The Other Side of The (Raid) Force

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This isn't about elitism at all. This is mostly about some players would like some form of endgame, so they can have something to do after they beat the story. Of course like anything people want rewards for doing it as well. Nobody can say that casual players aren't welcome in FFXIV. Almost all of the content is designed for casual people in mind.

Then there is this tiny little slice of endgame called Coil of Bahamut and Zodiac Weapon quest. There is no penalty for not doing them. And there are decent rewards for the people willing to put in the time to do them. There are also plenty of casual friendly alternatives, mainly the ironworks gear.

But for a chunk of this community, that's not good enough. They have to have EVERYTHING and endgame players can't have ANYTHING that they can't have.

So essentially they are trying to put the developers in a bad situation. Where there can either be no endgame. Or no good rewards for endgame, maybe a title or achievement but thats it. Because if they try to reward endgamers with cutscenes, unique gear, or anything of real worth, you get 100 of these threads.