Yoshida-san, Where's the Challenge? Where are the Real Changes? END GAME Content?

[Kallera]

Lmfao we are not anywhere near seeing a get ready to start back payng warning.
Not one major change has been made so u wont see that for at least another year.
If they make the game worth paying for next month then I for one would gladly pay!
14$ only seems big atm because the game isnt fun ppl still pay to play XI, and if this game could compete with that one others would be willing to pay as well. OOOORRRRRR maybe its just me that thinks this i'm sure you will say right lol

I'm saying come back when the notices that they will be starting soon start arriving, they will have changes, reform, and a direction for content. Snapping up everything while they are reforming the basics isn't going to help you enjoy the game.

[darkstarpoet1]

LOL Poet. Speedfishing for Giant Donkos - Reward: Aegis. GO GO GO.

We've already been told there's dungeons/raids on the way, so idk what else people are asking for here. Endgame starts at 75. We don't even have a freakin' JEUNO yet. Let's enjoy whatever these raid/dungeon things are for a little bit. They sound like a mix between Assault/BCNM while the companies sound like a mini campaign. I could be wrong, but -- is that not enough to sate you until 75 when you can come back here and demand endgame with some kind of logical high ground?

nah like i said i am not speaking on endgame raids/dungeons, but more along the lines of with the 20 mn's added could not 2-3 of those been added for higher level players along the same lines that have drops for mages. i know you are doin the mage classes and you realize there is no 50 gear or weapons that are part of drops from nm's. even the crafters have a nm drop that require drops from 2 different nm's.

i guess it was just wishful thinking on my part that the other dom classes could have gotten some representation with the additional nm's that were added. i know some say well the new nm's do have mage gear, but i am refering to the high end gear. to me it's bad to have both mage classes with no r50 armor from nm's nor even a r50 weapon. the thm even though it can be ranked to r50 has a max rank weapon of r44 and the con has a max of r48. i felt those classes needed some love also, but like i said i was not referring to endgame type stuff at all.

i was glad to see the lower level players get items, but kind of disappointed that the dom class continues to be neglected.

[Dreamer]

LOL Poet. Speedfishing for Giant Donkos - Reward: Aegis. GO GO GO.

We've already been told there's dungeons/raids on the way, so idk what else people are asking for here. Endgame starts at 75. We don't even have a freakin' JEUNO yet. Let's enjoy whatever these raid/dungeon things are for a little bit. They sound like a mix between Assault/BCNM while the companies sound like a mini campaign. I could be wrong, but -- is that not enough to sate you until 75 when you can come back here and demand endgame with some kind of logical high ground?

You seem to be confused. This forum is about FFXIV, not FFXI.

[AlexiaKidd]

I think the problem is the level cap was not supposed to be 50 for so long. I believe it was only temporary to stop us getting to far ahead of the PS3 players. However with all that has happened and the current state of FFXIV the PS3 release is on hold until they get everything sorted so we won't see the cap removed for a while and they had no "End Game" content for R50 because R50 was not supposed to be End Game.

[Cairdeas]

I think the problem is the level cap was not supposed to be 50 for so long. I believe it was only temporary to stop us getting to far ahead of the PS3 players. However with all that has happened and the current state of FFXIV the PS3 release is on hold until they get everything sorted so we won't see the cap removed for a while and they had no "End Game" content for R50 because R50 was not supposed to be End Game.

This is probably the most likely thing

[Moth]

the "Hardcore" population of any game is usually under 10%, and they tend to leave as soon as something happens they don't agree with or another game peaks their interest as a chance to be better then everyone else from the start all over again.

In my opinion, their opinion is completely unnecessary in todays game environment as they wont even stay long enough to participate in the content they demand most of the time.

No one remains level 20 forever. Even when the 'casuals' get to 50 or end-game or w/e you want to call it, they will want something fun and challenging to do... Do you plan on being mid level for the entire game or something?.. I don't get it.

[Magiksmurf]

From now on when ever someone says "Content for Hardcore players" I'm going to ignore everything they say.

You realize even CASUAL players voted ffxiv to be the biggest disapointement. Its not just hardcores but CASUALS too are leaving.

Wait, i said "hardcore" somewhere so you will probably ignore this message.

[Dreamer]

No one remains level 20 forever. Even when the 'casuals' get to 50 or end-game or w/e you want to call it, they will want something fun and challenging to do... Do you plan on being mid level for the entire game or something?.. I don't get it.

There are 19 different classes in the game at this time. You're going to have at least one job below max level for a really long time.

[Magiksmurf]

There are 19 different classes in the game at this time. You're going to have at least one job below max level for a really long time.

Not everyone likes to play every class you know.

[Kiara]

I think the problem is the level cap was not supposed to be 50 for so long. I believe it was only temporary to stop us getting to far ahead of the PS3 players. However with all that has happened and the current state of FFXIV the PS3 release is on hold until they get everything sorted so we won't see the cap removed for a while and they had no "End Game" content for R50 because R50 was not supposed to be End Game.

Hi Alexia,

Good point. The original team probably thought they'd be moving on to Ishgard, Chocobos and raising the level cap (in their original plan) by now, but clearly hearing from the reaction the game has gotten, Players' Polls and the changes in the team, it's no longer the case.

I should've clarified that I was hoping for more stuff for the "current end of the game" (i.e., Rank 50) players to do at some point. As Darkstar and others have mentioned, heck, out of the 20 NMs they added for Patch 1.17, would it have hurt to take ~2 of them and had them be reused versions of an Inferno Drake or a Raptor and made it something that a group of Rank 50 players could band together and kill? Rancid Rakk the Raptor NM? :P