On a scale of 1 - 10, how disappointed are you so far with Stormblood news?

[Belisaire]

Really, I almost feel like inviting every player that switched from DPS to tank or healer due to AST and DRK to say "according to SE, I don't exist".

The stranger argument is that they don't seem to see existing tanks leveling up new tank jobs as being beneficial to leveling queue times. Yes, I was WAR and PLD when DRK came along, and I leveled DRK through the leveling queues. I'm sure that I helped out some other people leveling up jobs as part of that process, going from 30 to 60. I probably would've leveled another tank to 70, since tank is what I play, but instead I'll just take these three up 10 levels and then my time in queues is gone.

[Azper]

I'm gonna say I'm at like a 6 or 7.

I'm definitely far less excited for the expansion after the previous two fanfests. NA fanfest is almost always a let down, so I still had hope for the JP and EU. But now that they've come and gone, I'm no where near the level of excited I was for Heavensward.

I'm still going to get it, but I think after 4 years I'm finally reaching a point where I'm losing interest in the game.

[Reaperking386]

I am a 7. I do not mind the new classes, but was really hoping for Shogun. I understand the community and respect that team went with Samurai DPS. I am going to be taking my Dark Knight to lvl 70, but am concerned on the changes for my classes for 4.0. Perhaps it will be a good thing and perhaps it may ruin my class. I am looking forward to the new story and the new content, but i am fearful nothing new will be invented. I hope to see a new deep dungeon perhaps to change to story a bit. I enjoy the fact that we have plenty of end game options so far and hope to see more in this next content.

The reason it is a 7 is because I am uncertain so far on what Storm Blood will bring. We were not given much and I expect my number to change in the upcoming months with Storm Blood talk with the Dev. Team.

[Airget]

I'm gonna say I'm at like a 6 or 7.

I'm definitely far less excited for the expansion after the previous two fanfests. NA fanfest is almost always a let down, so I still had hope for the JP and EU. But now that they've come and gone, I'm no where near the level of excited I was for Heavensward.

I'm still going to get it, but I think after 4 years I'm finally reaching a point where I'm losing interest in the game.

To play Devil's Advocate I believe the issue is in the past they had promised more than they could deliver, concepts like the add-ons and Open World Primals which were suppose to be introduced within the 2.0 expansion have yet to see the light of day. So I can understand why they aren't willing to divulge anything that isn't 100% yet.

Other things I can think off top of head, Diadem didn't come out as intended, as something that was suppose to feel more alive it fell short of what was promised. The promise to allow players to go inside their airships with FC housing has yet to see the light of day, if it will ever. The FC crafting concept in general feels like it fell short of what was promised. So by only letting players know what they know is confirmed, players won't be dissapointed when XYZ isn't in the game. Which yes, does mean the hype behind certain content is lost because they aren't going to announce the features they have planned cause heck even look at 3.0 cycle, so much content was either pushed back or delayed for an indefinite time because of deadlines. it's a rela shame that even up to this point Diadem is being pushed back another 2-3 weeks from the original 3.5 in whcih it was suppose to be released but was delayed.

[xbahax92]

alot of stuff I really dont want to respond to

I give you a point. I did not choose my words wisely when I wrote that "massive text". When I meant they result in waste, its not that waste which you would think of as in "lets just remove it or spare our resources on". I meant more likely it is sad that just few people go visit those places or (after gaining the ability) just fly through.
And playing FFXIV, you dont have to play it every day. Yet you subscribe for it every month to play it as much as your free time allows. I have a lot of feedback and ideas to give, but this is not the thread for it (nobody did ask me yet atleast). And yes I did enjoy and play HW, yet I cannot say I was on a journey nor adventour. I still know how the MSQ just let me go through Coerthas WH into Dravanian Forelands and actually from there immediatly into Churning Mists. What did really happen there? Do you remember any awesome cutscene which will stay in your mind forever? I dont. I dont know how you are being real while you just imagining how other people are acting. I never compared FFXIV to GW2 or BnS. I never said "I dont know, just do it". You could asked what I would do or what for ideas I have. But all you did til now is having prejudices. Are you even noticing what you are writing most of the time?

I dont know how many times I have to keep repeating myself, but this thread is called "how do you feel after recent Stormblood NEWS". And I did. Some people have the same opinion like me. And I do appreciate the opposites also. I never said SB is going to be bad just because we lack things. I just say that it is sad that we still keep many QoL things like it is. It would be nice to improve old features and expand them. But then again there are people who just give a shit about others opinions and tell them to not complain and salt around. Did you ever give a thought to ask what for ideas or thoughts they have regarding their "complains"? I bet, no.

So you want to go back to 1.x now?

Nah. Not needed with people like you who just dont want to change anything at all, we better stay and sit where we are for the next 10 years. Did you contribute any useful ideas and feedback, I wonder. Judging others seems so easy, right?

[Alleo]

The reason why my hype level is 0 and thus I am not looking that much forward to the expansion is, that they wrote some points like more inventory and yet explained none in detail. Yes things can change till the expansion but couldnt they at least tell us the minimum amount we can expect and maybe even more? We dont even know how much they will increase..maybe it will be like "well here have another retainer" and thats all.

Its not that long till the expansion comes out and yet somehow they dont want to show off a lot of new things because they are not sure if they manage to do them that way? Things change all the time but one would think that at least some of those features should be ready already. They want us to buy the collectors edition or any other edition yet other than showing off the new jobs a little and new landscapes there is nothing else there. (I just cant count swimming as such a great amazing feature)

Any little bit of hype that I still had was then washed away by the panel on Sunday. Not only do I find it really bad how he talks to his customers (yes we are customers next to being "fans"), especially since it costs a lot to be there, but also how it destroyed my dreams of at least getting more customization.

I do wonder if they are testing the waters and want to see how much they can go down without loosing too much.

[Celef]

To play Devil's Advocate I believe the issue is in the past they had promised more than they could deliver

True indeed so maybe we'll get more infos before the release with some good news ^^

[Hayward]

Cynical, salty, and jaded is no way to go through life, son.

[Alerion]

Not at all. I spent a good many years playing SAM in XI and the news that I can pick up some version of it again brought me back.

[Reynhart]

There's a simple answer to that, if you do not like it, then do not involve yourself with something you do not like. At least post an alternative idea instead of "I don't want tomestone farming, also what's feedback? Certainly just a bunch of complaints! "

There's a slight problem with that...tome farming is (for now) mandatory.

Back when HW was released, you couldn't even enter Gordias without Law gear. Same for 3.2, with Midas and Eso gear, and, 3.4 with Creator and Lore gear, although I think crafted gear was released at the same time as Creator. And all of that while expert dungeon gear meant absolutely nothing.

So, here's an alternative idea, make expert dungeons drop the same ilvl as the corresponding uncapped tomestone. This way, you would have a RNG-drop way of gearing or a token farming way.