Square Enix, it's time to come clean about your plans for the future

[Atelier-Bagur]

The raids are literally designed to force people to stay subbed to keep up. What are you talking about.

No it's not. You don't need the raid or savage gear to keep up with the next patch because of tomestone/crafted/new dungeon gear which anyone can get easily, which will meet the very minimal ilv requirements to do the next batch of patch msq and endgame content.

Savage gear is literally there to fill the endless sense of dopamine on the players who want to see big numbers and efficiency for doing the optional harder content that is optional.

If anything the only thing that's being forced is the player itself for valuing Savage gear so highly in a game that lacks meaty endgame hard content that requires to put in a lot of work or effort to keep with ilvs to do most of the content casuals can already access.

[Koros]

No it's not. You don't need the raid or savage gear to keep up with the next patch because of tomestone/crafted/new dungeon gear which anyone can get easily, which will meet the very minimal ilv requirements to do the next batch of patch msq and endgame content.

Savage gear is literally there to fill the endless sense of dopamine on the players who want to see big numbers and efficiency for doing the optional harder content that is optional.

If anything the only thing that's being forced is the player itself for valuing Savage gear so highly in a game that lacks meaty endgame hard content that requires to put in a lot of work or effort to keep with ilvs to do most of the content casuals can already access.

spoken like a true casual

you need it for criterion savage and ultimates

[ZephyrMenodora]

Savage gear is literally there to fill the endless sense of dopamine on the players who want to see big numbers and efficiency for doing the optional harder content that is optional.

Players should be rewarded for spending the time and effort, and working as a team, to clear the most difficult content. So, it has a valid function of existing and to those players it isn't irrelevant.

Surprised in XIV that it isn't more powerful than other games. Raiders v. Casuals in other games I've played had a massive chasm in gear. (Of course the raid content vs. casual content also had a massive chasm in difficulty.)