Why this Live Letter Matters

[Stormpeaks]

Had to log in to type this. (Lucky I don't make a thread)

Over the last month I've seen alot of fear mongering about the game.

The content is dull i'll agree! However, when you have ppl making threads like this, ppl talking in third person and ppl obsessing over Kiaten, it has to stop.

This game may be in decline - but so what?

I love this game as much as you all, but seriously, you all need to grow up.

"the game is in decline so let's grow up and not say anything so it keeps going in decline"

great words my friend, great words, nothing can go wrong with that thinking

[Khryseis_Astra]

This minion though! I need him!

[ForteNightshade]

Not sure how anybody can just play only FFXIV tbh. From this week alone, I've played a bit of Elden Ring, Dark Souls 2, Dokapon Kingdom, Dragon's Dogma, Grandia, Divinity: Original Sin 2, and Honkai Star Rail. One cannot be chained down by a single game.

Most people aren't just playing FFXIV. Even if they don't play other games necessarily, they'll have different things to occupy their time. Speaking for myself, I watch a lot of podcasts, shorts and bounce around to different forums. All while also playing other games just nowhere near as many as you mentioned.

The actual criticism people have is FFXIV has nowhere near enough content to last even a month in a five month long patch cycle. Not unless you're just doing weeklies. Odd numbered patches are specifically bad for this. Case in point, 6.3 will have lasted 19 weeks yet everything in both it and the .5 patch thereafter offered could barely fill a week, let alone nineteen. I don't think it's unreasonable for people to be annoyed they can't get four weeks out of nineteen before they have to "play other games."

[EliaStormblade]

Looked like a pretty good LL to me. The only thing that worries me is their stance on relics. Just give relic farmers some shit to farm. Otherwise... well, they didn't give an indication on whether the criterion reward scheme is fundamentally changing, but I'd hope so.

[CelestiCer]

Alright, now they're just making fun of SAM at this point.

Yay it's literally the Kaiten animation stance...
=__=;

[IDontPetLalas]

I like the maiming and aiming sets so I'm not super mad, but goodness gracious circlets all the way again huh.

Well, my question when I look at this is, if someone showed this picture, hiding the races- and asked you which game it came from - would you be able to tell? My answer would be "no idea"- it could be from one of any number of games, it's so generic. It just looks like a fairly recycled medieval concept, whereas we've had some sets that were more distinctive - even the Nier set, for example- so I would like something that deviates from the "healers and casters in robes, tanks in armor" paaradigm in future

[DivineP]

It is indeed.

I understand ppl are upset but spamming these forums over and over with hyperbolic hearsay doesn't help this game thrive.

[Bunnycake]

Yay it's literally the Kaiten animation stance...
=__=;

It's the closest to Kaiten.

[DivineP]

It's the closest to Kaiten.

Case and point.

[Luluna]

Well, my question when I look at this is, if someone showed this picture, hiding the races- and asked you which game it came from - would you be able to tell? My answer would be "no idea"- it could be from one of any number of games, it's so generic. It just looks like a fairly recycled medieval concept, whereas we've had some sets that were more distinctive - even the Nier set, for example- so I would like something that deviates from the "healers and casters in robes, tanks in armor" paaradigm in future

I agree with you...I have a lot of love for this game but every single time it is the same old outfits. It just looks like reskinned armour or pretty close. Nier gear is so nice and I would love something along the line of the outfit similar to alphascape there are some really nice pieces in there. The robes need to go and also dancer's wearing bard gear has never worked for me.