Quote Originally Posted by Skiros View Post
Square Enix is on the same trajectory as Blizzard. The sad thing is that the playerbase refuses to see this because of all the blind hype, and this same thing happened in WoW - people couldn't fathom the thought that WoW could be getting worse.
I completely disagree. This is what killed WoW:
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...in-wow/1181215

SE is not falling into that trap. You're right that the majority of the playerbase is midcore, but I think your definition of midcore is skewed. Midcore players don't look up rotation guides on discord. Midcore players don't install addons to track their DPS, so they really have no idea how much damage everyone else is doing. Midcore players don't demand that their healers even DPS, so they don't care that there are a couple of healing jobs that have two-button DPS rotations. Midcore players are casual. If you really feel that WoW is catering to casual players, then either you haven't played since WotLK or your perception of what is and isn't casual is way off. Blizzard has been giving casuals the middle finger since 2011.