There has not been a single major patch without a critical issue since Endwalker.

[Dionysius]

DC travel is one of the biggest feature they ever done, if you asked players 2 years ago, everyone will say no way they will do it, impossible, etc. Yet here we are.

Also I don't think the DC travel is faulty, NA is just overcrowded. JP and EU seems working as intended. Took me 3m to jump between DC, neat.

[Ryaz]

This may win the award of the day for post most divorced from reality. With criterion dungeons, island sanctuaries, etc. all about to come down the pipeline, FFXIV is currently the complete and polar opposite of "managed" mode. Are we just throwing terms around now without a clue or something? By the way, there have been bugs with practically every patch; it's called the nature of MMO's. Talk about a nothing-burger, sheesh...

He's a troll. Probably another Titanmen alt. Dude is famous for saying stupid shit.

[Deveryn]

DC travel is one of the biggest feature they ever done, if you asked players 2 years ago, everyone will say no way they will do it, impossible, etc. Yet here we are.

Also I don't think the DC travel is faulty, NA is just overcrowded. JP and EU seems working as intended. Took me 3m to jump between DC, neat.

NA really is like that because it's also SA, some EU and Oceania.

[Vahlnir]

I disagree. PvP overhaul was great and very well received. It revived what was basically a dead mode. The raid series has been a blast so far. Aglaia has been well regarded as one of the best Alliance Raid tiers. DSR Ultimate was loved and is one of the hardest fights ever designed in the game. We've got a ton of new content coming in 6.2.

They've had some hits, but also some major misses. CC and Aglaia were great. DSR is something I can't really speak on, but it's apparently doing okay. Meanwhile, they've been cutting corners in some places, like with Hrothgar and their apparent need to re-use job gear for CC rewards when, in my opinion, there should have been more unique sets given by those vendors. They've also messed up their housing lottery system is a really bad way. It shouldn't have taken them a month to get it working properly. And data center travel is apparently not doing so hot right now. Could just be the traffic or a bug, but either way I don't think they tested it properly, or at least not enough. I haven't seen them fumble content design back-to-back like this for a while. Think the last time this happened (for me at least) was back at the beginning of HW when they released Diadem and Verminion and they both died shortly after.

[Akiudo]

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crystalline conflict was new (and not just "a new pvp mode" but pretty much a total pvp rework), we (assuming they get it fixed in due time) now have data center travel which while not gameplay is huge from a community perspective, for the 6.2x series we have criterion dungeons and island sanctuaries in the making.

if its not endless grinds you are after and things like dungeons or an ex trial don't count because "you do them once or twice and than they are the same as everything else" than only count those things i mentioned in the first paragraph and be honest here, how many NEW things do you think square should be able to design and get up and running in the span of a few months while being required to offer at least some more of the basic "old systems" simply do to the nature of being an mmo?

[Ryaz]

They've had some hits, but also some major misses. CC and Aglaia were great. DSR is something I can't really speak on, but it's apparently doing okay. Meanwhile, they've been cutting corners in some places, like with Hrothgar and their apparent need to re-use job gear for CC rewards. They've also messed up their housing lottery system is a really bad way. It shouldn't have taken them a month to get it working properly. And data center travel is apparently not doing so hot right now. Could just be the traffic or a bug, but either way I don't think they tested it properly, or at least not enough.

I'm not saying things have been going perfect. There are definite problems. But I also know the dev team is human, makes mistakes and I have enough trust in them that they'll get things fixed. The DC Travel thing seems to be an NA only problem right now. EU and Japan seem to be working well.

I just don't see the whole "we're getting less content" thing because I see plenty of content. It's not all for me, but it is content that appeals to a lot of people and I'm fine with that. I have no problems playing what I enjoy and then going to play some Destiny 2 or Fallout or something in between.

[Vahlnir]

I have enough trust in them that they'll get things fixed.

They eroded that trust for me over the course of a single patch, which says a lot given that I was a stalwart defender of them prior.

[Theodric]

They eroded that trust for me over the course of a single patch.

Likewise. There's room for them to renew that trust, though the 'usual suspects' who make a career out of defending absolutely everything that a billion dollar company does only serves to push yet more people into sceptical territory.

We're not 'hAtErS' for having genuine concerns about the very same pattern emerging that caused World of Warcraft to go from the most popular MMO in existence to a complete laughing stock and constant string of scandals.

[Adamantini]

crystalline conflict was new (and not just "a new pvp mode" but pretty much a total pvp rework), we (assuming they get it fixed in due time) now have data center travel which while not gameplay is huge from a community perspective, for the 6.2x series we have criterion dungeons and island sanctuaries in the making.

if its not endless grinds you are after and things like dungeons or an ex trial don't count because "you do them once or twice and than they are the same as everything else" than only count those things i mentioned in the first paragraph and be honest here, how many NEW things do you think square should be able to design and get up and running in the span of a few months while being required to offer at least some more of the basic "old systems" simply do to the nature of being an mmo?

I think you misunderstood me here: I said I liked CC, but I got sick of doing it so much / the imbalances helped with that.

A new, persistent and distracting content until the new """"big"""" patch is enough. Some examples?

WoW had pet combat. Stupidly casual content, where I was distracted for months.

Something involving FFXIV?

Throw some shit for the bluemage to do alone. A deep dungeon, revives this class they made with some content which gives reason for this class to exist. Here's a huge tip. I'm the retard who went to make carnival titles, like "perfect blue".

Moogle Troove. Since we don't have anything better to do, it gives me an event where I can farm some things in the game.

Make achievements more interesting to farm. I collect any kind of crap in games, unless it asks me to do 10,000x the same thing.

Ishgard restoration was excellent, it entertained me for a whole year. More content like this would be great

[Dionysius]

Likewise. There's room for them to renew that trust, though the 'usual suspects' who make a career out of defending absolutely everything that a billion dollar company does only serves to push yet more people into sceptical territory.

We're not 'hAtErS' for having genuine concerns about the very same pattern emerging that caused World of Warcraft to go from the most popular MMO in existence to a complete laughing stock and constant string of scandals.

I don't think it's hate, else you guys won't be here on forum. More like "Beater", that's how you think people working on the game to you right? Let's keep beating them to moveee.... faster.. faster, not fast enough!