Patch 2.2: Let's Copy the Worst Practice of MMOs From the Last 10 Years...

[Fendred]

... invalidating all your old content by continuously raising item levels (eventually raising the level cap with every expansion) and thereby removing any sense of previous accomplishment for what we have achieved. No one will be able to come in and see how tough Twintania was to beat in 2.0 or even 2.1... now they will know Twintania as a boss on par with 2.1 CT's final boss. So those high end allagan weapons that marked you as having beaten Twintania? That sense of accomplishment is part of why a lot of people play an MMO, and the devs are trampling that into the dirt when they do stuff like this. Didn't they learn from the mistake they made with raising the level cap in FFXI? What drew me to FFXIV: ARR were the small, but important differences it had from western MMOs, and the potential for it to take a different approach to the problems that had come before. Instead, they are going to repeat the worst mistake Blizzard made by continually raising item levels and the level cap. If this is the only time they are doing this, then fine, but I see no sign of them stopping.

[indira]

i already gave up on SE. i wont be seeing 2.2.

[PArcher]

I thought people wanted progression?

[Grailer]

They aren't invalidating old content, new players will still have to progress through it , a lot faster than the trail blazers tho .

And they are adding new content which is harder and new tomes to farm . I want my phat lewt baby!!

Oh and im sorry you wont be special cool person with the i95 weapon when im going to get an i100 weapon the first day of patch . Sorry for you .

[SanjuroXI]

I miss the XI glory days. Feels like Obama is running this game handouts for everyone.

[Ferth]

I thought people wanted progression?

I can't speak for everyone. But I want a sense of accomplishment. When my accomplishments are trivialized after I've accomplished them, it lessens my own sense of accomplishment.

You don't necessarily have to agree with that but that is how it works on a psychological level, and why linear progression MMOs never hold my interest for long.

[Genesis88]

Replacing all this game sucks threads, with SE giving handouts threads. Everything is going as planned.

[Zumi]

It took me 3 years to get enough currency to get an Excalibur in FFXI. Never want to go back to that kind of content again. I welcome faster paced progression. Huge grinds like pre nerf dynamis relics felt like I was wasting so much time.

[Espon]

I don't want to sit in the same gear forever. I like striving to make my character better, and releasing higher level content does that.

Current content won't become obsolete until the expansion as it is still a stepping stone to get to the higher level stuff.

What they should do is add some sort of vanity or achievement for those that completed content when it was current that you can show off.

[RoninDarkchild]

Sitting around for 8 years with the same gear is just atrocious. I dont understand how clearing content makes one not accomplished when new content comes out....



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