Sept update blues

[Runespider]

You pay for the maintaining of the servers, not the content.

No you don't, you pay for the wages of the update staff to update and maintain the game as well as all maint costs. Hence why FFXI still costs as much as brand new MMOs monthly. Or do you really think they only charge us the maint costs and we get updates for free?

[Kaisha]

Update crew is just content creation to give incentive to keep playing, that's it. They spend money to make money.

[FrankReynolds]

Wait!?! I pay for content? I thought this was life insurance.... damn.

[xbobx]

People need to wake up and realize Abyssea was really just "I'm sorry for making you grind more because we didn't want to do another expansion pack" content. You have unrealistic expectations for a FF MMO to spoon feed you easy content post Abyssea.

We have our easier exp. We have our new replacement gear for our new levels that was easy to obtain. We're one level cap raise away from the new cap and the level 99 transition will be complete. The apology is over and done with. Welcome back to FFXI and LS driven content.

And so will the game be over and done with if they continue to charge us the current fee with lackluster support. this is not about the grinds to say, it is about hardly any content and what content is there, trying to hide it in long time sinks.

The game is on its last legs as it is, another crap update like this may just get people to pack it in. At least diablo 3 is expected by end of year or shortly after. Then there we be fun had looking for gear.

[Greatguardian]

And so will the game be over and done with if they continue to charge us the current fee with lackluster support. this is not about the grinds to say, it is about hardly any content and what content is there, trying to hide it in long time sinks.

The game is on its last legs as it is, another crap update like this may just get people to pack it in. At least diablo 3 is expected by end of year or shortly after. Then there we be fun had looking for gear.

They added a huge number of new VWNM, much bigger than part 1 and containing a lot of powerful new gear. Do these suddenly not count now?

[xbobx]

Maybe that is a lot of content to you, but not to many of us, especially those that have no interest in VWNM. Compare this content to content from the past, go back years and look at what we use to get and what we get now. If you think it is comparable give your head a shake.
Content should be comparative considering the cost has not changed, they should keep up the same level of service as they once did, taking into consideration inflation.

and fyi, for those that are complaining the game is too casual and you want harder material etc. You do realize is they go back to that you might as well kiss this game goodbye. It is not the hardcore that keep this game going, it is all the casual players. You take away the casual content, you take away the casual players, and you might as well close the rest of the servers.
Many of us 7+ year players are done with the ridiculous grinds. We want to just try and enjoy ourselves in the game, which is more of a social thing for us then a game. I am sure many people feel this way

[Greatguardian]

Sorry, I forgot that ToAU added so much casual content.

Like Salvage.

And Einherjar.

And HNMs.

And Beast Kings.

And ZNMs.

That's the casual content you're talking about, right?

What about CoP? They added ......... wait, right, CoP had absolutely no casual content.

Just because you have no interest in content doesn't mean that there is no content.

[xbobx]

How many years ago was Toau? Somehow you just teleported your self back a few years to create an argument. We are talking now not then. Toau was created when the game was at its peak or there abouts, hence the hardcore content. Maybe you didn't notice the paragraph separation. One was talking about content patches, the second about casual vs hardcore as it relates to the game now.

try again.

[Kaisha]

What casual players? Only ones I knew of flocked back when Abyssea came out and made the MMO ez-mode because they couldn't stand the old grind of years ago.

This is an old MMO, it's not going to attract many 'modern' casual players at all.


You can't dismiss the hardcore playerbase as they're your guaranteed funnel of money since they're harder to turn-off from the game due to their timely investment.

[Greatguardian]

How many years ago was Toau? Somehow you just teleported your self back a few years to create an argument. We are talking now not then. Toau was created when the game was at its peak or there abouts, hence the hardcore content. Maybe you didn't notice the paragraph separation. One was talking about content patches, the second about casual vs hardcore as it relates to the game now.

try again.

So when you say "The past", you mean Abyssea?

You're mad because there isn't as much Casual bloody content as there was in Abyssea?

Go play WoW:Cataclysm. I'm told that's pretty much all of their content right now.