Anyone else get the feeling they are still figuring out the story for 6.X and 7.0 ?

[Kes13a]

Unfortunately, yes. These recent interviews have only left me further disheartened and anxious about this game's future. The story is too big a part of mine and others' overall enjoyment and drive to participate and be in this game's world. The interviews made it seem like the Void isn't even going to be the focus of 7.0, and that it's subject to the reception by some of the more vocal sections of the playerbase on social media rather than establishing a beginning, middle and end for character arcs and the setting.

The release timing is also an issue, the fact that Endwalker might last until Summer 2024 is a thought that weighs heavy on my mind. As much as I want these patches to redeem and salvage my experience with this expansion, I don't know whether that will actually happen. Maybe it'll be that we just have to deal with the scions until the end of 6.5 and after that we get a whole new party, a whole new high fantasy setting, and things will finally reground themselves in a new adventure. I just don't know. I just want my confidence and faith to be restored.

you have to be the biggest doom sayer in these forums. there is nothing you like, is that called black knighting or something like that?

it is okay to take breaks and exist outside of a game. if you are ALWAYS looking for baqd things, then you will be amply rewarded by confirmation bias.

what do I expect? very little aside from entertainment. if they retain my engagement, thats all I need. I dont need some deeper meaning to restore faith in gaming companies. because I lost that years ago after sinking my soul into a game they catastrophically changed, and told the player base "dont let the door hit you on the way out" If you never played early Star Wars Galaxies then you have not got a clue about that, but thats besides the point.

stop pinning your hopes and dreams on something you have zero control over. its their game, their direction, good or bad. go along for the ride, or not, but when it comes right down to it, they dont care. no game company does. and your dislike of the game, the direction, the information etc.. will never.. ever.. EVER.. change that. enjoy the ride.. or dont. thats the only choice you really have.. if you do not feel they earn your money, stop giving it to them.. plain and simple.

no, not telling you to quit, or that this isnt the game for you, but that whatever you do.. is always your choice. they dont tell you how to live, you do. make it worthwhile and have fun, because in the end.. its a sudden stop...

[aveyond-dreams]

you have to be the biggest doom sayer in these forums. there is nothing you like, is that called black knighting or something like that?

it is okay to take breaks and exist outside of a game. if you are ALWAYS looking for baqd things, then you will be amply rewarded by confirmation bias.

what do I expect? very little aside from entertainment. if they retain my engagement, thats all I need. I dont need some deeper meaning to restore faith in gaming companies. because I lost that years ago after sinking my soul into a game they catastrophically changed, and told the player base "dont let the door hit you on the way out" If you never played early Star Wars Galaxies then you have not got a clue about that, but thats besides the point.

stop pinning your hopes and dreams on something you have zero control over. its their game, their direction, good or bad. go along for the ride, or not, but when it comes right down to it, they dont care. no game company does. and your dislike of the game, the direction, the information etc.. will never.. ever.. EVER.. change that. enjoy the ride.. or dont. thats the only choice you really have.. if you do not feel they earn your money, stop giving it to them.. plain and simple.

no, not telling you to quit, or that this isnt the game for you, but that whatever you do.. is always your choice. they dont tell you how to live, you do. make it worthwhile and have fun, because in the end.. its a sudden stop...

I looked up the interviews because I was excited for hopefully some good news. I then read the translations and realized more or less what it looks like they plan to do with the story, to say nothing of other content. I have my standards for what I think FFXIV can do and should be aiming for. I'm not sure that this shift in direction is conducive to that. As a longstanding fan of the game I'm going to voice my opinion about it. I just want things to be better. I want them to listen to those of us who care about the game and want to see it succeed.

I guess 7.0 will be as close to a fresh start as we're getting, but until then all I can hope for is that the Void is treated with more care than the other major foundational aspects of the game's world like the Ancients and Garlemald. The main things I liked about the story were wrapped up in such ways that it left me wanting for new threads to grasp, but if the way they were treated is any indication for how things will go for the Void I have to express my concern. I hope that they manage to see things from the player's perspective and not just their own. Leaving feedback is important for that, so I'll continue doing so. The only thing I can hope for is that someone somewhere reads it.

[Ransu]

I looked up the interviews because I was excited for hopefully some good news. I then read the translations and realized more or less what it looks like they plan to do with the story, to say nothing of other content. I have my standards for what I think FFXIV can do and should be aiming for. I'm not sure that this shift in direction is conducive to that. As a longstanding fan of the game I'm going to voice my opinion about it. I just want things to be better. I want them to listen to those of us who care about the game and want to see it succeed.

I guess 7.0 will be as close to a fresh start as we're getting, but until then all I can hope for is that the Void is treated with more care than the other major foundational aspects of the game's world like the Ancients and Garlemald. The main things I liked about the story were wrapped up in such ways that it left me wanting for new threads to grasp, but if the way they were treated is any indication for how things will go for the Void I have to express my concern. I hope that they manage to see things from the player's perspective and not just their own. Leaving feedback is important for that, so I'll continue doing so. The only thing I can hope for is that someone somewhere reads it.

What you are is spoiled. You have no idea what its like to play a game like swtor, where players who thoroughly loved the game were BEGGING for content. That games expansions equate to a minor patch in this game and honestly the only thing keeping it going is the fact its a star wars game.

FFXIV is the most consistent MMO on the market when it comes to how often it updates and how much content it gets and even if the story is "average", at least this game drops full length stories that are 20+ hours compared to other games that drop 30 minutes of gameplay and 10 minutes of story.

Also, for a long time fan, I find it surprising that you thought the void ark would lead heavily into 7.0. The x.1 and x.2 patches are always clean up post expansion stories and the stories shift heavily after that. With the current arc effectively ending, why would you think 7.0 would be anything but a completely fresh start? Its more than likely we will be on a completely new continent. Whatever "threads" you're holding onto....you're wasting your time. They are starting fresh in 7.0 with a new story arc.