Yoshi-P: "If you want more engaging content, go play Ultimate"

[caffe_macchiato]

Everyone used to praise Yoshi for 2.0 and ya sure he deserved it, but he has not done a single freaking thing SINCE for 14 ANY sort of different. In fact, he's been constantly removing things to make "One size fits all" scenarios. I remember it started when he removed materia from mattering in PVP. A small step, and those smell steps kept happening more & getting bigger each time over years.

You can't even say if it aint broke dont fix it, because he is still changing things, dumbing them down more & more

It's been re-skinning the same pattern of quests & content and that's it. Bozja is the only thing really different & fun and that's what, 2 years old.
No new tougher systems, dumbing down PVP and removing content, instead of leaving what "he" thought was broken, and simply adding different modes.
V & C was fun to duo, but it lasted all of what, 2 days tops to get the mount & minion.

But that doesn’t matter to the playerbase. Many people say that FFXIV isn’t supposed to be your main game. You play the story, try the raids, then put it down for another game when it’s finished. The less content we have with each patch, the more time they have to play better games. It’s why FFXIV is still one of the most critically-acclaimed games of our time. It respects your time instead of bogging you down with stuff to do. I personally look forward to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight next week. No MMO other than FFXIV lets me focus on another MMO while on the subscriber rolls.

Just take it from the latest ads for the game:

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But that doesn’t matter to the playerbase. Many people say that FFXIV isn’t supposed to be your main game. You play the story, try the raids, then put it down for another game when it’s finished. The less content we have with each patch, the more time they have to play better games. It’s why FFXIV is still one of the most critically-acclaimed games of our time. It respects your time instead of bogging you down with stuff to do. I personally look forward to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight next week. No MMO other than FFXIV lets me focus on another MMO while on the subscriber rolls.

Just take it from the latest ads for the game:

Was....the best MMO, THEN.....

......but even then, XIV was never a respected MMO like their last one. XIV is viewed as a theme park by hardcore mmo players. It is something you can jump into, but nothing to stay for.

Like a chick with a nice body and zero personality.

WoW was always the King. 2 years of increased sales will never make up that type of ground. We are talking nearly 2 decades...older than some here maybe.

Saying that, don't plan on playing Dragonflight, because I could never really get into WoW.

Imo, the XIV craze is nearly over. All the streamers who wanted to get buzz from XIV got their fill. WoW is back to being the most watched mmo, with Lost Ark always somehow being the 2nd......

XIV is back to doing free logins, and perhaps overestimated their popularity with desolate servers.........