New World Aeternum = FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn?

[NoHelp+Suicide=Report]

Is New World Aeternum the new FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn?

Both games fought for their survival but after FF14 was completely revamped, it is now one of the most popular MMO's. Will it be the same with New World Aeternum?

[krieglich]

No.

[Kilsubub]

Originally posted by krieglich:

No.

He's clairvoyant. We have to wait and see. Probability says no but there is always hope.

[Sceles]

FFXIV was completely remade with RR

Aeternum is just name change

[krieglich]

We all could play and most of us have played the Open Beta and we could see the "new" stuff. Nothing compares in the slightest to the massive amount of work that was put into FF XIV: ARR. It's an absolute insult to the devs at Square Enix to even think about comparing it to NW: A.

[ShogoGGz]

No, lol. ARR has a lot of of passion behind it and this new update is a raid and a pvp zone. same game

[Audacioustrash]

Yes

[Gilver]

would be nice if,but no,unless AGS has some "super secret changes" in game we dont know abaout it and we only know abaout it at 15oct,unless that its just basically a name change and thats it.

[napkinfactory]

no, AGS has just a small team working on NW anymore (plus lots of outsourcing for cutscenes). they couldn't accomplish it even if they tried real hard

[Percello]

No, not even close.
New World, even though it can be fun, has no where near the following Final Fantasy does. If anything, the New World "revamp" *could* bring the population back that it used to have. I, personally, don't believe it'll do much more than that.

[SIRCAM]

Originally posted by Sceles:

FFXIV was completely remade with RR

Aeternum is just name change

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It's more than name change. Enjoy the list.


Revamped storytelling approach
Enhanced dialogue
Ten-player raid
PvP Zone
Endgame Soul Trials
Gear score increase to 725
Matchmaking
Crossworld Arenas
Upleveled Cutlass Keys Zone
Swimming
Combat Improvements
Performance Optimization
Cross-platform play
Fresh start worlds

Character archetypes:
Aeternum is also getting seven character archetypes and a whole bunch of customization. Each of the following archetypes can be changed at any point in the game, but it looks like they determine which starting weapons and proficiencies you have.

Destroyer: A mighty slayer, brutally executing foes with a massive great axe and war hammer.

Soldier: A fighter by trade, balancing defense and offense with heavy armor and shield, sword and hatchet.

Ranger: A keen-eyed hunter, scout, and pathfinder, proficient with bow and spear.

Musketeer: A nimble explorer and adventurer, skilled with rifle and rapier alike.

Mystic: A scholar-warrior who seeks to master the forces of life and death.

Swordbearer: A gusty, heavily-armed berserker, wielding a colossal greatsword and broad-bored blunderbuss.
Occultist: A practitioner of primal elemental arts, commanding the forces of frost and flame.

[Foxglovez]

I actually played ff14realm reborn back in the day and they actually took that game down, deleted it, everything removed, the big boss fell on his sword and left the company, for well over 6 months. The game that returned was an amazing revamp, truly a new game. This is not that. This is actually not even No Mans Sky and it's 8 years transition from car wreck to one of the best games of it's genre. This is just an addition of platforms and a nice list of new stuff and changes, at least what seems apparent now.

The housing will still be dumb, renting for gods sake, the economy will probably still be run by bots and legacy players unless they just make npc traders and get rid of the bots, then everything will be too expensive, we level up too fast for our crafting abilities so we're screwed to Sunday. Will those things change? Will we still have to fight other players for nodes? All bogus.

For me if it changes how we level up weapons, level up characters, gives us better crafting with a little less grind, some interesting exploration, it's worth a go. Will it be everything for everyone? I doubt it as players are pretty busy hating on Amazon, as usual. Frankly getting rid of the last vestiges of PvP would be the best start imaginable or just putting them off in a corner and letting them flex for one another and letting the whole game be solo friendly with no raids at all would be the best of all possible worlds. YMMV.
I'll get a few more hours, might make a new toon and give it a chance to amaze me.

[NoiosoBear]

If they keep on pumping out updates that add meaningful content to the end game, then the game could do very well. If they continue with their track record from the last couple years then the game will just die again...

New World is my first MMO and holds a very special place in my heart, but at the same time the leadership/devs have left me jaded with how they'll handled the game.

[Kilsubub]

Originally posted by NoiosoBear:

If they keep on pumping out updates that add meaningful content to the end game, then the game could do very well. If they continue with their track record from the last couple years then the game will just die again...

New World is my first MMO and holds a very special place in my heart, but at the same time the leadership/devs have left me jaded with how they'll handled the game.

I feel for ya. Everquest was my first MMO and the Devs just let it slip through their fingers to Blizzard. I gave up 7 years of char development and moved on to WoW. I will move on again when the next big MMO hits the market sometime in the next 5 years. I will never be as attached to a game or the people I played with again. Enjoy your first. It will never be the same.

[DIRTYBOMB]

No, they are just going to milk console players. Maybe another disappointing dlc that has a single dungeon and another low effort reskinned zone.

[Gilver]

the character archetypes are BS those are not really something,its like in dark souls its just give you at the start a little direction but in the end you can/will use everything so it doesnt really matter what archetype you choose.