Yoshi-P on Character Growth

[Zumi]

If you really want to bring up FFXI, ok. I can say the same thing I said on reddit...in other games I have played like XI, L2 and such sure..I got burnt out on those slightly..but the thing is..myself and ALL of my friends (I was Cesil in FFXI, so I pretty much knew everyone lol) would ALWAYS come back. In this game they _NEVER_ come back, at least in my own experience. They got bored..quit, then realized they weren't really enjoying playing copy/paste formula and never came back. Lot of them went back to XI, WoW and console games..

Why is it that you must only play one video game? I have enough time to play FFXIV a few hours a day and play other console games. Yoshi P even said if you get tried of doing the content and a patch has been out for awhile play other games and come back when a new patch is out.

But I think FFXIV is the best MMO I have ever played, and its up there in the best video games ever. I like how there is new raids and dungeons every 3 months. I almost never run out of stuff to do in FFXIV.

[Nalfein]

Forgot to add that the issue isnt only growth on current players and keep them, this Will also effect People like me. The fact people say the game is fine then tell me to wait for a patch to appear? Something is really missing here.

I couldn't agree more. I can totally understand Yoshi's point of view regarding the current trend of mmorpg nowadays but telling people to unsub during patches doesn't make any sense to me. I reached a point where i can even accept the current system as it is, adding different kind of gear sets would just lead to another thread "inventory crisis". Maybe unlock another materia slot on gear with a special materia that can be melded like "add fire damage" or "Slashing damage +". All i want is being entertained until the next patch. It's actually good to see people voice their opinion here because it shows one thing to me: they are all concerned about the future of this game. If i have to rent the game to play with my friends once in a while between patches i'd rather not play at all.

[Thayos]

He's not telling people to unsub. He's saying that if people do that and then come back, that's OK with him -- the game won't penalize you for that.

[Nalfein]

He's not telling people to unsub. He's saying that if people do that and then come back, that's OK with him -- the game won't penalize you for that.

Maybe, but what if people just give up and don't even come back.

[RethDaron]

Just as I expected to hear tbh.

I'll never see XIV as 'my game' like I did XI before the level cap increase after 75 came along. Something about the approach to content made XI seem more like a world I could get lost in. XIV is more of a game to me - a fun one - but never coming close to replacing XI.

[Zumi]

Just as I expected to hear tbh.

I'll never see XIV as 'my game' like I did XI before the level cap increase after 75 came along. Something about the approach to content made XI seem more like a world I could get lost in. XIV is more of a game to me - a fun one - but never coming close to replacing XI.

If you like FFXI its pretty much the same as it was at the 75 cap. Only the cap now is 119. They said something about not making gear above 119. You can still play it if you liked it. I played FFXI for 11 years but I stopped playing cause I play FFXIV now and I like it a lot more then FFXI.

[Nalfein]

If you like FFXI its pretty much the same as it was at the 75 cap.

I don't think so....Now the only people you party with are trusts and all the fun has gone long ago.

[Reynhart]

If you want 3 dungeons back (and I submit that most of us probably do), we'd have to give up the potential for the team to innovate and introduce other types of content. So long as the team is the size it is, that is the reality of the developer's capabilities at this time.

Look at what they gave us in 2.1...
A new primal, 4 EX primals, Crystal Tower (with the brand new alliance system), Wolve's Den (with a whole lot of new skills), Housing, Hildibrand, lots of QoL/HUD ajustements, job adjustments (with a new real WAR), Treasure Hunts, the party finder system, the join-in-progress system, the commendation system (and vote kick), the aesthetician,Beast tribe quests, lots of new recipes...and 3 dungeons

I don't think so....Now the only people you party with are trusts and all the fun has gone long ago.

To each is own...I've suffered to progress in the old days just because of the horrendous drop rate and really slow pace...now, for each free login period, I log back with a new character and it's much more fun to progress. I finally explore the game to gain levels instead of staying at the exact same spot for hours waiting for people

[HungryHippo]

Look at what they gave us in 2.1...

Not to defend them and I agree with you, but the game Added a lot of things because they was ready almost. They also Added things that was supose to be in game before launch but never happened, like CT.
However when an expansion comes its supose to EXPAND on top of what we have not only tweak here and there and add New lvl. People will expect more after New one, since so far too far many people complained, which is totally understandable. But like I Said, Yoshida doesnt look in future and how the game should grow same time its supose to get people to stay and Get New players who Will stay.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

He's not telling people to unsub. He's saying that if people do that and then come back, that's OK with him -- the game won't penalize you for that.

Yeah, because people who takes breaks after a month into the patch and waits for the next one still pays their subscription the other 2 months they are not playing...