Current State of End-Game Contents - A Blog Post from A Japanese Player

[GalkaBikini]

The best part about all the complaints is that those people still play the game, and will continue to play the game.

The design of end-game PVE is fine. It is punishing as heck, as it's supposed to be. If you can't handle punishing as heck PVE, then FFXIV end-game PVE is not for you... It's really that simple. But I'm not getting why people are surprised - just about every MMORPG in existence that has end-game PVE raiding works this way... There are different tiers of end-game content, and the truly end-game stuff is only beaten by a small percentage of players at first. Down the road, things either get nerfed, or new content comes out with better equipment, making older content easier, thus a larger percentage of players will see/complete that content.

[Rosy]

The best part about all the complaints is that those people still play the game, and will continue to play the game.

The design of end-game PVE is fine. It is punishing as heck, as it's supposed to be. If you can't handle punishing as heck PVE, then FFXIV end-game PVE is not for you... It's really that simple. But I'm not getting why people are surprised - just about every MMORPG in existence that has end-game PVE raiding works this way... There are different tiers of end-game content, and the truly end-game stuff is only beaten by a small percentage of players at first. Down the road, things either get nerfed, or new content comes out with better equipment, making older content easier, thus a larger percentage of players will see/complete that content.

Provided there are enough players left "down the road" and they've not left for something more..."fun"

[GalkaBikini]

Provided there are enough players left "down the road" and they've not left for something more..."fun"

People still play Ultima Online and Everquest 1. Those games are a decade and a half old. Besides, this game can thrive on Japanese population alone, just as FFXI is.

[Rosy]

People still play Ultima Online and Everquest 1. Those games are a decade and a half old. Besides, this game can thrive on Japanese population alone, just as FFXI is.

Yup I pop into UO usually once a year..just love that game, but looking forward to the new one (once I can decide how much I can afford to "donate")

Not sure this game can survive on Japanese population alone....FFXIV 1.0 couldn't

[GalkaBikini]

Not sure this game can survive on Japanese population alone....FFXIV 1.0 couldn't

You cannot seriously be comparing 2.0 to 1.0........?