Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

”Good Match!!” & numbers are more mentally damaging than anything else by this community standards.

[ValkyriaCrystalis]

if shadowbringers truly lived up to its name and allowed us such agency
instead its just WoL reskin

It would have been amazing honestly.

[Jybril]

Combat now sucks and reduced to a water down mess that even a 1st grade caveman can play it.

[AmpelioB]

What I picture when someone says "old summoner was fun"

[anhaato]

The game is better when YoshiP has as little say in what the devs do as possible. His personal opinions/desires as a gamer are no longer in line with what we the customers want, and his direct involvement in stuff is now far more a curse than a “look how much our director cares” blessing. This became an issue with job design, encounter design, and now recently the msq isn’t even safe from how out of touch he is. The game was better when he let the teams do their jobs.

[AmpelioB]

The game is better when YoshiP has as little say in what the devs do as possible. His personal opinions/desires as a gamer are no longer in line with what we the customers want, and his direct involvement in stuff is now far more a curse than a “look how much our director cares” blessing. This became an issue with job design, encounter design, and now recently the msq isn’t even safe from how out of touch he is. The game was better when he let the teams do their jobs.

can you expand a bit on the topic? i'm curious.

[Voidedge_Ragna]

The entire structure of expansions ... or rather how its ALWAYS the same. Let me use my magical lens to foresee 7.0

7.0 Finish MSQ
91 93 95 96 97 99 and lv 100 dungeon. Trial at 93 and 97/99 and 100 in
7.01
4 Normal/Savage fights - Tome Gear and Crafted gear
7.1
Ally raid and 1 dungeon - upgraded crafted gear and gathering/crafting gear
7.2
4 normal/savage fights 1 Side quest trial - Tome gear and Crafted gear added
7.3 > Work towards new expansion
Ally raid and 1 dungeon 1 Story based trial - upgraded crafted gear and gathering/crafting gear
7.4
4 normal/savage fights 1 Side quest trial - Tome gear and Crafted gear added
7.5
Ally raid and 1 dungeon 1 Side quest trial - upgraded crafted gear and gathering/crafting gear

Let me know how close i got, structure is good but dear god try something new. EW ends at ilv 660 and 7.5 will end at 790, let me guess ... 7 ex trials and if you have all you get a mount? 3 Beast tribes?

Im not asking for everything to be thrown over but something ... come on.

[AmpelioB]

The entire structure of expansions ... or rather how its ALWAYS the same. Let me use my magical lens to foresee 7.0

Let me know how close i got, structure is good but dear god try something new. EW ends at ilv 660 and 7.5 will end at 790, let me guess ... 7 ex trials and if you have all you get a mount? 3 Beast tribes?

Im not asking for everything to be thrown over but something ... come on.

this is like the staple things and I'm disappointed you didn't try being a more daring

(i'm not saying your take is bad but there are more thing you can foresee)

[Allegor]

The entire structure of expansions ... or rather how its ALWAYS the same. Let me use my magical lens to foresee 7.0

7.0 Finish MSQ
91 93 95 96 97 99 and lv 100 dungeon. Trial at 93 and 97/99 and 100 in
7.01
4 Normal/Savage fights - Tome Gear and Crafted gear
7.1
Ally raid and 1 dungeon - upgraded crafted gear and gathering/crafting gear
7.2
4 normal/savage fights 1 Side quest trial - Tome gear and Crafted gear added
7.3 > Work towards new expansion
Ally raid and 1 dungeon 1 Story based trial - upgraded crafted gear and gathering/crafting gear
7.4
4 normal/savage fights 1 Side quest trial - Tome gear and Crafted gear added
7.5
Ally raid and 1 dungeon 1 Side quest trial - upgraded crafted gear and gathering/crafting gear

Let me know how close i got, structure is good but dear god try something new. EW ends at ilv 660 and 7.5 will end at 790, let me guess ... 7 ex trials and if you have all you get a mount? 3 Beast tribes?

Im not asking for everything to be thrown over but something ... come on.

I...don't see how having a strictly organized release sechedule is bad. It's surely better than going an entire year without any update, or improvising release dates that not even the devs are ready for it. Imo what matters is the quality of the content within the patches, rather than the patches themselves. I'd add stuff like:

MSQ:
- Urianger keeping secrets from us
- Y'shtola being an exposition character, cuz she's Batman level intelligent, and may or may not do a fake death
- the city state leaders being useless
- Cid being called and magically making...whatever high technology gadget we need, on demand
- whatever world ending thread has nearly no actual or lasting impact in the overworld

Jobs:
- some jobs getting actions removed and being given 'brand new skills' that are actually just the same ones that got removed with different visuals (looking at you Divine Seal aka Largesse aka Temperance)
- healers getting more ogcd heals, because we can't have enough of them
- tanks and healers being even more "accessible"

Game:
- patch dungeons and raids being difficult for like...5 days, then be safely done without a healer
- seasonal events that consist of 2-3 quests and the rewards are either a hat (Hroths and Viera who?) or a mundane housing food plate, except for Moonfire Faire
- more TT cards that drop *only* from every single last dungeon or raid boss, ohh, you dont do ex/savage? tough luck
- more "unisex" anime/bob cut hairstyles that are considered too long for male characters and too short for female characters
- more hats and chest items that amputate ears/horns/tails
- Hrothgar stil being ignored, and Hrothgals will just be taller Miqo'te

...This is admittedly longer than what I'd expect it to be...huh....

[MintnHoney]

”Good Match!!”

/10characters