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    Player Runespider's Avatar
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    You know why it's hard to do content now? Because there are so fewer players around and of those that are they have probably either done it or have no interest in it. Cross server finder isn't going to happen for various reasons.

    The game needs new players, the only way that's going to happen these days is for it to change the payment system it uses. F2P will bring in a lot more players and revitalise the game, nothing else is going to do it at this point, at best under the current system server merges might help but that's about it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Runespider View Post
    You know why it's hard to do content now? Because there are so fewer players around and of those that are they have probably either done it or have no interest in it. Cross server finder isn't going to happen for various reasons.

    The game needs new players, the only way that's going to happen these days is for it to change the payment system it uses. F2P will bring in a lot more players and revitalise the game, nothing else is going to do it at this point, at best under the current system server merges might help but that's about it.
    Lol @ this logic!

    F2P would serve to destroy this game, not bring in an influx of players. It's ALREADY FREE for a month. The problem with the game is balance: a lot of the starting content needs to be adjusted or revamped altogether.

    If people aren't sticking around even with a free month trial, what makes you think F2P would solve the issue? No, it wouldn't, not by a long shot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vil View Post
    The problem with the game is balance: a lot of the jobs and content need to be adjusted or revamped altogether.
    Fixed for you. XI's problems run deeper than most seem to realize.

    If people aren't sticking around even with a free month trial, what makes you think F2P would solve the issue? No, it wouldn't, not by a long shot.
    This is true. F2P wouldn't help much with the game in its current state. People would get on, blow it off as a shitty game and move on.

    The fact the developers seem to still design stuff for large groups doesn't help (which is self-defeating when the playerbase population seems to be smaller).
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    * The sad thing is that FFXIV turned RDM into a turret, and people think that's what it's supposed to be. It's supposed to combine sword and magic into something more, not spend the bulk of gameplay spamming spells and jump into melee for only 3 GCDs before scurrying back to the back line.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duelle View Post
    Fixed for you. XI's problems run deeper than most seem to realize.

    This is true. F2P wouldn't help much with the game in its current state. People would get on, blow it off as a shitty game and move on.

    The fact the developers seem to still design stuff for large groups doesn't help (which is self-defeating when the playerbase population seems to be smaller).
    Lol thanks. That was more or less my aim: They need to fix a LOT of things on the foundational level if they want to XI to appeal to a broader audience. Of course, this may not be what they're looking for and thus they may not see it as cost-effective to go back and fix all the little things.

    But it is a big problem. Basically, if you don't already have friends ingame to help you through stuff and explain things, you're going to be poking blindly in starter cities wondering wth you need to do. Sure there's wikis and stuff, but for brand new people, they won't know of their existence right away.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Runespider View Post
    You know why it's hard to do content now? Because there are so fewer players around and of those that are they have probably either done it or have no interest in it. Cross server finder isn't going to happen for various reasons.

    The game needs new players, the only way that's going to happen these days is for it to change the payment system it uses. F2P will bring in a lot more players and revitalise the game, nothing else is going to do it at this point, at best under the current system server merges might help but that's about it.
    You have your own topic where people called you an idiot stop dragging your stupidity into other peoples topics. Thank you.




    Honestly I don't have any problems doing old missions or quests because I made friends when I came back. Simple get some people and have fun. Most of the the old content can be soloed now anyway.
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