Patch 2.2, Accessibility, Difficulty Levels, and Throwing Away Content

[Malamasala]

Yoshida doesn't understand what makes a MMORPG endgame (or a MMORPG in general) last. Exclusive content is good, hard content is good, it gives people something to work toward, a feeling that there is always a world and content behind everything.

Actually I believe he does know, since he has made one for adults with a life. You on the other side seem to still believe MMOs should be for kids who ignore school and should require a ton of time and work.

Exclusive and hard content is a waste. Only thing you need is fun content.

[Taruranto]

Actually I believe he does know, since he has made one for adults with a life. You on the other side seem to still believe MMOs should be for kids who ignore school and should require a ton of time and work.

Nope, I believe that people people who work hard should be rewarded, yes, and people who don't work hard and don't spend the same ammount of time in the game shouldn't have access at the same stuff. You can't get the Level 90+ relic because you aren't willing to learn the fight? Big deal! You are going to live without it.

This is what giant persistent rpg world should be about.

And the kid vs adult argument is kinda silly, I used to spent the same ammount of time for endgame I did for XI (which was played by plenty of adults, btw), 3 or 4 night at week. And I find funny that the "adults" is this argument are the one acting like the "kids", they want everything without effort. My 14 years old self who played FFXI back then knew he wasn't going to get a Dalmatica because he wasn't skilled enough or willing to put enough hours into the game, and what did he do? He dealt with it.

Exclusive and hard content is a waste. Only thing you need is fun content

Ironically, this "Exclusive and hard content" is what keep a mmorpg alive, giving people objective and something to strive for. Easy content that can be solved in 2 weeks after a patch kills a mmorpg since people get bored and have nothing to work toward for.