Remember the arguments during beta?

Where on earth is a free 2-days of a successful subscription MMO an admission of defeat to long-term, crybaby players who dont like the game anymore?

Oh yeah, on forum boards

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Originally Posted by Hitome

Might be a valid point if TESO beta wasn't a piece of garbage. :X

I did enjoy the computer-generated voices for the NPCs, though.

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lol TESO had a beta that was garbage? Um.... Did you try FFXIV beta by chance? Or even the first month FFXIV was actually live? Or for that matter the latency issues that still plagues this game now by chance? Also do the "loyal" players that are currently subbed get 2 days added to our sub time? Or is it just screw us since they already have our money?

Most modern day subscriptions mmos will after a few months have a weekend of free play or free to play games do offer free stuff to in same time frame.. So those that are left or If they would like try it again can try it again and see if it is better. smart business. Not everyone is on forums or what not and helps friends pass word of mouth for those that enjoy the game , those that do not like it, well they get to try it again and maybe like it.

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Originally Posted by Kule

Pretty sure the free weekend has more to do with competing with the Elder Scrolls beta.

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There is no way in hell this can even come close.

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Originally Posted by Alipoprocks

Well that kinda is my point. People will leave and play other newer games all the time. Meanwhile the diehard FF fans suffer with this watered down game that was adapted for those casual gamers that probably won't play this again.

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I am a fan of FF and Elder Scrolls. ESO is far worse

You have absolutely no data on who left, how many people left, what kind of gamer they were, how often they played, or to be honest anything at all about the people who left. All you know is that some people have left. You don't even really have anything more than anecdotal evidence bolstered by the fact MMOs always shed some players shortly after launch.

This is obviously about getting people to look at the changes 2.1 made and, as someone else pointed out, to challenge the ESO beta.

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Originally Posted by epryn

The organization of complaints and issues with gameplay is rather terrible on the forums, so it's just generally a mess, and we've seen no evidence as yet that SE is paying any attention to what a very small minority of the playerbase who actually post is saying could use improvement or suggestions for new/revised content, whereas the huge majority are playing the game and don't even bother with the forums whatsoever.

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Fixed by putting into perspective.

Very smart move by SE doing this. For obvious reasons with ESO beta weekend.

oh btw:
We wanted a kick, we got a kick.
we wanted a sort button, we got a sort button.
we wanted a hairdresser etc.

So no, they don't listen:P And if you mean they didnt add 1000s new quests, hundreds more overworld encounters. 10s of new dungeons. Then you need a reality check.

I'm sure people coming back that quit before reaching endgame will have enough time to get to 50 and get the cross class skills and gear to challenge the new content especially Extremes, all that while waiting for the Crystal Tower FATEs even with their fixed timers or doing the new storyline to unlock Moogle. If that fails then I'm sure they will also have plenty of time to experience casual friendly content such a housi-oh

They should also offer an off-schedule dungeon/loot reset for the weekend- give current players a bone. Have the regular reset again on Monday.

Why not? That would be a treat for everyone and increase overall playing during the target time period.

I read stuff somewhere, it must be true.

This is a good business decision by SE and they should do it after every patch.