SE, the concept of "Limited Jobs" is a really bad idea, turn back now

[jon041065]

A quick google search will show that XIV has over 10 million subscribers. You are also wrong that SE needs XIV to survive. Contrary to popular beliefs, SE is doing just fine, at least financially. It's a lot more debatable when it comes to image. Anyway...XIV is a cash cow for them, but they can live without XIV.

As for catering to what audience: I'd leave that to SE over any random commentator. Especially since, you know, they actually have the numbers and data of the player base and have more knowledge on what people want.

I feel bad for the people who fantasize of maining BLU, but they really had almost no chance of getting to that. Agree with their reasoning or not, they weren't going to add it as a typical battle job. I get the feeling that a lot of people would be happier with Yoshi-P vaguely mentioning that they're thinking about BLU at the end of every expansion as oppose to this version. Oh well...what can you do? I'm just waiting to see how this all works out.

You do know that when SE puts out that 10mil figure number that they are counting ALL accounts that have ever paid for even 1 month of game time right?

XIV did pull SE out of the red with the 2.0 launch. I don't know if it's overtaken XI as the most profitable FF game to date just yet but the game is a large source of their revenue that's probably only beaten by their mobile department.

I'm pretty sure I said that jobs shouldn't cater to any one player group. Doubled checked. Yep, I said jobs should be for everyone and then you take your favorite job into the content of your choice.

No chance of getting blu as a real combat job? Yoshi said they wouldn't be able to add rdm. They do a pretty good job overall with the game but they definitely miss with some things. Diadem, bow mage, 2.0 smn etc. Their minds can be changed and a lot on our side believes there can be great solo content WITHOUT limited jobs.

Because I am.

I actually want BLU as it has been presented.

I want it to be solo content.

I want something different from the "here's a standard cookie cutter job, nerfed to high hell so it will fit with the balance of the rest of the jobs" that we've had.

I actually want this limited job.

That's why it looks like I'm defending it.

Because I am.

But I also know that no matter WHAT they do, they will never get 100% satisfaction from the playerbase.

Christ, if even they gave us BOTH versions, people would still cry "It should be either/or, not both" because that's just how people are.

So you said that SE needs to make the class that fits FFXIV and not a small percentage of the playerbase but then say that's what you want. Ummm.....okay. I'm not denying there are people that want more solo content and I'm one of them but I seriously doubt more than half the playerbase is asking for a job to be designed with solo play as its focus.

Good thing a lot on our side are saying to leave the solo content alone but to give blu the ability to be used in the full game. You and me can then have what we both want. Unless you're one of the people that would still cry "It should be either/or, not both". I'm also tired of this "us vs them" and zero-sum view point.