you think SE doing good job (or any at all) supporting old content

[vanaii]

I'd say they're getting better. The new MSQ roulette (with actual mechanics) and the pre-50 leveling experience really improves the early game. I've noticed they took the layout of some of the most hated dungeons, threw them in the trash, and replaced them with something more representative of the later content. The new trust-lite system is great, too.

I did Castrum for the first time the second time a few nights ago and was bemused the little tank had to deal with a tankbuster marker. Huge, dumb wings of trash busywork were cleared out too!

While some might have complaints about the overall dungeon philosphy of "one path/ three bosses/ packs between bosses," I appreciate the work that went into making these dungeons consistent with the rest of the game. Especially the work that went into making bosses have cute little mechanics at the early levels -- Copperbell normal especially comes to mind.

Also no more green sparkle collection or muckwalking in Toto. Thank god.

[SassyAssassin]

so if they don't (i find them not and i see people here and in game think so as well) why not just delet this content late on when it no longer relevent?

Because new players need stuff to do too xD

[Vahlnir]

so if they don't (i find them not and i see people here and in game think so as well) why not just delet this content late on when it no longer relevent?

Deleting old content is an absolutely terrible move. No. God no.

[HeyMcFly]

Yes & No - I think the best way to not make old content such a slog is unlock all skills in synced dungeons
There is nothing more aggrivating than playing a lvl 90 class but you can only use 2 skills. I'm fine with having my numbers tweaked but not having all of my abilities- like, yes, I got max level to get stuck in crystal tower (old content) that's why I play FFXIV! to press 1, 2, 1, 2 in a low level dungeon

That's one sure design GW2 had right, your damage was synced but you could still do your entire rotation.

More Old content though, like the doman enclave feels absolutely pointless as does bozja. The rewards from these are just trash most of the time and you're not missing out by not doing them.
Even Island Sanctuary feels like old content because it just lacks any customization & is just real estate simulator. The people in charge of designing it completely miss the point of games like Animal Crossing, Story of Seasons (aka old Harvest Moon) & Stardew Valley & I'm convinced they never played those types of games & further proves they don't listen to feedback when it comes to housing or customization.

But the xiv team has done a good job at cleaning up the story, making certain points more impactful as you see it happen in later expansions & taking out any irrelevant dialogue

They should also add extreme versions of the dungeons- as someone suggested, a lvl 90 version of it-similar to what WoW had, mythic dungeons that you just did for better gear & were hard & fun

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Yes & No - I think the best way to not make old content such a slog is unlock all skills in synced dungeons
There is nothing more aggrivating than playing a lvl 90 class but you can only use 2 skills. I'm fine with having my numbers tweaked but not having all of my abilities- like, yes, I got max level to get stuck in crystal tower (old content) that's why I play FFXIV! to press 1, 2, 1, 2 in a low level dungeon

That's one sure design GW2 had right, your damage was synced but you could still do your entire rotation.

More Old content though, like the doman enclave feels absolutely pointless as does bozja. The rewards from these are just trash most of the time and you're not missing out by not doing them.
Even Island Sanctuary feels like old content because it just lacks any customization & is just real estate simulator. The people in charge of designing it completely miss the point of games like Animal Crossing, Story of Seasons (aka old Harvest Moon) & Stardew Valley & I'm convinced they never played those types of games & further proves they don't listen to feedback when it comes to housing or customization.

But the xiv team has done a good job at cleaning up the story, making certain points more impactful as you see it happen in later expansions & taking out any irrelevant dialogue

They should also add extreme versions of the dungeons- as someone suggested, a lvl 90 version of it-similar to what WoW had, mythic dungeons that you just did for better gear & were hard & fun

To be fair to Gw2, when you only have like 6 buttons, losing any would be terrible.

[Lunalepsy]

you think SE doing good job (or any at all) supporting old content and make it stay any way relevant?

They keep rehashing the same content over and over.

[Rufalus]

The first wave of people to quit the game from my old FC and LSs pretty much left for this reason. The shallow, transient content that becomes irrelevant, pointless, and buried under the next dump of shallow, temporarily relevant content. The locations aren't leaving a lasting impression because they are just reskinned flat instanced rooms to host a scripted boss fight that quickly becomes irrelevant as the item level treadmill leaves it behind.

[Fendred]

They absolutely are. If you are maintaining some notion that it will be exactly as it was in ARR, that is not possible given the content structure of the game. Not to mention they've learned and applied so many lessons since then that raids are entirely different from then.

[Boblawblah]

I don't think most players are interested in SE focusing on old content if it means that new content is slower to release. Also, anytime SE does something different, people get annoyed BECAUSE it's different, so is it any wonder they stick with what generally works?

[Soge01]

Once they redesign Crystal Tower raids.