Alienation of Dedicated and Skilled players

[Zadist]

And I suppose this is the part where you tell me that the massive giant that is $E who even implemented a cash shop that people tote "can be used for new ffxiv stuff!!" (Even though we know where all those profits go *cough cough Ffxv cough cough*) Just don't have the funds to increase staffing yeah? And they need to modify jobs so that every. Single. Action. In. Every. Instance. Is not going to be broken and introduce new content... Hmm... I'm pretty sure that is what they do with expansions. Silly me.

[DPZ2]

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Heavensward provided new content, new skills, and the same DPS algorithms. Those algorithms work in every instance of the game, from level 1 through level 60. The instance trash and bosses use them.

I've played through MMO Beta content enough to know that changes to the way damage is calculated can cause unintended consequences. That's one of the reasons I consider "throwing developers at a problem" is simplistic at best. That other MMO doesn't produce content for over a year when making such changes.

Seriously, would you be willing to actively subscribe while waiting that long? I know millions of players of another MMO who answered "no".

I know millions of players of FFXIV who are willing to pay for a subscription to play through content that is updated every 3 months. Who would you cater to?