
Talked to a friend in beta and he said you are able to level up all solo to at least 30...
Is the expectation that this game will be good? Or are we prepping for it to suck?
Is the expectation that this game will be good? Or are we prepping for it to suck?
Depends on what you want from an MMO. Most that have played the beta so far like it quite a bit.
Phase 4/Open Beta was announced, begins August 17th through 19th, but if you were in Phase 3 then it begins on August 16th and ends the 19th.
Early Access for those who preorder starts on August 24th (3 day head start)
You'll be able to register your early access key from preorder on August 20th
No PVP. Probably some sort of arena setting in the future but I'm not expecting it to be a 'big deal'.
I wish I didn't have work today so I could have started playing last night lol.