4.1 - The emptiest patch yet.

[NyteKitsune]

Hey OP, Here's a suggestion for you.. If you don't like whats been released in the patches. There's a door right over there, use it. No one is forcing you to play, and quite frankly many of us rather enjoy whats been released in the patches. I for one loved the Hildy stuff for HW, it was hilarious.

There is also a easy solution to those people that like to rush through Duty's, assuming, like me, you tend to run as heals or tank. If they try to pull to much, let them kill it. I don't heal dumb tanks or stupid DPS. Nor do I tank for groups that pull mobs for me, You pull it, you kill it.

The OP seems to like to complain, why don't you try to do their job. Its not exactly easy to make the content you know, they have to write the code, implement it which includes graphics and art, storyboarding, concept designs, music, and in some cases, voice acting, then put it all together.

Either play the game, or don't. Honestly most of us don't care.

[Vahlnir]

Hey OP, Here's a suggestion for you.. If you don't like whats been released in the patches. There's a door right over there, use it..

While I also disagree with the OP, and a few others in this thread wholeheartedly...and you aren't entirely wrong yourself, this is the attitude that people shouldn't have. No one is ever going to be satisfied 100% of the time. This is a good place to voice one's opinions, regardless of whether we agree or not. Personally, I think the patch is fine. I'm sure a lot of people feel the same. Some do not, obviously. They are free to feel that way, it's just preferable that they have their facts straight...which some do not.

[Erza_Scarlets]

At the end of the day people will find a reason to complain. Wether it's a patch with a single item or a patch with 300 dungeons, 100 raids, 200 new areas, 100,000 new items, 50 new jobs, 9,000 hours of story cs's, Crazy ultra super duper savage Pipin, 900 mounts, your own personal butler and maids, flying pigs, 600 pvp maps and modes, mountains of gold, seas of diamonds, oceans of potatoes, and everything else you will ever want.

When it comes down to it many will still be paying and playing after all the complaints. No patch will ever make everyone happy. Some will hate it, some will quit, some will come back, and others wont care one bit ether way and will go on doing what they want to do.

[Remedi]

As far as I know, the intention was for all of these things to be released with 4.1, Eureka included.

I was always under the impression that the in-between patches were for hot-fixes and other small additions (such as crafting things, etc), but I guess this is sort of the way things are going now.

It's from 2.4 that they started this trend of delaying parts of the patch till later to better spacing out content, also take note that the 2 weeks delay for ultimate are probably in response on a part of prog raiders that would like to have a warm up time to complete story getting gear sorted out before the prog starts.
I know LaylaBell wanted this, personally I don't agree but w/e

[Alleo]

Why keep playing a game that doesn't give you what you want? Many here have outlined that they have constantly and consistently been let down with how the development team has prioritized/ implemented their content. If there's any truth to theses claims, why continue to give money for an experience you don't want?

Maybe because even if we are disappointed with things we are still not hating a game and want it to run long and successful? Why do people not understand that criticism does not mean that people hate something? I really enjoy FF14 otherwise I would not pay the subscription..but the direction its going is something I dont like. I have a small possibility to change this direction by writing about it in the forum. (Just like us summoners got sustain back thanks to our posts)

Even the devs had once pointed out that criticism is worth more than compliments because it gives them the chance to get better and to not lose people..So with your "door is over there" you are not doing SE a favor..you are even hurting them if people would follow that advise and just simply stop paying..because its a game that needs it money to continue and even those that are not happy with things but are still playing for different reasons are still paying money..

Its just sad that people feel the need to personal attack others..its completely fine if you like the patch and OPs title may be a bit too much but this does not mean that one has to personal attack others..(This is not directed at you but about some of those posts in this thread)

Mya: I am not 100% sure but isnt account sharing against the ToS? I am not sure if you should put that information about this in your sig.

[Airget]

Maybe because even if we are disappointed with things we are still not hating a game and want it to run long and successful?

Exactly, and while everyone has their personal taste I do feel there are certain content types that were enjoyed as a whole. Like Deep Dungeon, even now people are still doing it(even if majority might be for xp) but it's a piece of content that remains relevant because they implemented it in a smart way.

At the end of the day what people hope to see is content that can last the test of time, that has longevity to it, that isn't made outdated once the next patch comes out.

4.0 into 4.1, Omega remains relevant, 24-Raid provides a source to gear quicker but then you hit 4.2 and start all over again, Omega loses it's appeal along with the 24-man raid cause now the older tome gear can be gained with unlimited tomes. Their current content cycle is awful because they are the ones shooting themselves in the foot with content longevity. They are the ones making the awful choice of saying, let's have 1-2 unique loot in each content and once you obtain it you no longer have a need to run this content. They are the one using Khloe's concept as a way to keep content used but still very much unneeded. Khloe doesn't require you to enter the content under min IL or even in a full part of the appropriate level. It just makes the content needed for that short period of time.

If anything one thing I wish SE would consider is "Difficulty" that limits your IL while adding new reward to old content. Easy(No IL sync), Normal(IL cap for X content), Hard(Min IL for said content) Extreme(-10 IL of recommended content) and Savage(-20 IL of recommended content)

Give people this option to challenge themselves and add loot which encourages them to partake in said challenge. There is nothing wrong if people want the easy brute force IL method of overcoming content but for those who want challenge, give them the option to set their IL and provide rewards based on how much the group challenges themselves.

[Maero]

In regards to Eureka being automatically better, well yes and no. More effort in design but until we actually know what it entails it could be back to fate spamming and killing x amount of targets in this "new" area.
Let's all hope it is in fact something entirely different and no fates and what not are involved at all.

It is no secret that "raiders" actually do Relic as well so having this delay really is bad.

[Doki]

I just personally hated how half of the preview for 4.1 was "this isn't in 4.1 but soon after." Why not just wait another couple of weeks before the patch then? Breaking up the stuff into tiny pieces is just cheating so you can say "We released 3 patches this fall!"

[bswpayton]

Hey OP, Here's a suggestion for you.. If you don't like whats been released in the patches. There's a door right over there, use it. No one is forcing you to play, and quite frankly many of us rather enjoy whats been released in

this reply makes no sense, at all you know its possible to enjoy something and at the sametime be realistic about the flaws that you see. This patch while its not empty , it literally just is gona be a hw repeat with a sb name, which a few miner changes. Many people have said this and I dont think the solution is oh just quit playing. It was the high it was the budget it was the things the devs where sayin that has people upset, one less dungeon for more content well where is that content. If ultimate is lack luster then they boasted for nothing, when the devs say something then they need to deliver its just that simple.

[Felis]

Why not just wait another couple of weeks before the patch then?

Because people will complain. See the time between 3.0 and 3.1

Breaking up the stuff into tiny pieces is just cheating so you can say "We released 3 patches this fall!"

There was always a x.x5 and x.x6 patch between the main patches. Sometimes also a x.x7 patch.