Since we got an expansion announcement coming. The preasure to repeat Shadowbringers.

[Puremallace]

I think SHB has the been the worst expansion by far, with HW being the best by far.

I really hope 6.0 isn't a repeat of the mess of job / encounter design that 5.0 and SE is willing to invest more resources into this game.

This seems to be an area where I might not have been clear enough. Obviously there are class design choices that have homogenized and made some classes boring. My primary focus is MMO developers who sacrifice story development to throw out nostalgia or something shiny.

It is the MMO developers equivalent of click bait. System design issues can be addressed obviously but what I care about along with a lot of people is a narrative driven MMO that remembers their core mission.

What I do not want to see is in 3 expansions going back to the first but 100 years ago before the Crystal Exarch arrived to fight the Ascians in an alternate timeline. I hope you get my drift.

[Tranquilmelody7]

This seems to be an area where I might not have been clear enough. Obviously there are class design choices that have homogenized and made some classes boring. My primary focus is MMO developers who sacrifice story development to throw out nostalgia or something shiny.

It is the MMO developers equivalent of click bait. System design issues can be addressed obviously but what I care about along with a lot of people is a narrative driven MMO that remembers their core mission.

What I do not want to see is in 3 expansions going back to the first but 100 years ago before the Crystal Exarch arrived to fight the Ascians in an alternate timeline. I hope you get my drift.

I understand.
Executing a narrative is critical for a game with storytelling as one of it's core tenants, as it cannot be redone or undone.

Also your last paragraph sounds like a plotline from Kingdom Hearts, so I can definitely sympathize with not wanting that.

[Ranhansha]

This seems to be an area where I might not have been clear enough. Obviously there are class design choices that have homogenized and made some classes boring. My primary focus is MMO developers who sacrifice story development to throw out nostalgia or something shiny.

It is the MMO developers equivalent of click bait. System design issues can be addressed obviously but what I care about along with a lot of people is a narrative driven MMO that remembers their core mission.

What I do not want to see is in 3 expansions going back to the first but 100 years ago before the Crystal Exarch arrived to fight the Ascians in an alternate timeline. I hope you get my drift.

FFXIV: Warlords of Draenor?

[Grimr]

FFXIV: Warlords of Draenor?

Just no !!!!!! ( is that enough se ten characters??)