FINAL FANTASY XIV Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXXI

[TheMightyMollusk]

I have only moderate hype left. Hoping for some kind of long-term repeatable content to stick around for. Give me a relic grind, a new reconstruction to level my crafters, something. Otherwise I'll probably take a break after I finish the MSQ. But all I'm expecting to hear about is the next part of Pandemonium, maybe a new trial, and then a bunch of stuff for 6.25. Not much to stick around for and I've got a backlog piling up.

My question now is whether I want to go back to Tales of Arise or Horizon Forbidden West first. Leaning towards Tales.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

My question now is whether I want to go back to Tales of Arise or Horizon Forbidden West first. Leaning towards Tales.

I've personally been chipping away at Wrath of the Righteous - ready to begin the final act of my first playthrough! It's certainly got more replayability than anything XIV offers right now. And a better story. And devs who care. And tons of exploration. I've already got 3 more runs planned out, and I still need to pick up the extra DLC module packs soon so I can piddle about with those. Plus, with DD2's announcement I want to replay DD: DA again here soon! And there are a ton of other games coming out, or that have been out, that I mean to sink my teeth into.

I don't expect much from this Live Letter, honestly. They'll need to blow it out of the water with Criterion Dungeons and Island Sanctuary for me to regain any semblance of interest in playing this game as a game, and not just a glorified IMVU-style chatroom where all I do is log in to talk to FC mates or RP (both of which I can honestly do easier and better on Discord, anyway). The story, sadly, is going to be even tougher to fix for me after EW's mess.

Hopefully they'll have lots of meaty info about stuff, I really would like reasons to start playing seriously again... but I won't hold my breath, lol. Too many disappointments over the years and especially over this expansion.