Is anyone else disappointed by the lack of Long Term Goals?

[Wobble]

Unfortunately, it's catered to (please excuse me for using this word) "Casuals".

Then, you have the type of people who want everything in the game, and then suggest devs to nerf stuff to the ground.

It's not fun, but...they can't please everyone.

I happen to be a "casual" player and I have to say I'm bored with the game and lack of content. Only two dungeons for eso then when I finally get a piece of gear I'm happy until I think of how when I do finally gear up a job the gear is already obsolete.

Ilevel does not need to raise so quickly, they can program the content to whatever ilevel they want. The real problem is the "hardcore" player who feels if the ilevel isn't rising they aren't progressing when all it really takes to progress is new content and beating it, not ilevel.

[Ophie-Mio]

Ilevel does not need to raise so quickly, they can program the content to whatever ilevel they want. The real problem is the "hardcore" player who feels if the ilevel isn't rising they aren't progressing when all it really takes to progress is new content and beating it, not ilevel.

Hardcore raiders are not the people who believe that they need higher and higher ilevels to feel like they are progressing. Hardcore raiders prefer content that gets harder and harder and never gets easier. They like gear that is reflective of their challenges but saying that a hardcore raider almost prefers vertical isn't true.

I'm a hardcore raider who enjoys challenges and does NOT enjoy the constantly rising ilevels. As soon as you get something, it gets outdated. Why bother with the current challenge when the next challenge comes out in 2 months and with gear that will make the current one obsolete?

Hardcore raiders don't like that. No one really does.

Seriously for all you people think FFXI is a godsend.
GO BACK TO THERE.

And XI was a godsend for what it was good at. This game benefited from all the successes that XI had and all its character models and how some of these spells/classes even work. Seriously, I'm always baffled about how people say that people who like XI should just leave XIV when this game basically borrows everything from XI. And I'm not just talking names since FF uses the same names for a lot of things. I'm talking XI specific stuff including its models.

[Dhex]

Ilevel does not need to raise so quickly, they can program the content to whatever ilevel they want. The real problem is the "hardcore" player who feels if the ilevel isn't rising they aren't progressing when all it really takes to progress is new content and beating it, not ilevel.

This 100% ~

[Ryaz]

I get where that statement is coming from. I don't completely agree with it. As I don't think time spent in game equates to a hardcore or casual person.

For the first time I did the /playtime command.

[16:48]Total Play Time: 294 days, 9 hours, 13 minutes

My highest relic is Novus. Have not beaten Coil 1 Turn 5, Titan Extreme, Urth's Fount, Thornmarch Extreme, Whorleater Extreme, highest gatherer is level 50 with the basic HQ level 50 gear and basic Rauni, highest crafter is level 32. But at least I got a lot of time played and both tank mounts.

I don't think I am hardcore, I just think I enjoy the game. Hard core FFXIV player? Casual raider? I don't care, I enjoy what I do in the game.


I do think that the harder content should give better rewards, so that you can progress through that harder content. And that the "casual" content should be enough to get your started in the first steps of the harder content. I mean, look above at what I have done, and not done. For what I was doing, ilvl 130 armour and accessories were overgearing everything. Would I have cared if only the hardest raids and Extremes gave out ilvl 130, while I was "stuck" at 120? No.

Agreed. I actually took a year off from this game (and all MMOs actually). I came back just before HW. I don't have a ton of time played. I don't have 5-6 level 60 characters. I have one 60 who's ilvl 190 and I've got a 52 tank I've been leveling. I cleared Alex NM blind on the first day, haven't attempted Savage yet due to my work schedule. As I mentioned before, I'm not casual or hardcore. I just like what I like and enjoy playing. It's a game, it's meant to be fun.