Umbrellas...? And less content...?

[Lium]

... Should we be a little concerned? What's going on? Did they specify why this is happening?

I knew this was going to get posted. Every time something in the game is reduced, like dungeons, everyone runs to the forums and says "Should we be concerned? Is the game dying."

Uh, no. A quick google search reveals that FFXIV is not only doing well, but is thriving. And it single-handedly carried Square Enix through 2019.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

I knew this was going to get posted. Every time something in the game is reduced, like dungeons, everyone runs to the forums and says "Should we be concerned? Is the game dying."
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Did people also miss the other content we are getting? Like a whole new Location for High-end fishing?
As well as 2 new trials?

[yukiiyuki]

Did people also miss the other content we are getting? Like a whole new Location for High-end fishing?
As well as 2 new trials?

Whole location, pfft, lol, like a whole reused model of ship and a sea, that's alot of work.
Trials is easier to design than a dungeon, let's be honest, circular area vs big place where you can run around and explore.
But game is nowhere to be close to be considered "dying", rather it's success making pressure on little team that's trying their best while people want from them more, because game grown so much. It's completely SE fault of not getting enough support for devs to not only increase quality, but a quantity of a content as well.

[Fland]

Did people also miss the other content we are getting? Like a whole new Location for High-end fishing?
As well as 2 new trials?

Basically if it's not the content they want, they will complain that SE is taking out contents.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Whole location, pfft, lol, like a whole reused model of ship and a sea, that's alot of work.
Trials is easier to design than a dungeon, let's be honest, circular area vs big place where you can run around and explore.
It's completely SE fault of not getting enough support for devs to not only increase quality, but a quantity of a content as well.

Its still new content. The complaint is we are getting Less. Adding a new High end area for a Gathering Job, and adding 2 new Trials isn't Losing Content.

Basically if it's not the content they want, they will complain that SE is taking out contents.

Sounds like it lol

[yukiiyuki]

Let's pretend you had a good car, then someone changed it to bicycle. You can still ride on it, but it's not a car anymore. Also, one new trial, we were gonna get one anyway on patch cycle like they always do.
But most important question here, why we need to lose something over something, when the game income grows with it popularity? Who no one ask that, why we can't have both?

[RyuSaarva]

Let's pretend you had a good car, then someone changed it to bicycle. You can still ride on it, but it's not a car anymore. Also, one new trial, we were gonna get one anyway on patch cycle like they always do.
But most important question here, why we need to lose something over something, when the game income grows with it popularity? Who no one ask that, why we can't have both?

I think you might be in the minority for thinking that trials are worse content than dungeons, unless you are a big cycling enthusiast, me personally would take the fishing over both.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Let's pretend you had a good car, then someone changed it to bicycle. You can still ride on it, but it's not a car anymore. Also, one new trial, we were gonna get one anyway on patch cycle like they always do.
But most important question here, why we need to lose something over something, when the game income grows with it popularity? Who no one ask that, why we can't have both?

Why do people love to make weird analogies like this...? How and why would they change my car into a bike?
They would have to completely deconstruct the base to do so, that isn't happening to FFXIV. They just decided that they are gonna cut back on 2 new dungeons per Major Patch, and give us one instead. They are still working on producing new content, and continuing the games MSQ Storyline.

Here is a counter question...why are people flipping out over getting 1 dungeon instead of 2? Especially when people have complained that XIV's dungeons are boring, or dont matter after a run or 3. Maybe by getting 1, they can work on making that 1 better since they can put more time into it. Or heck, Im not gonna sit here and pretend I know things or be an Armchair-Developer, but who is to say that the extra time they took back by doing 1 dungeon instead of 2 won't free up more time for other content? Content that we dont know about yet thats in the works?
Y'know, like the Customization things they said they were doing for the Hrothgar and the Viera that people are complaining about not getting sooner.

[reivaxe]

Here is a counter question...why are people flipping out over getting 1 dungeon instead of 2? Especially when people have complained that XIV's dungeons are boring, or dont matter after a run or 3. Maybe by getting 1, they can work on making that 1 better since they can put more time into it. Or heck, Im not gonna sit here and pretend I know things or be an Armchair-Developer, but who is to say that the extra time they took back by doing 1 dungeon instead of 2 won't free up more time for other content? Content that we dont know about yet thats in the works?
Y'know, like the Customization things they said they were doing for the Hrothgar and the Viera that people are complaining about not getting sooner.

I've said it many times before but yeah, everything they've said has made it sound like they couldn't do the missing genders a keep pumping out the amount of content at the pace they are. This decrease is legit the only thing that gives me a tiny dot of hope for ever seeing them.

No matter what they add ... be it the missing genders or a better Deep Dungeon or fishing raid boat or housing, some people will just not see the connection in redirecting resources.

[number473]

Basically if it's not the content they want, they will complain that SE is taking out contents.

Yeah, sure, but it's been three expansions worth of them experimenting with things that I don't really like.