Quote Originally Posted by Vonleo View Post
FFXIV is for casuals not for the hardcore with no job or care for there own time. This game was meant to be played at a casual pace not being on the game 12 hours a day every single day rushing through content at blazing speeds. There is tons to do in this game its just that most of it doesn't appeal to the hardcore players.

Just face it SE added SOME elements of hardcore to the game but it isnt going to do anything more because casuals>hardcore players because of one thing only and thats subs the casual player will be subbed longer then the hardcore players that sub for a month or two blazing through the new content then unsub.
I agree that Square Enix seems to prioritize casuals over hardcore players. I’ve known this ever since they nerfed crafting in 4.0 by adding Prudent Touch. The least they could do is make crafting more thought-intuitive. Instead of spamming Prudent/ Preparatory Touch every 2 seconds like a 7 year old.

What I do disagree with, is that casuals will sub longer. If anything, hardcore players will sub longer and still continue to do so. I am a hardcore crafter, I craft hundreds of pieces of endgame gear for all 8 of my servers on my data Center and earn several hundred gil a month. I have subbed since 2.x. And other players I know who are also hardcore have stayed subbed.

If anything, casual players will sub temporarily. Because they just don’t have the luxury of time.