I miss the release-state FFXIV

[Morticous]

I'm literally crying.

You would.

[Wolfie]

You would.

It's like watching a f-

No. I said I would not use any more analogies.

[Joeking]

I'm literally crying.

I cant tell if that's good or bad..

It's like watching a f-

f-???? I'm dying from the suspense...

[giftforce]

So, you're saying that they removed content? Or simply that the longevity of the initial content has since worn out? How long did it last to qualify for this title?

Well they certainly removed the driving impetus behind grinding parties/Pick-Up Groups. There is almost no incentive to group-grind when guildleves yield three times as much SP if not more.

But I can agree that there is some inconsistency to what I was saying.

There is an expiry date to any content, even content with longevity. And most people wouldn't even call grinding content anyway. But I think if SE had persisted with new avenues of gameplay and features (like the player run companies) and expansions into new zones/areas, then I'm sure that would have benefitted the game more than a new combat system within the confines of the same, tired game.

[Cendres]

What the hell is wrong with side quests? Nothing at all and they are not meant to be the core of this game, there IS no core to this game yet, we're still waiting on it. That's the crux of all our frustrations right now, and instead of giving us this long awaited content (Companies!! Chocobos ect..) They are like heyyyyy the combat sucks let's change it all, pushing everything else back.

Don't be hating the tiny bit of content we do have :S

[Morticous]

I actually like grinding with friends better then leves. I'm just going to throw that out there.

[Xatsh]

I actually like grinding with friends better then leves. I'm just going to throw that out there.

Me and Half my linkshell actually agree with this statement

[Victor]

I sorely miss that state too, it was good times compared to what is left now

[Cichy]

It was a good times because people had hope. No one realized that the game was a shallow grave with no content and broken mechanics. Most people just though "oh this has to get better sometimes down the road." Most dint believe that SE would release the game with nothing but behest and leves.

[Neptune]

I'd say my life was better for the sidequests. Most of them were very interesting lore wise. That's all I ask for, some art to experience. But yeah I agree with you. Another contradiction isn't what you wrote - but about how Yoshi-P put aside the community by not working on content - while focusing on battle revisions that were voted on by the community. It would have been better if it were all or nothing. Tanaka would have given us content first and fixes second, as it is we're getting well, nothing really. lol