State of the Game prior to Liveletter

[Ryaze]

I had zero expectations for the PLL and only the tiniest glimmer of hope for another field instance this time around. I am beyond disappointed with what was announced. No engaging relic content. How do you go from a very engaging Bozja with Duels, CEs, Castrum, DRN/DRS and Zadnor/Dalriada to "quest-centric" Hildebrand relics? What is most likely a one-and-done freebie relic with poetics to purchase additional relics.

Everyone is gushing over Criterion (Savage) when literally nothing was shown on how difficult it is nor meaningful descriptors. Can't rez? O no, anyway. When was the last time anyone mildly competent died in a dungeon? If they somehow put in the difficulty of some of the Bozja Duels, harder CEs, etc into this content, cool, but only 3 Criterion dungeons over the entire expansion? Uhh, not so cool. Not cool at all. Lackluster I'd say.

Where's the gold saucer update? Where's BLU mage update? Where's more Leap of Faith tilesets? Where's more platforming sections? Where's more gold saucer mini-games/new GATEs? Why is Island Sanctuary which was billed as a major expansion content STILL not out? Why is it releasing with 6.25 and not 6.21 or 6.2?

If not for my midcore Savage/Ult group I would unsub from FFXIV and never return. Where is the actual engaging content? Why is all the content revamped content or boring upscaled fights I've already done when it was current (Unreals) which are now even easier by virtue of having a more extensive toolkit?

And looking at the blurred out Island Sanctuary picture again. Even that looks disappointing. The vast majority of the picture is just blurred out water. Unless there's verticality to the island with valleys, climbable mountains, and caverns/caves underneath the land, it looks far smaller than I would have hoped.

[aveyond-dreams]

I had zero expectations for the PLL and only the tiniest glimmer of hope for another field instance this time around. I am beyond disappointed with what was announced. No engaging relic content. How do you go from a very engaging Bozja with Duels, CEs, Castrum, DRN/DRS and Zadnor/Dalriada to "quest-centric" Hildebrand relics?

By catering to Reddit and Twitter and shutting out all other dissenting voices that offer critiques about this game's recent storytelling. They'd have one believe that Hildibrand is the greatest piece of literature ever made but when you show that questline to someone with more serious tastes you'd get a whole different picture. It had already seeped into the MSQ and now it's infected and taken over the relic content.

There is nothing to lead me to believe we will get another exploratory zone, the Reaper Kinna weapon already exists and is as good enough of a relic-looking weapon as I want for that job, and I'm waiting on the eventual crafted Hydaelyn weapons for Sage to use as my long-term weapon glam. I have various other go-to pieces for my other jobs that I've collected over the years. Unless there is something so amazingly unique about this expansion's relics then I am not going to bother with them.