Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[Raoabolic]

Here's a real hot take. The community was better during HW and has only gotten worse thanks to level/story skips, homogenizing classes to the point of losing their uniqueness, and SE leaning hard on the cash shop in general. At this point just slap a cash shop button on the UI so I can hide it. The game feels more like a single player game with multiplayer aspects built in and I prefer it that way considering people tend to get upset at really dumb things. Seeing people get elitist in a CT run was funny at best and confusing at worst. This isn't a savage run, who cares if you have to spend a little longer on boss fights because some are not synced?

[MilkieTea]

The design is flawed, first of all the fact that you get a crown and rewards just makes it so people farm it to feel cool about it, secondly you don't do anything you just play at a decent level or tank and people will upvote you it's not like you were really helpful or a MENTOR you could literally exchange it for the word "experienced".

But... that's not really the mentors fault, though, is it? Hate the game, not the player, and all that.

[Raoabolic]

But... that's not really the mentors fault, though, is it? Hate the game, not the player, and all that.

Let's be honest, if there wasn't a shiny mount (a two seater at that) attached to the crown would there really be that many mentors out there? Not saying all crowns are bad but a lot tend to only be there for the reward, not realizing that they actually have to explain things to new people who may or may not be familiar with MMOs.

[NorthernLadMSP]

None of the expansions have come close to how amazing Heavensward was. It was peak story and peak gameplay.

[OhNooo]

None of the expansions have come close to how amazing Heavensward was. It was peak story and peak gameplay.

I think HW was best story and StB was best gameplay (although I think DRK was the best in HW).

[Raoabolic]

I think HW was best story and StB was best gameplay (although I think DRK was the best in HW).

*Yells in DRK*
I know what you did SE! Give us back our self healing, we know you gave it to War to impress her! We were all there! We saw!

[Seiori]

After the whole ascian-ancients scenario makes the games universe not so appealing less mysterious or adventurous. (that's my hot take)

[Teno]

After the whole ascian-ancients scenario makes the games universe not so appealing less mysterious or adventurous. (that's my hot take)

That's my biggest issue with EW. It just goes too far with the edge of the universe stuff. Desacralizes the world in my opinion.

Hot take : there's a terrible lack of hard solo content. Bozja is inconvenient and HoH is old now. You can't log in and do a quick, hard thing in this game.

[Minarisweet]

Hot take: people's opinions aren't as important as they tend to think they are (yes that includes me).

Hot take: Being apathetic doesn't make you more mature.

[Kolsykol]

My only issue with the edge of the universe thing is how we got there, a literal spaceship felt a bit too sci-fi imo.
I get that crazy technology exists in the setting but I think it was a bit too far for the current timeline, I didn't like the teleportation device to the moon either it's not that it doesn't make sense it just felt a bit cheesy.
I wish it had just been magic instead.
I can kinda accept it because we'd just have another way if it wasn't a spaceship but it was more something I tried to ignore rather than something I liked.
Same with the moon being essentially a spaceship too, quite frankly I don't even think there was a point to the existence of the Loporrits and the whole moon thing.

I think it would've been better if we didn't have a safety net, even if it obviously wouldn't end in disaster because there will be more expansions and they won't just destroy the whole planet I still think it was a waste of time and detracted a bit.
The Loporrits were funny and all but they really didn't need to exist and I think their existence only detracted from the overall plot and the tension.