Quote Originally Posted by DreameR7g View Post
"all other previous content is pointless." Uh huh.. thats an opinion. Sorry.

Also, the lockouts are completely different because it takes MORE TIME to make content for this game than it does for XI. You can easily point and see the hardware requirements and differences for that. Not to mention the rendering has to be more powerful and take more time to even design and implement zones!

Also the lockouts are designed so the hardcore crowd isn't way too ahead of the casual/midcore crowd.

Target Audience for XIV: Casual/midcore

Target Audience for XI: Hardcore.

How can you not see that?
You seriously need to go back and play FFXI then. In all, FFXI was balanced in both casual and hardcore players. The things I considered ''Hardcore'' back in the days, that no one could easily do was HNM camping and Savage. Those linkshells required high level of experienced players knowing their job and a lot of dedication outlined by your daily playtime, to the sole task of being present to camp Nidhoog/Fafnir, Tiamat, etc. AFTER, their respective Time of Death. This meant that player base, had their loot systems remarked on participation (by showing up to camping), performance, class skills and dedication. Was the gear rewarding? Absolutely! it made you feel like a Champ and a God among insects! as some claimed to be.

While back then, I was younger and had less responsibilities to worry in my life, I was able to comply with the requirements of these linkshells. Ask me today, not in a billion years...

I do sympathize with the OP, FFXIV has a lot of potential but, the way the content is going now is like an endless ride with no variants at all, just going up and down. We don't ask for a drastic change like day and night yet, simply add more things to make your time worthwhile.

My FFXIV playtime is this on a weekly basis:

Log in > do EX roulette daily > chat here and there > Log Out.

When it's time for raid:

Log in > ASavage for 2 hours (if you get a dedicated group that is, more on this below) > Ex roulette right after > Log out. Oh wow! Exciting! Seriously...

Tell me something, what is the point of adding more content if it turns into the same routine every day? Oh yeah let's put in the ''Casual endgame level'' as you remark which is:

Log in > Run Alexander NM > Daily Roulette EX and ?? > ?? (?? = nothing else to do, unless you craft and you need to gather).

I still insist that Alexander NM made players more lazy and average than ever. They are clueless about their class and making really difficult for others to get things accomplished. Reason is, players can easily settle with normal mode and get tired of it quickly. As a consequence, if you consider yourself ''worthy'' and strive for something better, welcome to the world of having a PF always searching for players to fill in their static groups for AS, cancelling runs because people can't make it or simply there is a shortage of players aiming to this kind of content.

How about more of this, in those beautifully crafted areas that you can run with your FC and roam free

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/areas.html?farea=82.

And less of this garbage:



That formula really gets tiresome dungeons > dungeons > more dungeons! It's content gets obsolete quick, regardless if you are a casual or hardcore player. You can't deny it and if so, please prove it by making a valid statement. If not, people really needs to stop ''Parrot'' blargon.