Yoshi P confirmed they CUT ultimate content from 6.0 not DELAY

[Myon88]

Frankly the mood in my friend circles seems pretty glum in light of all this recent news. Be it world progression raiders or more casual savage clearers, there seems to be an overwhelming feeling that FFXIV is past its peak and winding down into a sort of maintenance mode. Whether this is the case or not I can't say, but I do know the factors that contribute to it.

• The 'delay' of SHB's 2nd ultimate that amounts to effectively the cancellation of one ultimate.
• The announcement that 6.0 would wrap up the overarching Hydaelyn and Zodiarc story arc.
• The gradual increase in the amount of 'life-sim' type additions to the game relative to battle content.
• Not directly related save for #1, but covid making a general mess of 2020 and dampening the mood everywhere.

#2 especially is ripe with implications, and certainly they have taken pains to stress that the game will keep going on. If this is indeed the case, I don't think their messaging has been as effective as hoped, and if it isn't, well what can I say except people are noticing. You know, personally I can buy it, it feels like FFXIV's 'Wrath of the Lich King' expansion wrapping up the major story beats - and we know there was plenty of WoW to be had on the other side of that.

But that's just me, the fact remains that I've never seen this little hype for an expansion in my entire time playing this game. I'm not sure what would assuage this short of a strong statement reaffirming their commitment to the combat side of the game, I just think it's a shame for this to happen at what's clearly intended to be a high point in the game's lifespan.