The game is more dead than it was pre-3.1

[Renault]

As the title implies, 3.1 didn't quite deliver on content. It's just not replayable enough to keep people sticking around (at least the ~1000 people I have between friends/LS/FC ).


PF's are once again just people selling houses and runs, no groups for content.

Void Ark is boring, and people only run it for the "glamour" and free upgrade token.

The two new dungeons are (suprisingly /sarcasm) stale already in the expert roulette

Diadem..Well I don't need to get into that. It's a travesty.

I really hope this week will bring a fun, interesting relic quest to spark interest back into the game for myself and my friends, but the history of it's nature doesn't give me much hope. Why am I saying this? In part to express my disappointment in this game and where it's come, as well as where it's headed. The other part is just me wanting to be another voice of many that express their concern, so that maybe someone at SE will read this, among the other threads like this, and realize that the people that are quitting and unsubbing are not just those who dislike the game, or having the game just not be their thing. Recently it's been people that have loved this game for years, and still do to an extent. But SE has failed to make content that remains fresh and replayable, which is one of the key components to making an MMO work.

[KitingGenbu]

To be fair, this is kind of the case for most games over the past few years. But again, most games follow the same formula which is to release content to gear you up for more content that will replace what you just got. It was so depressing to upgrade my legs 3 times last night within in a hour. Which I'm not sure as to why people don't speak up for wanting a token equipment resell period like they have in other games like WoW. Those games allow you to buy an item with tokens and give you 2 hours to resell it, which would've been perfect for me last night....

[RiceisNice]

At this point because of hte mass server transfers, smaller severs dwindling and super servers getting larger, some are in an unrecoverable state of having a very, very weak raiding scene. No amount of updates is going to bring transferred players back to their original realms.

Of course it doesn't help that this expansion in general, as well as the patch, feels really weak coming out of the gate and lasting after-the-fact.

[Twilite]

Of course I am the minority and don't feel the same way the OP does. I think the expansion is OK for the most part, the story though is getting a little silly(2.0-2.55 was very powerful, dark and serious). In this generation though, players these days get bored of the same game pretty quickly and tend to take breaks to play something else for awhile.

[CGMidlander]

Verminion simply wasn't a home run piece of content popularity-wise. It's a pretty large chunk of development resources wasted in that regard.

[Akuryu]

The expansion effectively removed more content than it added. Alexander was over-tuned and excluded most mid-core raid teams (AKA the majority of raiders). 3.1 was late and very small compared to other major patches. This community, and others like it, told people that were unhappy they should "take a break and go play other games." Well, maybe that wasn't the hottest advice. When people go play other games, some of them never come back.

We've seen the full moon... now welcome to the "waning period" of this MMO. Most MMOs have such a period. I'm sure server merges are something that will have to be talked about in the coming months. Population will eventually stabilize (at a lower level than we have now).

[Ayerinn]

Verminion simply wasn't a home run piece of content popularity-wise. It's a pretty large chunk of development resources wasted in that regard.

Who didn't see that one coming?? I'm sure there are a few people who love playing an RTS mini-game in an MMO...I am not one of those people and apparently neither are most FF14 players. Had it been Pokemon style like pet battles in WoW, I might have actually tried it for fun...maybe.

[Zojha]

So, let's brainstorm: Fun content.
Content that has replayability beyond any possibly offered rewards, because it offers the intrinsic reward of enjoyment.

Any ideas?

[Colorful]

So, let's brainstorm: Fun content.
Content that has replayability beyond any possibly offered rewards, because it offers the intrinsic reward of enjoyment.

Any ideas?

Minion battles, aka Pokemon in FFXIV.

[Teryaani]

Who didn't see that one coming?? I'm sure there are a few people who love playing an RTS mini-game in an MMO...I am not one of those people and apparently neither are most FF14 players. Had it been Pokemon style like pet battles in WoW, I might have actually tried it for fun...maybe.

I'm guessing that it would have had a higher adoption rate than LoV did.

What players said: "We want pet battles like World of Warcraft has"
What SE heard: "Players want pet battles to work like Warcraft"

Minion battles, aka Pokemon in FFXIV.

Including the hunting portion. Done similarly to gathering in FFXIV where we get our own nodes because otherwise it'll get salty.

So, let's brainstorm: Fun content.
Content that has replayability beyond any possibly offered rewards, because it offers the intrinsic reward of enjoyment.

Any ideas?

Some sandbox would be nice. Diadem wasn't a terrible idea, just not all that well implemented. Rather than a time limit, have it be a zone that gives us some sandbox experience. Throw in some platforming puzzles that occasionally pop up for us to solve and a mix of fates.