I hope SE will change the direction of the game

[Felis]

I can't undestand people who complain that ARR patches are always the same. Even if we have ony 1 behind us and only 1 before us.
Now, here are the endgame highlights from the 1.0 patches, beginning with 1.18 (before 1.18 endgame was mostly leves)

1.18 2 dungeons (Dzemael and Toto-Rak)
1.19 boss fight (Ifrit)
1.20 boss fight (Moogle King)
1.21 2 dungeons (Aurun Vale and Cutters Cry)
1.22 boss fight (Garuda)
1.23 boss fight (Nael van Darnus)

I'm sure, if there was a 1.24 planned there would have been 2 dungeons in it. And 1.23 was still good, what people say here. And not only because Nael, but because the total content from all the other patches. Even if Garuda weapon was better than Ifrit and Moogle weapon and Cutters Cry + Aurun Vale "common" gear better than the gear from Dzemael.

[Beetle]

Now, here are the endgame highlights from the 1.0 patches, beginning with 1.18 (before 1.18 endgame was mostly leves)

1.18 2 dungeons (Dzemael and Toto-Rak)
1.19 boss fight (Ifrit)
1.20 boss fight (Moogle King)
1.21 2 dungeons (Aurun Vale and Cutters Cry)
1.22 boss fight (Garuda)
1.23 boss fight (Nael van Darnus)

I'm sure, if there was a 1.24 planned there would have been 2 dungeons in it. And 1.23 was still good, what people say here. And not only because Nael, but because the total content from all the other patches. Even if Garuda weapon was better than Ifrit and Moogle weapon and Cutters Cry + Aurun Vale "common" gear better than the gear from Dzemael.

Left out Factions leves,HNMs,NMs,Castrum, Castrum boss,Beastmen stronghold chests,Castrum Chests,Chocobo Escort,Hamlet,AF quests, Grand Company quests, Relic Quest line, Relic quest leves. hard to say but that was all endgame we had pretty much each patch.

[BlackHaloJT]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-game-is-going
Hmm 27 replies vs 102 replies (this thread) only maybe less than a day apart let see who wins.

Speaking of time I keep seeing posts about people not having "time" anymore to play? Confusing as such then they state that they play 6+ hours a day and like the progression/direction the game is going in. Because they can just que, run a dungeon and feel accomplished. Sounds exactly why ARR is a lazy hand me gear Candy land as it is today.

Edit**- Looks like this thread won SE closed the other one lol.

[BlackHaloJT]

FFXIV Patch 2.1 Press Interviews with Yoshida
Original interview here: http://www.famitsu.com/news/201312/04044251.html

Yoshida: For a lot of players who are just starting with the new FFXIV, they're going to be more interested in the current state of the game than comparisons to the old FFXIV. There's been a trend with a lot of threads comparing the game to old FFXIV, so we're looking at changing up the way the forum is setup so that these new players don't get discouraged.

[Beetle]

I just want to quote this sentence by itself and let it stew in the minds of anyone reading. When Yoshida talked about negativity on the forums there is no more clear example than this, it's borderline vindictive.

Not to be negatiive but SE only in mind set of picking up the pieces if there in a crisis. FF1, FF7, FF14 ARR and probably few others. Sure the game will cater to either side better where its more suited for. 1.0 is a good example of this. Alot of people left and only around 50k~ were playing 1.0~1.23 mainly only hardcore people cus no casual could handle it. If ARR starts releasing more and more unicorns and mounts and tons of vanity for people that want to play dress up thats fine if but your gonna end up losing hardcore players aswell. I just want this game to take a direction of what it wants to be then I can either deside to contune playing or go to another game.

[ColorOfSakura]

Left out Factions leves,HNMs,NMs,Castrum, Castrum boss,Beastmen stronghold chests,Castrum Chests,Chocobo Escort,Hamlet,AF quests, Grand Company quests, Relic Quest line, Relic quest leves. hard to say but that was all endgame we had pretty much each patch.

The thing was, the patch release schedule for 1.0 was about the same as these have been and the content amount was about the same:

1.18 - July 2011
1.19 - October 2011
1.20 - December 2011
1.21 - March 2012
1.22 - May 2012
1.23 - August 2012

(So 3 months, 2 months, 3 months, 2 months, 3 months.) The 3 month patches were large updates that included new dungeons and bosses, the 2 month patches were mainly fixes to the game and a handful of quests + one boss battle.

[Felis]

Left out Factions leves,HNMs,NMs,Castrum, Castrum boss,Beastmen stronghold chests,Castrum Chests,Chocobo Escort,Hamlet,AF quests, Grand Company quests, Relic Quest line, Relic quest leves. hard to say but that was all endgame we had pretty much each patch.

I thought it is about instanced endgame content people do to get better, not level 50 content people do to have fun (yes, hamlet defense was fun, if you did it as a DoL) without getting better?
As example from your list, faction leves, NMs, Strongholds (beastmen and Castrum) and Chocobo Escort were not here to make your character better. People did them to have some fun.
And AF quest were part of the job quests. You needed to do them to get the last 2 jobskills, even if the AF gear was only lv50 starter gear until you had your dungeon gear + overmelded crafted gear (for monk as example every gear that gave you the most str and int). Sure, they also were fun to do.

[Evangelus]

Players will have access to crafting facilities in their estates. With eight types in total, these facilities can be used by crafters level 40 or below to increase their CP for a fixed period of time.

In FC house?? o_O Really? USELESS ...

[Felis]

In FC house?? o_O Really? USELESS ...

Not if you have a FC house ^^
I only wish it would be for level 50 or below

[odintius]

I think Yoshi-P should introduce another round of polling and put it in game also so when players log in a menu opens up on their screen asking to take the poll. Because honestly just putting it on forums isn't getting everyone real input.