Zepla: Endwalker is the Worst FFXIV Expansion I have played

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

You don't need to shill for yoshi so much. He doesn't care about you just like he doesn't care about ff14 growing in any way at all (as long as you stay subbed and give his company money to waste time on other games)

I think you are misunderstanding - I am neither exclusively agreeing nor disagreeing with either Zep or Yoshi P, I am only stating what they each do and have done in a reductive sense.

Zep's complaints about the game are perfectly valid and I agree on a ton of points and Yoshi P simply gave a "well if it currently isnt fun for you take a break" sort of advice. Does this seem like shilling to you? The main point of this post is criticizing the OP for playing human newsletter to stir already confirmed emotions and opinions without actually providing any additional takes from themselves, which I saw no point for.

Call me a shill all you want, but if I actually were to unpack how much there is to criticize about the game I'd need to take three days off from work to be done in reasonable time.

[Vahlnir]

The main point of this post is criticizing the OP for playing human newsletter to stir already confirmed emotions and opinions without actually providing any additional takes from themselves, which I saw no point for.

Yep. That is exactly what I was doing. The OP themselves aren't even making a point. Zepla is, and I agree with her myself. This redundancy, along with their obvious intentions based on other threads they've made, sort of makes anything the OP says irrelevant in my eyes, regardless of the threads they create.

[Johners]

I think you are misunderstanding - I am neither exclusively agreeing nor disagreeing with either Zep or Yoshi P, I am only stating what they each do and have done in a reductive sense.

Zep's complaints about the game are perfectly valid and I agree on a ton of points and Yoshi P simply gave a "well if it currently isnt fun for you take a break" sort of advice. Does this seem like shilling to you? The main point of this post is criticizing the OP for playing human newsletter to stir already confirmed emotions and opinions without actually providing any additional takes from themselves, which I saw no point for.

Call me a shill all you want, but if I actually were to unpack how much there is to criticize about the game I'd need to take three days off from work to be done in reasonable time.

Except Zepla actually addresses Yoshi-P's comments on "playing another game" in her video with a quote from Ion Hazzikostas of all people. MMOs are social games and you reach a critical mass of people logging in or not based on how many other people are playing. A new patch or expansion brings players in much like the current irregular tomestone event but likewise it goes the other way. There's been less content this expansion and less replayability in the content we have received. At some point enough people don't log in that the game feels dead or people that would log in quickly log off when they see all their friends offline.


Yoshi-P's "play another game" comment is always used to deflect criticism and at this rate it'll be what kills the game, everyone will leave to play other games and a critical mass will be reached that starts a downward spiral. Why even earn an Endwalker relic in this expansion when it'll be quicker to buy with poetics in 7.x? Likewise, why even bother gearing unless you play savage without a relic zone to play? Do the raids once for a story and dip. In fact, just wait until the x.55 patch and binge the entire MSQ/story content at once. I'll play other games alright, I'll even document and encourage the most cost effective way to do this so other people can easily copy. We'll soon see how many other games Yoshi-P and Square Enix want us to play when we're only subscribed for 2-3 months out of a 24+ month expansion cycle.

[FenyxRising]

Except Zepla actually addresses Yoshi-P's comments on "playing another game" in her video with a quote from Ion Hazzikostas of all people. MMOs are social games and you reach a critical mass of people logging in or not based on how many other people are playing. A new patch or expansion brings players in much like the current irregular tomestone event but likewise it goes the other way. There's been less content this expansion and less replayability in the content we have received. At some point enough people don't log in that the game feels dead or people that would log in quickly log off when they see all their friends offline.


Yoshi-P's "play another game" comment is always used to deflect criticism and at this rate it'll be what kills the game, everyone will leave to play other games and a critical mass will be reached that starts a downward spiral. Why even earn an Endwalker relic in this expansion when it'll be quicker to buy with poetics in 7.x? Likewise, why even bother gearing unless you play savage without a relic zone to play? Do the raids once for a story and dip. In fact, just wait until the x.55 patch and binge the entire MSQ/story content at once. I'll play other games alright, I'll even document and encourage the most cost effective way to do this so other people can easily copy. We'll soon see how many other games Yoshi-P and Square Enix want us to play when we're only subscribed for 2-3 months out of a 24+ month expansion cycle.

I agree with everything except 24+ implies it's minimum 24, actually it's minimum 30 now, it's really that bad, and it's probably 32 or 33 for 6.x.

[Johners]

I agree with everything except 24+ implies it's minimum 24, actually it's minimum 30 now, it's really that bad, and it's probably 32 or 33 for 6.x.

Seriosuly though, Endwalker is £30 on Steam which I assume is the same price for the standard edition on PlayStation, Windows standalone and macOS versions of the expansion. If you wait until Janaury, more than two years after the release of Endwalker and when 6.55 is due to release, you'll likely be able to buy the expansion for 50% off and buy three months of subscription at front for a reduced price. It'll be around £50 to get both of those which gives you more than enough time to play all the story content and get relatively decent last patch gear, maybe get a relic weapon and do some DoH/DoL before ignoring the game until 7.55 sometime in 2026.

What we really need are one or more of the big XIV content creators clearly explaining this casual playstyle on their social media channels. I'm sure Square Enix would very quickly change their tone on "playing other games" and how they approach end game content design if we openly encouraged a playstyle that destroys the underlying business model of the subscription MMO that carries Square Enix's financials every year.

It's ok to weaponise the monthly subscription fee against against Square Enix, Blizzard or any other MMO developer.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

Except Zepla actually addresses Yoshi-P's comments on "playing another game" in her video with a quote from Ion Hazzikostas of all people. MMOs are social games and you reach a critical mass of people logging in or not based on how many other people are playing. A new patch or expansion brings players in much like the current irregular tomestone event but likewise it goes the other way. There's been less content this expansion and less replayability in the content we have received. At some point enough people don't log in that the game feels dead or people that would log in quickly log off when they see all their friends offline.


Yoshi-P's "play another game" comment is always used to deflect criticism and at this rate it'll be what kills the game, everyone will leave to play other games and a critical mass will be reached that starts a downward spiral. Why even earn an Endwalker relic in this expansion when it'll be quicker to buy with poetics in 7.x? Likewise, why even bother gearing unless you play savage without a relic zone to play? Do the raids once for a story and dip. In fact, just wait until the x.55 patch and binge the entire MSQ/story content at once. I'll play other games alright, I'll even document and encourage the most cost effective way to do this so other people can easily copy. We'll soon see how many other games Yoshi-P and Square Enix want us to play when we're only subscribed for 2-3 months out of a 24+ month expansion cycle.

Again, I agree with you and this isn't the reason why I responded. I agree with Zep on many points and I called Yoshi P's statement a "sort of" advice which I personally do not believe in. So I am unsure why you explain the gravity of Yoshi P's statement impacting the growth of the game as a response to me.

[caffe_macchiato]

The main point of this post is criticizing the OP for playing human newsletter to stir already confirmed emotions and opinions without actually providing any additional takes from themselves, which I saw no point for.

So true. In FFXIV, it's not about the content of a post, but the person who's making it. If someone's been canceled, they're no longer allowed to dislike the game. You have to meet our social standards before being granted special status as controlled opposition. Otherwise, you're just a troll and a shill.

Right?

[AlexiaD]

So true. In FFXIV, it's not about the content of a post, but the person who's making it. If someone's been canceled, they're no longer allowed to dislike the game. You have to meet our social standards before being granted special status as controlled opposition. Otherwise, you're just a troll and a shill.

Right?

Exactly, and you're also Titanmen !

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

So true. In FFXIV, it's not about the content of a post, but the person who's making it. If someone's been canceled, they're no longer allowed to dislike the game. You have to meet our social standards before being granted special status as controlled opposition. Otherwise, you're just a troll and a shill.

Right?

...please stop. I am not sure what part of your post is satire as your footnote implies and I'd prefer to not be wrapped into anything involving cancellation, meeting arbitrary social standards or other things. I said what I said, there is no hidden values that need to be met.

[DiaDeem]

I'll repeat what I've said before: She will very likely be invited to be a part of Dawntrail's Media Tour:

Unless she brings these issues directly up to Yoshida's face, videos such as these don't really mean anything.

This applies to any content creator being invited to the Media Tour that has made videos about issues with the game. They have the very unique opportunity to bring all of these concerns directly to the director and producer of the game. if they don't, then they're nothing more than another random voice lost within an ocean of comments that could go either way and it doesn't matter.