Quote Originally Posted by Klongol View Post
I'm offered enough challenge to keep myself interested (Nidhogg, Mcach), and enough busy work to enjoy myself until the next 3.x.
Sorry to say but if you consider Mhach and Nidhogg challenging content you're not a raider, therefor you're missing the point of this thread and shouldn't be calling yourself hardcore either.

Quote Originally Posted by Klongol View Post
This game, from what I can tell, was never meant to be your FFXI. It's not meant to be your WoW, It's certainly not meant to be your EQ. it's FFXIV:ARR, and it's trying to fit it's own niche.
It was never meant to be XI, but seems to me a copy paste of the WoW formula, do you see where WoW went? It's where this game is going because they are following the same formula, WoW worked back then because it was Unique, not the first MMO but did so many things well that if it was today and considering how many more people have internet these days it could have double the subs, FFXIV is trying to be the new WoW but they didn't understand yet that WoW isn't WoW anymore, but a shadow of a once amazing game from what i've seen.

I've predicted Aion and TERA future and people laughed at me on the forums, a few months later they went F2P, while i don't see this game going F2P, not because it won't get into such state, because it can, but because i'd see Square preferring to shut it down than turning it into F2P, even XI is still sub based and how many players does it have? There's a good example why this game won't go F2P, but no way it'll be in good shoes either.