New weapons with higher base damage then relics

[Karbuncle]

You thought the best was "forever".

It's not. Welcome to Adoulin and the forseeable future, but expect they'll put in an R/M/E upgrade path sometime down the line. For now, this means everyone heads for the new expansion, which is what they want- players not stuck doing the same repeated content for years.

I'd wager a guess not everyone is heading for the expansion, Since I know a good chunk of people who are not renewing their subscriptions, myself included... I've quit off and on a few times over the years, never for very long, but still occasionally something would come up. Lack of motivation, friends quitting... something.

I don't mind doing Old content if its enjoyable. some of its gotten less enjoyable. I still enjoy doing Salvage II, and NNI Was fun, while NNI isn't out-dated entirely, Salvage I/II Just became a lot less attractive. Plus, Before i could even get to a Wildskeeper, they've completely crapped on them. I haven't even gotten to beat Rala Skirmish, and its already pointless to do so.

But as it stands, this MMO design usually sinks MMO's pretty quick. Almost every new MMO with this market is dead or dying, FTP+Eshop, or something... The only one to survive on it is WoW because well, they came first, and people are generally far more addicted to their first MMO than many others. It Works for WoW cause its the status quot, most people who play FFXI did so because they liked the longevity, turning it into a repeatedly outdating gear ladder is very risky, and I don't think they have the time or resources to manage to pull out the content in the way its required if they're taking this path.

[Umichi]

I'd wager a guess not everyone is heading for the expansion, Since I know a good chunk of people who are not renewing their subscriptions, myself included... I've quit off and on a few times over the years, never for very long, but still occasionally something would come up. Lack of motivation, friends quitting... something.

I don't mind doing Old content if its enjoyable. some of its gotten less enjoyable. I still enjoy doing Salvage II, and NNI Was fun, while NNI isn't out-dated entirely, Salvage I/II Just became a lot less attractive. Plus, Before i could even get to a Wildskeeper, they've completely crapped on them. I haven't even gotten to beat Rala Skirmish, and its already pointless to do so.

there will always be people who want to bash the content as fast as possible either to be firsters or just to beat the shit out of it cause there is no other challenge... so don't feel to bad about people beating it before you. that is if thats what you meant.

If it makes you feel any better outside of a little bit of sky and a little bit of old school nyzule and some assault and alot of WoE i really havent even touched much of the endgame content in this game. I'm starting to do dynamis for the sake of my relic which i still plan on completing.

[Karbuncle]

there will always be people who want to bash the content as fast as possible either to be firsters or just to beat the shit out of it cause there is no other challenge... so don't feel to bad about people beating it before you. that is if thats what you meant.

If it makes you feel any better outside of a little bit of sky and a little bit of old school nyzule and some assault and alot of WoE i really havent even touched much of the endgame content in this game. I'm starting to do dynamis for the sake of my relic which i still plan on completing.

I don't mind people beating content before me, I do however fail to understand outdating items that 80-90% of the playerbase hasn't touched yet. I've participated in 2 Skirmishes, this was with buying 3 pieces myself, and actively hunting them when I coult. Failed one, Won the other, got a Scythe out of it, but the problem remains... I haven't even seen a Wildskeeper Reive yet, and already there's no reason to do it :\.

I'm just, Mixed feelings TBH, I like they're pumping out new content, but honestly I just wish this new content would have been "OMGWTF" armor to match the "OMGWTF Weapons" we just got, instead of "OMGWTFEVERYTHING" that it is. Is... that weird?

[Afania]

I'd wager a guess not everyone is heading for the expansion, Since I know a good chunk of people who are not renewing their subscriptions, myself included... I've quit off and on a few times over the years, never for very long, but still occasionally something would come up. Lack of motivation, friends quitting... something.

I don't mind doing Old content if its enjoyable. some of its gotten less enjoyable. I still enjoy doing Salvage II, and NNI Was fun, while NNI isn't out-dated entirely, Salvage I/II Just became a lot less attractive. Plus, Before i could even get to a Wildskeeper, they've completely crapped on them. I haven't even gotten to beat Rala Skirmish, and its already pointless to do so.

Honestly I'd be fine with new weapons as long as SE clearly shows when and how R/E/M gets buffed so effort isn't wasted, and tells everyone how they're going to keep salvage2/NNI etc relevant so Mythic still obtainable. But they don't, and don't have a plan atm. They just dragged players to new content in worst possible way I can think of, by completely changed current economy and job/weapon hierarchy, with little to no communication.

[Tamoa]

Honestly I'd be fine with new weapons as long as SE clearly shows when and how R/E/M gets buffed so effort isn't wasted, and tells everyone how they're going to keep salvage2/NNI etc relevant so Mythic still obtainable. But they don't, and don't have a plan atm. They just dragged players to new content in worst possible way I can think of, by completely changed current economy and job/weapon hierarchy.

This, so much. Would like it a thousand times over if I could.