Quote Originally Posted by Vahlnir View Post
You're painting with a pretty broad stroke there. Does FF XIV's player base have it's own brand of toxicity? Yeah, but that isn't everyone. I don't particularly care for being called something I'm not. I do agree that the devs prioritize the wrong things at times though when more pressing matters should be attended to first. However, as far as this topic goes...it was the new expansion, or a new ultimate. They literally could not do both with how things are set up over there. So...pick your poison. A new expansion, at most another half a year away from the intended release date, or a new raid full of mini bosses. They had to prioritize what would upset the least amount of people, and that is exactly what they did. I don't think they should have had to made that call, but they said why. And it was completely understandable. You don't even have to believe them for their reasoning, but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be true. You are also free to feel upset by this. That is also understandable. Good luck on your travels I guess. You won't find 0 toxicity regardless anywhere on the internet.
Are we still at this immature stage where one has to clarify that obviously not all people are as I stated. You don't have to treat me like a toddler mate, I know the nuance and I expect this to be basic knowledge. Also I don't even know who you are but I guess you feel as if you are targeted ("I don't particularly care for being called something I'm not"). Maybe an eye opener for you.

Quite convenient is it, that the content originally scheduled for August 11th last year had to be sacrificed to release the expansion on time, which is of course also delayed by the courtesy of Covid-19. We already have a delayed expansion. So again, I am asking why we got all this fluff nobody asked for and put their resources into Ultimate instead. Because you seem to ignore what I am actually saying. I am questioning if it really is that black and white (expansion v Ultimate). Seems to me a lot of bad decisions releasing content that's prioritized over an Ultimate. Nah this game has gotten incredibly lazy and I'm not afraid to say it. Reskinned content, Shadowbringers has been the absolute worst. I have seen very little actual originality at all and Ultimates follow that same pattern. Which is also why 6.1 is the final chance for me and I will quit the game.

What I am seeing this expansion:

- A lot of Mogstation stuff
- A lot of reskinning (poor gear sets, not much choice)
- A lot of reskinning of mobs (same skeletons etc)
- No Deep Dungeon
- Extremes quite poor (increasingly easy)


But most important for me personally, the raiding. We'll probably have three Unreal trials by the way by the end of the expansion? Again, it's a reused extremes which is using up resources. I just see so much in this expansion which could and actually should have given way to the Ultimate. But hey man, it's whatever for me. I lost 50 euros for no reason and I'm not touching the game till the next Expansion. SE is not your friend. They are greedy and they want your money. They don't love you.