This game is on a terrible state right now.

[SieyaM]

Of course the Endwalker defenders made an appearance here, the yes men who allowed and cheered on this game's decline will have nobody to blame but themselves for where it ends up in the future. All that is left is for Hiroi to do something out of left field with the ending to Pandaemonium like making Themis Venat's son for me to purge everything FFXIV-related from my computer.

They threw the story away.

They threw the content away.

And we're made out to be bad guys for speaking out against this state of affairs.

Enough's enough. We tried and failed to save a sinking ship, but with the current captain intent on burning every bridge he's built over the past 10 years my trust in this game's future is in the deep negatives until proven otherwise. Hope the burgers and dancing rodents were worth it.

Talk about a savior complex. Of course everything you like and want in a game is the only way for it to be good and people liking anything else is just them accepting mediocrity or poor quality. You must have the finest taste and the best ideas, if only they would listen to you and follow your direction solely without hesitation, then I am sure the game would soar to unheard of heights passing all other titans of industry.

[DixieBellOCE]

Talk about a savior complex. Of course everything you like and want in a game is the only way for it to be good and people liking anything else is just them accepting mediocrity or poor quality. You must have the finest taste and the best ideas, if only they would listen to you and follow your direction solely without hesitation, then I am sure the game would soar to unheard of heights passing all other titans of industry.

The thing is that he is right on certain points.

The game is becoming very stale.
If you voice your opinion, you are immediately swamped by the casual playerbase screaming at you to go play WoW or other MMO's.

The average players are scared that any change to the game might force them to actually have to get off their ass and put some effort into playing the game, like you used to have to.

[SieyaM]

The thing is that he is right on certain points.

The game is becoming very stale.
If you voice your opinion, you are immediately swamped by the casual playerbase screaming at you to go play WoW or other MMO's.

The average players are scared that any change to the game might force them to actually have to get off their ass and put some effort into playing the game, like you used to have to.

I will agree that the gearing system is just plain tired at this point, and a new way of obtaining or improving gear is desperately needed. I do no think that all aspects of the game need to cater to my wants and I do no think that the game is a complete failure for not aligning with all of my interests. I also remember XIV still being called baby's first MMO back in ARR or HW, it never had the reputation for being incredibly complex. I also don't remember jobs being wildly intense or cerebral, they all still had a strict rotation you followed and bosses had a script they followed.

[MonteCristo]

The thing is that he is right on certain points.

The game is becoming very stale.
If you voice your opinion, you are immediately swamped by the casual playerbase screaming at you to go play WoW or other MMO's.

The average players are scared that any change to the game might force them to actually have to get off their ass and put some effort into playing the game, like you used to have to.

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[aveyond-dreams]

Talk about a savior complex. Of course everything you like and want in a game is the only way for it to be good and people liking anything else is just them accepting mediocrity or poor quality. You must have the finest taste and the best ideas, if only they would listen to you and follow your direction solely without hesitation, then I am sure the game would soar to unheard of heights passing all other titans of industry.

Yes.

If people actually listened to those of us that were like woah, 4 month patch cycles are absolutely not ok, relic steps and zones should follow the pacing of Stormblood back when this game's content rollout was indisputably at its peak, and lets not do insane things to the story like destroying most of the universe and blowing the budget on food animations then yeah you'd take out a huge chunk of the criticisms levied at Endwalker.

I have spelled out word for word what they needed to do to fix this game's problems and all they've done is double down. While sectors of the playerbase lash out at me for criticizing their perfect game. So be it.

[SieyaM]

Yes.

If people actually listened to those of us that were like woah, 4 month patch cycles are absolutely not ok, relic steps and zones should follow the pacing of Stormblood back when this game's content rollout was indisputably at its peak, and lets not do insane things to the story like destroying most of the universe and blowing the budget on food animations then yeah you'd take out a huge chunk of the criticisms levied at Endwalker.

I have spelled out word for word what they needed to do to fix this game's problems and all they've done is double down. While sectors of the playerbase lash out at me for criticizing their perfect game. So be it.

You know with new game + you can replay StB over and over again, which it appears is all you want to do.

[aveyond-dreams]

You know with new game + you can replay StB over and over again, which it appears is all you want to do.

Do you see why I don't normally take the time to respond to takes like this? By all means please continue misrepresenting me, but these sort of gotcha takes do nothing to help the game.

Well then please tell us, what exactly do you want, give us the details on how to save this game.

Already have across the 2,043 posts I've made on this forum. Go read them.

[SieyaM]

Do you see why I don't normally take the time to respond to takes like this? By all means please continue misrepresenting me, but these sort of gotcha takes do nothing to help the game.

Well then please tell us, what exactly do you want, give us the details on how to save this game.

[SieyaM]

Do you see why I don't normally take the time to respond to takes like this? By all means please continue misrepresenting me, but these sort of gotcha takes do nothing to help the game.



Already have across the 2,043 posts I've made on this forum. Go read them.

I have seen a lot of complaints from you, but no what I want is you to design a patch roll out. Give us everything you would put into a content patch.

[aveyond-dreams]

I have seen a lot of complaints from you, but no what I want is you to design a patch roll out. Give us everything you would put into a content patch.

Ok let's have a hypothetical X.Y and X.Y5 patch.

X.Y releases with the following:

MSQ
Raid
Extreme Trial
Beast Tribe
PVP rewards
Unique armorsets for Dungeon and Crafted gear instead of them being recycled
Treasure Maps

X.Y5 releases with the following:

Restoration Step for Crafters and Gatherers
Relic Step w/Zone or raid akin to Delubrum Reginae that isn't just a tome grind (1st zone released no later than the .25 patch)
Release of/Addition to rewards for Deep Dungeon

I will not be taking the time to simplify things to this degree for you again.