New player(s) thoughts

[caffe_macchiato]

Its not your type of game and that’s ok, it wasn’t made to please everybody as nothing ever is in life.

And that's okay! In fact, I think it may be better for Square Enix to keep things the same for as long as possible. 7.0, 8.0, and so on. Many people love and cherish how this game operates. Unfortunately, the pool of fellow players will shrink over time as the mandatory story grows longer. Friends will leave, new players will stop coming, and communities will be gutted. The game was designed for a server population half the size that we have now, so many current players will enjoy the breathing room. And everyone else can pick up a better game that's not FFXIV, because let's face it, this game is kind of a let-down. Win-win?

[SassyAssassin]

And that's okay! In fact, I think it may be better for Square Enix to keep things the same for as long as possible. 7.0, 8.0, and so on. Many people love and cherish how this game operates. Unfortunately, the pool of fellow players will shrink over time as the mandatory story grows longer. Friends will leave, new players will stop coming, and communities will be gutted. The game was designed for a server population half the size that we have now, so many current players will enjoy the breathing room. And everyone else can pick up a better game that's not FFXIV, because let's face it, this game is kind of a let-down. Win-win?

Someone dropped their fortune tellers on the forums again please come mop them up.

In all seriousness, Final Fantasy games are story driven. That won’t ever kill the game, it will just keep a different playerbase than the one you want.......and thats ok . And please go pick up a better game instead of just giving us hope that you will.

[R041]

Someone dropped their fortune tellers on the forums again please come mop them up.

In all seriousness, Final Fantasy games are story driven. That won’t ever kill the game, it will just keep a different playerbase than the one you want.......and thats ok . And please go pick up a better game instead of just giving us hope that you will.

Don't get too smug about the playerbase we've retained all these years, it's not the MSQ that keeps the players around and subbed for 2 years each expac cycle. When we have nothing to do and can no longer feed off of the bright eyed young, we'll just eat ourselves.

[SassyAssassin]

Don't get too smug about the playerbase we've retained all these years, it's not the MSQ that keeps the players around and subbed for 2 years each expac cycle. When we have nothing to do and can no longer feed off of the bright eyed young, we'll just eat ourselves.

Such goes with every mmo. Most people play for two or more years and then move on, come back or not, new players sub when their current mmo lacks content for a while, then they go back as well etc etc, people will keep recycling as long as new content keeps dropping, and they said they’re not letting the game end anytime soon. Unless they mess up completely there will always be those that have interest in story driven mmorpgs and ffxiv can provide a very long story.