Quote Originally Posted by Vyrerus View Post
Honestly, the reason why FFXIV has such a heavy lean towards purely social content and interweaves so much with social media posting is because the majority of our playerbase are not gamers first and foremost.

They are writers, artists, photographers, creatives, and what have you. They aren't subscribed to XIV for its gameplay. They're subscribed to create social circles, share glams etc. There's a whole bevy of folks who want the gameplay dumbed down as much as possible, all combos consolidated into single buttons, and for Trusts to be available for all content.
I am "a gamer" and I still think it's silly having each step of a combo on a separate button. No other game I've played has that, except maybe if the combo is all that you have, and even then it's probably because you're expected to use those buttons in varying order to perform different attacks.

Having three buttons purely so you have to hit 1-2-3 instead of 1-1-1? This game is the only one I can think of.

Also, people can be creative in FFXIV and still enjoy a challenge in the gameplay.