FFXIV ARR "Easy Mode"

[NarwhalShadowsun]

There is a valid point buried somewhere in this thread. The issue isn't really that coil is the only content in the game, the issue is that CT is going to be completely useless content. The direction of making -easier- content to bridge into Coil is NOT the direction this game needs. It's something they had planned from the start but foresight after launch should tell them that it's a huge problem.

If you want some perspective, FFXIV is my friend's first MMORPG. He had no clue how to play it, was confused while leveling, ect. He's now cleared up to Turn 3 in Binding Coil. He managed to learn the game as a total beginner to the genre, and now he is half cleared the content that is the highest level content for the next, what, six months? Crystal Tower cannot launch as easier content than coil or the game might actually just die. Which is a shame, because despite it's glaring flaws It's managed to be a very good experience thus far, and even pulled in some of my pickier MMO friends.

[l33tbmb]

There is a valid point buried somewhere in this thread...

This is about how I feel as well. It's disappointing to me that the entirety of the game until 50 is basically the tutorial for the actual game which only happens when you've "run out of things to do." I'm at an impasse, I really enjoyed the fact that capping your character WAS the challenge in other MMOs and hitting that cap really felt like an achievement. I don't like the change where you're ushered to cap ASAP to start grinding out gear. On the other hand, I'm no longer a kid with all the time in the world. I enjoy the speed at which I can accomplish things in XIV. I enjoy that I can come home from work and actually achieve some of the end game content that I wouldn't be able to do in a more hardcore MMO. So I don't know what to say... if they chose to increase the level cap in the future, I hope they do so in a way that makes you earn it rather than just handing it to you.

[NarwhalShadowsun]

I agree. I do enjoy that I don't have to play 24/7 to enjoy what the game has to offer, that being said, when I do sit down with a few friends to tackle a dungeon I expect a challenge. AK/WP ect, were sufficient challenge when I was a fresh 50, now that I'm overgeared for them it's not so much, but that's understandable. However, I can see myself hitting Coil relatively soon with my playgroup (Who is already at Turn 3), and if we complete it to Turn 5 before Crystal Tower comes out I'm not sure what to say. That's poor design, it's not even casual. I play casually, my friends play casually, and end game bosses are being farmed each week. Not really sure what can be done about that with their current content plan.