Zepla: Endwalker is the Worst FFXIV Expansion I have played

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Unfortunately, Zepla is right. Endwalker has been extremely disappointing, and the game is deteriorating. In my 8 years of playing, I've never felt such disappointment.

The content is mediocre, and we have to wait for patches for 4.5 months. There's no PvE grind content, no PvE exploration content, the 24-man raids look nice but are mechanically forgettable, the first two tiers of Pandæmonium are disappointing.

Job balance isn't optimal, and they've become extremely casual+++++++++-friendly.

Endwalker has been a failure.

[Reap00]

Unfortunately, Zepla is right. Endwalker has been extremely disappointing, and the game is deteriorating. In my 8 years of playing, I've never felt such disappointment.

The content is mediocre, and we have to wait for patches for 4.5 months. There's no PvE grind content, no PvE exploration content, the 24-man raids look nice but are mechanically forgettable, the first two tiers of Pandæmonium are disappointing.

Job balance isn't optimal, and they've become extremely casual+++++++++-friendly.

Endwalker has been a failure.

Zepla has no clue what she is talking about. Why anyone would accept the opinion of a streamer as their own is beyond me. They are random people you meet on the street. Would you accept the opinion of a random stranger? I hope not. You keep supporting Zep though. She will be happy to pump out trash content as long as you pay her.

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Zepla has no clue what she is talking about. Why anyone would accept the opinion of a streamer as their own is beyond me. They are random people you meet on the street. Would you accept the opinion of a random stranger? I hope not. You keep supporting Zep though. She will be happy to pump out trash content as long as you pay her.

Nothing to do, I don't even watch his streams or his videos, I just share his general opinion on Endwalker,
stop deducing things when an opinion does not please you.

[Vahlnir]

Zepla has no clue what she is talking about. Why anyone would accept the opinion of a streamer as their own is beyond me. They are random people you meet on the street. Would you accept the opinion of a random stranger? I hope not. You keep supporting Zep though. She will be happy to pump out trash content as long as you pay her.

She has every clue what she's talking about. For me personally, I've felt this way since 6.1 at the earliest. It is just nice to see someone with a bit more influence share the same views that I already have. I don't have to know someone to agree with them. I know I'm wasting my time telling you all of this, since I've gone back and forth with you before over the years, but oh well.

[ForteNightshade]

Zepla has no clue what she is talking about. Why anyone would accept the opinion of a streamer as their own is beyond me. They are random people you meet on the street. Would you accept the opinion of a random stranger? I hope not. You keep supporting Zep though. She will be happy to pump out trash content as long as you pay her.

How does she have no clue when she's simply expressing her opinion the same as anyone else? Some "random stranger" isn't necessarily playing FFXIV whereas Zepla does. Regardless, I've held almost an identical opinion as hers since 6.2. The only difference is streamers/Youtube's have far more reach than any random person. Yoshida has outright admitted they watch Zepla, Xeno, Happy and Mizzteq. Whether you like it or not, their opinion holds actual weight because it isn't just their opinion but the several thousands liking their videos.

You can enjoy EW all you fancy. In fact, I wish I could feel the same. And I mean that genuinely. I'd prefer to actually enjoy the expansion instead of contemplating my sub because there's literally nothing worth doing. Nevertheless, respect the fact not everyone does. Like I said earlier, you're entitled to your opinion just as we are ours.

Mine is that Endwalker is decidedly underwhelming with nearly every piece of content that isn't the basic formula being a flop in some manner or another: Island Sanctuary is a glorified retainer venture and nothing else, the reward structure for Criterion is downright awful—a fact made evident by the content dying within a few weeks of its release. Seriously. Try to find a party for either of the dungeons nowadays. It's completely dead because there's zero reason to do it, especially Savage. Why put in all that effort for essentially nothing? And before you say, "I thought raiders didn't need rewards?!?!" Take the rewards away from any piece of casual content and it will instantly die too. If the upcoming 24 man didn't have any glamour drops, nobody would touch it after a week. The simple fact is people are motivated by some form of incentive—of which Criterion has none.

Deep dungeon has zero innovation and is essentially a HoH copy/paste. Then we finally get to the relic and it's been the exact same tome farm three separate times now. No innovation. No story progression. And no talking to Godbert for all of five seconds is not story progression. It's a literal "do the same daily chores you always do and here's a welfare weapon."

Of course, all of this is my own opinion entirely separate from Zepla's. I held that opinion long before she posted her video and I've never watched her stream.