Simplicity over complexity, time to change.

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People en masse likes concepts that wow popularized, like easy travelling, full access to zones, straightforward and easily understandable stat mechanics.

People en masse like Dark Souls as well, which has virtually none of those features. Your point?

DarkSouls sold 2 million copies and GTA sold 20 million copies. Got the point?

And Minecraft has sold 54 million.

GTA and Minecraft are both sandbox games which allow the players to craft their own adventures in large and cohesive worlds.

Are you saying FFXIV should ditch the theme-park template and instead adopt a more sandbox approach?

If so, thanks for making my point.


Also, Even WoW developers admit that their approach was a short-sighted cash grab, and a disaster for the MMO industry.