"Final Fantasy XIV helps drive revenue spike"

[Renato]

IT'S TOO HARD RATH IS TOO CHEAP- was screamed on the forums. And While it wasn't hard persay... I remember a large outcry on the mist dragon.

Mist Dragon was difficult at first until you get the mechanics down just like any other fight. Rathalos...Normal was ok. To this day, I STILL haven't beaten Extreme and kind of just gave up out of frustration after so many tries. The issue I have with Rath is that it isn't too hard, it's that it uses half-assed mechanics from another game in a game that doesn't have those mechanics. Having to use potions for healing, no rolling/dodging mechanics, etc. It's very frustrating in my opinion and I hope SE never does anything like that again.

And I'm one of the people that enjoyed Shinryu when it was first released. I think the normal version of the 4-Man trials are fine.

[Yamr3]

The complaints I've read here about FF14 can be applied to every other MMO out there. It honestly sounds like the folks who are nit picking a part 14's design, are just tired of MMOs in general. If 14 was as boring and generic as people are saying, then the game wouldn't have been growing. I do agree, the earnings mean nothing to the consumer as we don't know where that money will be going but it's good for us to know that, the game is selling very well.

I like 14. I like every positive about it and of course I hate the negatives I find. The negatives though, are not enough to drive me away or become bitter like some may have here. I strongly believe, the consistent rate of change, is a favorable thing compared to other MMOs people are from or played.

[Nalien]

I like 14. I like every positive about it and of course I hate the negatives I find. The negatives though, are not enough to drive me away or become bitter like some may have here.

The negatives aren't enough to drive most away, obviously. I mean, we're all still here. Some people want to comment on them in the hopes the devs address those issues though, others are just happy to ignore them. Nothing wrong with either approach IMO, so long as people are enjoying themselves. Personally I rather enjoy analyzing and critiquing things, so I take "I don't like this aspect of the game" and spin some enjoyment out of it that way, while also hopefully providing feedback for the developers to work with.

[Krotoan]

The analogy is that we pay our butt off (I repeat again: FFXIV is an expensive game and we over-pay so much. I like it, but it's not justified with a merchandise and cash shop and expansion to pay and then monthly fee. Each patch which should be free is basically a paid DLC of (13€/month * months patch cycle) but we get nothing much back, the state of the game does not change to the better. Just like with my German taxes that go...somewhere...but surely not into the damaged roads or changing the the 3-month wait for a specialist doctor...

... Who do you think pays for the servers, data bandwidth and staff necessary to keep this game running? and electricity for that matter?
This game costs a lot of money month to month to run/host/fix, let alone develop for.

Do you really feel the equivalent of one meal cost a MONTH is that high?

[whiskeybravo]

Having somewhat followed SE's financial reports over the last few years, they always get a nice revenue boost from these expac launches (and furthermore, announce such expected increases on reports leading up to expansions). So it's really nothing surprising or new.