I am excited to see what happens when subs kick in.

[Tiggy]

I think Square Enix is in for a surprise honestly. They spent all these resources doing server upgrades and they'll become redundant in 2 month's time. The new servers they added as "extreme measures" will become ghost towns and they'll have to do server transfers, lower amount of servers, etc. But even beyond that, it seems like they're expecting everyone who is currently playing the game to be a paying subscriber. In reality it'll probably only be something like half until they add content to endgame.

Don't think this is going f2p anytime soon however.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...he-Live-Letter
Check the info on those charts. Most players are no where near end game. I'd say you're going to be surprised when the endgame situation isn't as explosive as you expect.

[The-Alchemist]

I can tell you for 100% sure that by the 90 day mark we are going to be lucky to have a quarter of the population we have now. SE made a very stupid move by forcing people into dungeons to advance the story and grind gear. I am a low level tank and every time I want to do a dungeon I am forced into a queue. As the game gets more and more top heavy the lower level players are going to be screwed. Not to mention the fact that 90% of the players that I have played with make me want to punch my screen because they suck so bad.

SE made this game way to HARD for casuals and its making my progression take way to long. Because I get forced into groups that keep failing over and over because people have no common sense. I may give this game another month, I am not sure yet. But as it stands right now I am unsubscribed unless I see some sort of change being made.

R u srs? People maxed out to level 50 in like 2-3 days. I think you might be doing it wrong.

[Jinko]

Wait, you are comparing End Game content to a game that have been out 10+ years to a Game that have just reboot and only a Month in? Of course there will be more Content in Wow. This is why I hate people keep comparing game to wow especially content because it is not a fair comparison with a game that been out a lot longer.

Yup people keep forgetting that Cataclysm and WotLK both didn't launch with complete end game content.

[Blissa]

R u srs? People maxed out to level 50 in like 2-3 days. I think you might be doing it wrong.

I am not doing it wrong I am getting stuck with crappy people who suck at playing. DPS that can't DPS, Healers who can't heal! The game does not allow for human error thus failure after failure. And that makes the game NOT FUN! It took me two hours to get past ifrit because I kept getting stuck with really bad players.

P.S. you can trust me on this your going to see a HUGE player drop at the 90 day mark. Hopefully there will be enough players left to make the game fun to play!

[Dorfentyme]

I am not doing it wrong I am getting stuck with crappy people who suck at playing. DPS that can't DPS, Healers who can't heal! The game does not allow for human error thus failure after failure. And that makes the game NOT FUN! It took me two hours to get past ifrit because I kept getting stuck with really bad players.

P.S. you can trust me on this your going to see a HUGE player drop at the 90 day mark. Hopefully there will be enough players left to make the game fun to play!

Have to agree with you on the huge player drop. As much as I enjoy the game, they're in for a rude awakening. I do believe starting around now and 90 day mark we will see subs start to dip quite a bit for a multitude of reasons:
1. Leveling is too boring and way too quick, for ALL classes(including DoL/DoH)
2. Economy is screwy for many sub-reasons that I will not list(most of you know what they are)
3. Everyone just rushs to max level with FATEs.
4. Endgame is bonkers(and totally bass ackwards, I feel bad for hardcore raiders who won't have anything new to do in 2.1 other than more recycled primal fights)
5. Holiday season, other games will be coming out.

List goes on, but you get my point.

While I don't think this game is that difficult(although I will admit there are a TON of bad players, mostly ps3 players i've noticed), this is the easiest game to hit the level cap in that I've played in a long time. Was WAY too fast.

Yup people keep forgetting that Cataclysm and WotLK both didn't launch with complete end game content.

Edit: Just realized I read what you were saying wrong. Although they did release with not much end game content, it was an established game where people spent months to years with their character. It's much easier to keep playing that. It's much harder to convince me to stay in a game when I just started.

FFXIV is a solid game, but a lot of people I know(yeah yeah I know I know, doesn't mean EVERYONE is quitting blah blah) are not subbing even for the 1st month. They're going to wait and see what 2.1 does, which I think is the smartest thing to do right now. Game probably should've launched when 2.1 actually comes out. It's painfully obvious they ran out of time/content in the 40s(mostly 45-50), and half-arsed their "endgame" content so they could say that they have an endgame.

It's true though, when people say that launch is EXTREMELY important...but the other thing that is extremely important is the first few patches AFTER launch that will make or break the game. SWTOR, WAR(although that game had a multitude of problems but the fact of the matter is they didn't try to address ANY of them with the first 6 months or longer). We know how TOR and WAR went -_-

[Badm0j0T0m]

No pvp yet.... no actual raids yet..... incomplete game, No thanks, just hoping for a Wildstar release!

[The-Alchemist]

I haven't been playing for the past few days. Prob not going to play again until some friends catch up so I can help them gear. Maybe that will give me something to do.

[Jamez82]

ProbAbly won't stay due to pricks at the end game. I'm not all about rudeness and creeps.

[Zer0]

Honestly if people are leaving due to no end game, they're honestly people that don't belong playing any MMO in all seriousness. They're the type of people to complain about anything, so let them leave. Good riddance, maybe it'll improve the toxic community.

[Rydin]

Yup people keep forgetting that Cataclysm and WotLK both didn't launch with complete end game content.

Jinko, you always make really sharp observations and I usually agree with you. You can't be saying because another game by an insanely cheap and lazy developer is the bar by which all new MMO content should be judged? Activision Blizzard is the very definition of being "good enough" and not going the extra mile