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[omniwaink]

I think my biggest problem is just the lack of transparency with development. Since this game lacks a steady news site like MMO-Champion or Diablofans, the only new information we get comes from these forums or the Lodestone, and its ridiculously sparse.

We are lucky enough to get one community post a day, and they almost all wind up reading as "thanks for the suggestions, we will look into it" or "we plan to make an adjustment in the future, but no details/timeframe for now".

Live letters are the only exciting thing we have, and the last 2-3 have been incredibly vague and lackluster. Why not post the patch notes for each iteration in development so we can comment/discuss them? It would at least give us something to talk about.

[Vech]

Let me preface my (opinionated) comment with what I have accomplished in this game: I have 7 level 50s, every battle class passed the point of cross over skills, 2/3 gathering classes maxed, a few level 30 crafts and one 50 craft. I have two iLvl 90 battle classes (one is BiS), I have another iLvL 86 and iLvl 80 class. I have downed Twintania, all the EX primals and do them weekly. I have daily rep maxed on both sides and a FC house. I have done all of this playing half the time I used to put into WoW and FFXI.

This game just does not offer any sustainable fun. SE has already missed their mark with retaining the bulk of their customer base. My FC has to delete members regularly for inactivity. My friends list is grayed with a few white names here and there. My static and I are already considered legendary vets who down Twintania regularly because everyone is new and all the old people left. I'm talking about members who have been hanging out in the same mumble, talking about the hype of FFXIV since July 2013, just disappearing or leaving saying that they have nothing to do and may come back for the next raid. Hell, 50% of my static only logs in for raid days or EX primal days.

FFXIV : ARR release was at a PERFECT MMO lull time. WoW Panderia was seeing it's last content patch, no other major MMO releases, every other MMO F2P garbage. SE took the perfect opportunity and squandered it under the guise of 'Please look forward to to our future content'. Well it has been over half a year and we haven't seen anything sustainable that makes players want to continue to play. While I honestly believe that the cause of this was the backwards content patch of 2.1 and nothing else, they already missed the ripe time to retain a large playerbase.


We are seeing LARGELY funded, HIGHLY anticipated MMOs and MMO expansions being released this year that will all but crush the bulk of the remaining population. The little I played of the Wildstar beta had me doing more stuff in the first few levels than I had to do in the whole of endgame in ARR.

I will stick around until 2.2. If it doesn't give me a reason to log into this game more than twice a week, I will drop it. My money can be better spent on a game that offers me exciting things to do everyday.

[Mihael_Longclaw]

I dare you to go one day without mentioning DS2

It'd be near impossible, the hype is too damn high.

It's like pure perfection, lol. Single handedly saving gaming IMO

I'm so hyped for it, I even got my GF excited for it and she hasn't even played any of the games xD

[NyneAlexander]

Yea... I guess if we continue down this path I'm gonna have to learn how to praise the sun.

[Mihael_Longclaw]

Yea... I guess if we continue down this path I'm gonna have to learn how to praise the sun.

You should try the games, they're amazing.

One of the most simple, but deep and complex combat systems, extensive lore, atmosphere, music, people are still discovering secrets to this day.

Literally everything in the game goes along with the lore, even the multiplayer is part of the story, even dying, and reviving.

My favourite series of all time

[TeaTimeBear]

It'd be near impossible, the hype is too damn high.

It's like pure perfection, lol. Single handedly saving gaming IMO

I'm so hyped for it, I even got my GF excited for it and she hasn't even played any of the games xD

Yeah I can understand the ps3 forums for it are still booming after all this time in regards to DS. That really says a lot I'd say.. I myself own Demon's and Dark Souls. Currently awaiting in coming DS 2 CE. My body is ready.

[Arkghyom]

That's how it goes.

[Mintyfresh]

Congratulations, you have beaten the game.

The only thing you managed to convey in your response was the fact that you are an idiot.
Now stop being so emo and chill.

OP said there's not enough content to keep him(and others he knows interested).

Now I know that someone like you can be entertained by a simple Fischer Price baby toy where you put a square block in a square hole and it'll produce a chime or something, but perhaps the OP is asking for more things that can occupy his time. Not yours, his time.

But apparently you had to jump in and try to throw confetti.

./facepalm

[Mycow8me]

It's not ONLY that there isn't much to do. It's that what we CAN/WANT do is being LIMITED, because they don't want you to have NOTHING to do. Anyone see the irony there?

There's a metric assload of other factors that are contributing to the evergrowing boredom of this game though.

-Housing wasn't what the players wanted.
-FFXIV killed the support job classification for adventuring (Don't even kid yourself, a bard is a DPS in this game)
-Since your either a tank, dps, or healer with nothing inbetween... There's virtually no room left for player strategizing other than "learn to dodge, learn the rotation, don't mess up or boot"
-Gear affects what you can and can't do too much in this game instead of augmenting you (IE: WHERE IS THE GEAR THAT ENHANCES ABILITIES INSTEAD OF JUST STATS?)
-Do to the crappy way gear works in this game there is a power creep as others have mentioned, we don't even need level caps anymore if they just keep increasing gear ilvl.
-Regardless of what you say or how you feel, your either a precious snowflake or a white knight on these forums. Not someone who likes the game or is disappointed and just wants the game to succeed or be better.
-I like to rant, especially when no one cares and SE will continue following its grand master plan and maybe every once in a great while listen to its playerbase.

[Autymnfyres]

Imapoonu said -- "people willing to accept MINOR FLAWS".....??????

Please see the hundreds of suggestion posts, along with disgruntled folks like the one above me (*Love your METRIC ASSLOAD definition; well hate it but agree with it ;o/.

MAXIMAL FLAWS currently would be the correct definition, with little to zero public response aside from very vague acknowledgements occasionally. "We will look into it" works for a month; then it becomes like that trademark symbol all mmo gamers know well: "soon". Disappointment and no light emanating from the suits' end of the tunnel. Oh, I'm sorry, here let me log in tonight for my 49 minute CT df wait -- thats how I'm counting down my sub, one log in at a time.