Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
Hate to say it as I do recommend FFXIV as a top MMO out but I hope they don't pull a WoW and kill a titan project to keep FFXIV, that I hope they do intend to phase FFXIV like how they did FFXI (FF XVII their FF XIV), not to try to keep this game lasting way too long. At least if they can't get over these problems. The game is fun, the story and presentation are great, but this game's core system, it seems, could have really benefited from giving it time to gestate properly (which I'm not blaming the people who worked on this game, we know what happened in 1.0 and the herculean efforts that went into making ARR/2.0+). I say "it seems" since these core systems we are told are to blame, and I believe it since they're so complicated and deep in the game's DNA but you know.. they could be saying "impossible" to us but also already working on the possible internally (even if it's very tactfully and slowly due to the consequences that might happen if not).

Many of these being memory problems, like being being unable to add beards/eyebrows, our account bound issues on mog shop, or that the glamour log is quite limited, of course particularity for myself I've /very/ negative feelings against the housing system and it's limited supply/creativity (I've almost no positive feelings to what they've done with that system, the objects though are great- but that's in general as I feel the FF art team always nails it). I'd still play FFXIV off and on for finishing MSQ and checking out new jobs (I like the gameplay) but I'd leave for a new FF if they had made a better management of their memory for item logs and a non-limited and non-creatively restricted housing system (to the point I'm honestly having a hard time being excited for the fact they're making Ishgard housing since I still find the core system itself just.. not good..).

Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to rush the death, but I just really hope that if there is just no way for them to dig deep and adjust the deep roots in the system that they will be working on the next concepts and systems and are not planning to greatly delay the next one.
It does seem that many of the games problems come from the poor 1.0 spaghetti code and with how they have had to layer systems on top systems as the game has gone on. They have already stated that it is extremely difficult to change older content due to the way they layer things each expansion. I really hope they actually go through with The Rejoining as an in-game excuse to launch FF14-2 or FF16. I have ZERO expectations that will happen, but it would be nice.