The fans will be here when it's all said and done

[Babydoll]

I normally agree with you but on this: there is nothing hardcore about XIV it is all easy street. The open world is useless once you hit level cap. The only thing that has any type of challenge is coil, and of course odin and behemouth but that really isnt a challenge due to the amount of players there and that you are unable to see them normally.

Oh yes that was my whole point...haha I do not find FFXIV hardcore at all. I fail at sarcasm ; ;

I completely agree with you. Yeah Maxthunder, you and me are usually on the same page ^^

It wont be successful as you say if players keep leaving. Dont fool yourself players are leaving and they will continue to do so as long as this game remains stagnant. If there is nothing dynamic about the open world than it is stagnant and we all know that once you explore everyting once you cap your jobs on fates that the open world has no use. Dungeons are stagnant as well not to mention they are boring, they are always the same never change there is nothing dynamic about them either. Basicly 2.0 is a cash grab nothing more nothing less, the world should feel alive but it dosent and thats the truth, dont be blinded and open your eyes to the truth.

Basically yup. There have been no dev comments on end game challenging, real actual hardcore open world content...which this game is lacking. Its like okay Yoshida, we get it everything is instanced...can we have some open world stuff to balance it out please? Is that too much to ask? ; ; Can we have something like Fraction Leves back or maybe open world group force pop NM/bosses? Can we have something like FF12 hunts? Not this carebear easy mode solo stuff ; ;

Now...I don't want this game to fail but I am not going to blindly defend it and say its so much fun and there is so much to do!! It is going in an OK direction...but the devs really need to open their eyes to what is missing and what players are asking for. Like I keep saying though...gonna give it a year or so and see what happens. XD