is this game near the end of it's life?

[Savvy]

All I know is I have zero enthusiasm left for the "content" they're feeding us. The game is making me go brain dead with how boring and uninspired it is and I have tried my hardest to cling to what is left to enjoy. If they don't turn things around and remember how to make quality content, things are going to go bad.. and all that will be left are the bots and the little children who don't see how bad things have become.

[Jinrya-Geki]

You'd figure with the complaints made every single day, and the same examples given countless times would get 1 response.

Never is. Probably never will be.

Is the game nearing the end of it's life? Yup.

All because it needs another system overhaul which the developers are obviously not going to do. Which is why content is being delayed to make it seem like it's fine-tuning, it's not. It's just another stick on the carrot trying to get you to pay as much as possible till you give them money and not develop it any further.

What happened to the whole "Oh you kill this summon, and you can use it in this fight" promised since the start of 2.0 in every interview it was mentioned. Never happened.

Relic killed me because you had to do all the low level content... Just another way to not develop new interesting content for the sake of getting more money.

Everyone needs to wake up and god damn see the big picture. There aren't going to be anymore major overhauls.

[RyuRoots]

Of course it's not dying.

However, I do think it's in a very unfortunate place. FFXIV is all out of grace periods. Salvaging 1.0, learning things through 2.x patches, first expansion, first expansion patch...at this point I think it's reasonable to expect them to have their act together but I'm not sure even THEY really know what kind of content they want to put out. :/

[Magis]

Everyone needs to wake up and god damn see the big picture. There aren't going to be anymore major overhauls.

Considering everything was planned to 4.0, yeah don't expect any.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2287492

[DreamAngel-Ren]

A fellow FFXIV player posted this on FFXIV group on FB:

If people have not realized SE designed this game for casuals, then they need to unsub. SE, at the end of the day, is a business and they have a target market, which happens to be their casual players. This has been very obvious from the beginning of FFXIV. Someone had stated, "Hardcore players make up a very small percentage of the population." Do you understand what that means to a business? Not a damn thing because those players are not making them money. All of the hardcore players could unsub right now, and the company would still profit. HOWEVER, the same can not be said if all of the casual players unsubbed. With that being said, SE does not gamble. They would not risk jeopardizing a large percentage of their players designing content that is harder than casual. If you are a hardcore player, FFXIV is not for you.

[Enkidoh]

A week ago there were threads whining that the game was too easy and that everything was being handed to players without a challenge. SE adds something that is time consuming and not just handed to you on a whim, and players complain about it. Seems legit. I've said it before and I'll say it again, this community can't make up it's mind! No matter what SE does it's wrong. Really, SE may as well not even bother trying to appease the fickle whims of this community, as they're just going to fail no matter what they do.

And for those complaining that they have nothing to do, well, maybe you should have paced yourself more and not consumed the game like a five year old with a birthday cake - the old "it's not the destination that's important but the journey" saying once again rings true.

Oh, and for those who keep mentioning FFXI having 'lots to do', yeah, it's also had a huuuuuuuuuuuge grind far worse than anything FFXIV has ever had (remember the original FFXI relic quest? The original level grind? Dynamis requiring millions of gil to enter once a week? City story missions actually requiring you to grind battles to build up your reputation with that city before you could even be given them? And to say nothing about the stupid Trials of the Magian quest). FFXI for most of it's life was just one massive grind, and it's quite simply laughable that it's stated as being better than what we have here in FFXIV, because that simply is not true.

[Jinrya-Geki]

Considering everything was planned to 4.0, yeah don't expect any.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2287492

And if 3.0 has taught us anything so far, it's gonna be a let down.

[AzureFlare]

Statement

Question: Do you really think there are any true casuals that have any interest in the current content? Heck, what do you think a casual is? What does the above statement assume a casual is?
I mean, if I want to grind mindlessly, there are plenty of F2P alternatives. I don't see what kind of casual is going to truly enjoy relic, crafting, gathering in their current states, while having to pay for it too. Most casuals I see do the exact opposite: they complete 3.0, try a little of the endgame content and then just quit. If anything, it seems more like those that invested immense amounts of time and attention into this game host the largest percentage of people interested in relic.

[aurace1095]

A fellow FFXIV player posted this on FFXIV group on FB:

If people have not realized SE designed this game for casuals, then they need to unsub. SE, at the end of the day, is a business and they have a target market, which happens to be their casual players. This has been very obvious from the beginning of FFXIV. Someone had stated, "Hardcore players make up a very small percentage of the population." Do you understand what that means to a business? Not a damn thing because those players are not making them money. All of the hardcore players could unsub right now, and the company would still profit. HOWEVER, the same can not be said if all of the casual players unsubbed. With that being said, SE does not gamble. They would not risk jeopardizing a large percentage of their players designing content that is harder than casual. If you are a hardcore player, FFXIV is not for you.

All one has to look at to know the game is made for casuals is the main web site, http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/

The first thing advertised is "six unique races and a multitude of customization options" Absolutely nothing related to endgame content is even advertised.

[Magis]

Oh, and for those who keep mentioning FFXI having 'lots to do', yeah, it's also had a huuuuuuuuuuuge grind far worse than anything FFXIV has ever had (remember the original FFXI relic quest? The original level grind? Dynamis requiring millions of gil to enter once a week? City story missions actually requiring you to grind battles to build up your reputation with that city before you could even be given them? And to say nothing about the stupid Trials of the Magian quest). FFXI for most of it's life was just one massive grind, and it's quite simply laughable that it's stated as being better than what we have here in FFXIV, because that simply is not true.

You're missing the point. FFXI's relic grind was huge yes... but what did you get out of it? A weapon the would be BIS for YEARS, a weapon that gave tons of stats and traits, as well totally new weapon skills. The reward was WORTH the grind. As one person long back on some post said "it broke the game how good it was". Now let's compare with FFXIV's relic: It will be replaced by other items with a better ilvl next patch. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

You would spend more time grinding for it than using it.