Should FF14 take a new route? Discussion

[KaivaC]

Oh, and I was talking about wow because knowing OP, I am kind of guessing that it is the direction OP wants the game to take...

Not...really. Considering that I have maybe 2 hours of experience with Wow...but I am of the opinion that there are some things that other MMOs do well that the devs could really take some inspiration from. But that is neither here nor there at the moment. The only thing I'm really saying here is that base game has pretty much been the same from ARR, to HW, to SB. And Eureka wasn't really a huge talking point for me - I personally enjoy going in Eureka - it just feels like the devs are scared to try something. Understandably, yes, because of the original product, but surely they wouldn't be as hesitant if they opened discussion to the player base. Either way, it was just a thought that I had and wanted to share with the forums.

[Moogly]

The only thing I'm really saying here is that base game has pretty much been the same from ARR, to HW, to SB.

How can I say...?
Mc Donalds, Coca cola, KFC, they all use recipes that date, for some, more than a century back in time.
When you have something that works, you don't change it - people hate changes.
I think it's the same idea with ffxiv.
Also considering the catastrophy of 1.0, head management must be very cautious on betting on new ideas or game concept.

But well, since ffxiv dev team is really open to the community, and probably the most transparent I have ever seen (e.g Yoship's comment on the ungarmax exploit), you have all the right to be asking for changes.

[Shouko]

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Food industry has changed their recipes over the years many times, that's why the original coke wasn't even a soft drink it was coco wine which was wine with cocaine, it was meant as a way to get the founder off morphine at the time. Even the soda version of coke has changed over the years, there wasn't high fructose corn syrup in it, it didn't have caramel coloring, etc. Recipes change all the time, but they also spend millions on R&D to get that perfect chemical mixture to make you like their food/drinks/ .

There's change and there's too much change, there's stability and monotonous. This game is becoming monotonous and if they aren't careful people that do want change will leave, granted the opposite is the same too much change and people won't like it and still leave.

Think about it this way, do you eat the exact same food every day? Say you eat Subway everyday for lunch and order the turkey breast on wheat with a side of doritos and a coke, do that for 1 year every day and you will never eat it again because it's boring.

I can understand hesitation but that was back in 2012-2013 era, 5-6 years ago is a long time in terms of things not changing much in an MMO. At this point they need to start taking more risks and updating or else people are going to leave for games better more updated MMOs.