Face it, this game is in maintenance mode now, i.e. managed decline

[FireMage]

Imagine actually saying the game is in maintenance mode yet still getting regular patches. What a garbage troll

[Zebraoracle]

You spelled Hogwarts Legacy wrong. Although the game I go back to the most these days is Deep Rock Galactic. ROCK AND STONE!

DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?

[Greyhawk]

God damn, would you guys please stop feeding this forum troll already?

It's just sad shit posting at this point.

[Vrankyl]

Kinda funny how we seem to get less and less content every patch. Like the total lack of exploratory content this expansion, for example.

They've already stated why we aren't getting it though. Instead we are getting Deep Dungeon and got the Island Sanctuary. Resources are a finite thing. If they focus on one thing it means not focusing on another. Now that isn't to say that there are some hints to the team pulling back a bit, though I'd reckon that's likely due to many of them also being on the FF16 team as well. But at the end of the day, large pieces of content like that are always going to be swapped for others at times due to the lack of resources.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Imagine actually saying the game is in maintenance mode yet still getting regular patches. What a garbage troll

............I agree with this.

[Hycinthus]

They've already stated why we aren't getting it though. Instead we are getting Deep Dungeon and got the Island Sanctuary. Resources are a finite thing. If they focus on one thing it means not focusing on another. Now that isn't to say that there are some hints to the team pulling back a bit, though I'd reckon that's likely due to many of them also being on the FF16 team as well. But at the end of the day, large pieces of content like that are always going to be swapped for others at times due to the lack of resources.

Is it really confirmed that dev resources are being used for FF16?

[Vatom]

I think They pulled some of the team over but I would have to look it up to confirm

[MagiusNecros]

DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?

ROCK AND STONE FOREVER! YEAAAAAAH!

[dspguy]

I've played a lot of MMOs. The main difference between content updates in XIV and in other games I've played... is accessibility.

Content in XI would take months to complete, simply because it was difficult (no duty finder, higher challenge, actual penalties for failing, etc). For example, I remember when Chains of Promathia was released and the 3 Promyvion zones. People weren't running them on Day 1. Or Day 2. Or Day 3. First you had to farm up the materials/gil to buy the new gear that would make your job viable in those zones. Then wait for Friday - Sunday timeframe to get other people to actually run the zone.

It wasn't like new content here where we clear the new dungeon, 24-man, trial in a few hours.

[CStrife912]

I've played a lot of MMOs. The main difference between content updates in XIV and in other games I've played... is accessibility.

Content in XI would take months to complete, simply because it was difficult (no duty finder, higher challenge, actual penalties for failing, etc). For example, I remember when Chains of Promathia was released and the 3 Promyvion zones. People weren't running them on Day 1. Or Day 2. Or Day 3. First you had to farm up the materials/gil to buy the new gear that would make your job viable in those zones. Then wait for Friday - Sunday timeframe to get other people to actually run the zone.

It wasn't like new content here where we clear the new dungeon, 24-man, trial in a few hours.

While that is nice that they could do that...its also in a way artificially created challenge...like I am sure if 14 did that now it wouldn't bode well them patching the game and being like hey need to craft the gear needed to go to the zone or if an expansion launched the story was like cant continue till you are ilvl X or above. I will say it needs to dip in some manor its toes into the sort of grinds 11 or older MMOs provided...but with a more modern outlook. The way we as players engage with games has changed, the world has changed playing games in the early 2000s isn't the same as now...its a way different landscape.