Lack of pve content

[CaedemSanguis]

Wait....Savage and Ultimates are the only PvE content?
I thought that dungeons, EX trials, Bozja, hunt trains and even treasure maps were all PvE content.
Did I misunderstand what PvE means?

Im talking about hard pve content (HM/MM in wow)

[KizuyaKatogami]

I am hopeful that at least some of this was due to them scaling back plans as a result of Covid, though I am leery of accepting that as a full excuse, due to a) the fact that life goes on, and b) Japan is such a technologically savvy place to begin with, so it's a bit difficult for me to accept that they couldn't readily transition to home work as needed. However, I believe there was probably at least some impact, so optimistically the next expansion will see more fruitful content releases. Or, at least, fingers crossed.

The thing is too, as i’ve stated in a previous post. There was already a lot of stuff that was going to be missing before covid was even a thing :/ Those were the signs.

[CaedemSanguis]

Didnt read the 9 pages but im assuming its just :

"FF14 is not a pve game"
"FF14 = story/rp/craft"

Its very bad for FF14 to not be the best hard pve MMO, they have the potential for it

[CaedemSanguis]

Let's see.

A handful of 80s. That's good.

Elemental level 1 - so no clears on BA, that's something you can pursue. I'm assuming you've cleared Bozjda? If not go there for some additional content. Both of those have their own progression system seperate from Raiding - but they're good PVE content with their own interesting systems.

If you're looking for a Challenge, you can go for clears of Deep Dungeon or Heaven on High - both can be done solo with some of the jobs you already have leveled.

Your doggo and dragon collection is lacking, so Extremes of either or are still on the table for you.

Blue Mage isn't even unlocked - that's even more fights for you, though those are exclusively solo. If you're missing things like elemental mechanics, those exist in the Masked Carnival.

So it looks like you still have lots and lots of PvE content to do - FFXIV isn't lacking at all for it. What seems to be lacking is your scope of gameplay.

This stuff may not be relevant to your ilvl, but I guarantee you that your ilvl will be irrelevant come November. At best you'll get through the second new story dungeon with the absolute BIS you have. As far as goals and challenges, FFXIV has plenty, but it's not about gear-score progression or about being inaccessible to all but the most hardcore of players. But there ARE challenges out there that will require time and dedication, if you're looking for that.

You just have to actually look.

I have alts

Triple Legend, Usually Week 1 raid tier clear

But thats not the subject
And dont forget Im talking about HARD pve content

[CaedemSanguis]

Lynx made the PERFECT and I mean perfect video response to this criticism. 15min video that goes over every single point you listed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96KtLjdlaRw&t=859s

Like I said, I still prefer FF14 pve than WoW pve

But there is still a lack of hard content (especially this expension with the cancelled ultimate)

[CaedemSanguis]

Because it takes development time i'm guessing.

Wow developers said it best. Sure we can give you what you want, but it will cost you a raid tier. MMORPG community took that to heart, and now any content gets asked that a player does not want or care for in the game. Will fight tooth and nail to say no, because they feel as if that content will come at the cost of other content.


And they could very well be right.

Yeah I also think on "why add content, when the playerbase is the same, with less content each expansion"

SE focus on money, as all the other firms

[CaedemSanguis]

There's a truckload wrong with FF14. The amount of hard raid content that 99.9% will never see simply isn't one of them.

Let me put it in terms you people can grasp.

If you have time to make only 1 flavour of ice cream because you only had 1 machine and 99 customers want vanilla, and one wants cherry, which would you make? Vanilla or Cherry?

Why DRS then ?

When the clear rate is lower than ucob

[CaedemSanguis]

Again, not interested in the "But I want more" Debate. We all want more of whatever content we're enjoying the most. We'll get it, be patient. It's been years since the Devs said you're more than welcome to take a break from the game while they work. I'm stating that there are plenty of other alternative challenges to reach in this game.

Keep in mind that Ultimates are hard to tune and require a lot of man-hours to create COVID hit every game hard, this is where it shows for FFXIV. It'll likely be 1 Ultimate next expansion cycle too, according to recent interviews. (Go looking, I'm not going to cite here.) So take a moment to breathe and stretch, you'll be waiting a while if you can't find anything else to do.

I dont think ultimates are so hard to make considering the fact that 90% of the areas/boss design/mechanics already exist in-game

Yeah I also think it will be 1 ultimate/expansion

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I dont think ultimates are so hard to make considering the fact that 90% of the areas/boss design/mechanics already exist in-game

Yeah I also think it will be 1 ultimate/expansion

They have stated its the hardest content to make due to balancing and testing. It's not the assets. It's the fight itself.

[Raikai]

We had 3 savages and 1 ultimates, which is equivalent to 1 week + 5 days prog (I assume TEA is 1 week prog), I will round to 2 week prog

2 week prog in Wow is 2 Mythical raids, they have 3-4 mythical raids (without even considering Heroic raids) per extension

Why such lack of pve content ? for a MMORPG that want to become better/the #1

(I still consider FF14 better than WOW overall, but this lack of pve content is a bit upsetting)

I'm sorry, I don't quite understand the calculation of these 2 week prog... this means you fully consume 3 savages and 1 ultimate in 2 weeks??