There are going to be a lot of those types of posts in the next month or so. It's pretty natural for all new MMO's be criticized as much as possible before they launch and shortly thereafter. Does the game have some issues? Yes. Are they as game breaking as so many are saying? No. People just like to whine when nothing goes their way. I'd go so far as to say not to bother visiting any other major fan sites for the next month or two as not see the cesspool of endless complaining. Within a month after launch, most of the whiners will move on to the next shiny MMO and leave the rest of the community to do its thing. Will some of those who jump ship be role-players? Probably, as sad as that is. But it happens. No such thing as a perfect game after all.
A tremendous amount of the people complaining have clearly not played FFXI for a long period of time. Those who have probably won't have too much difficulty adjusting to the new game.
Overall, I'd say not to worry. While this game may not gain 1 million+ subscribers (and probably not even 500K initially), it will hold its own player base no doubt for years to come (see FFXI--still a successful game even after all this time and despite negative Western reviews.)
A tremendous amount of the people complaining have clearly not played FFXI for a long period of time. Those who have probably won't have too much difficulty adjusting to the new game.
Overall, I'd say not to worry. While this game may not gain 1 million+ subscribers (and probably not even 500K initially), it will hold its own player base no doubt for years to come (see FFXI--still a successful game even after all this time and despite negative Western reviews.)
