Zepla: Endwalker is the Worst FFXIV Expansion I have played

[Zairava]

So that's a "No, I haven't done everything in the content that I'm currently complaining that we don't have". Well, at least you're being honest about having to have shiny new things instead of actual content to do (which you obviously have a lot of). So everyone saying "there is lots to do, you just don't want to do it" is right. So this argument of "no backlog for veteran players because we've done everything" is just nonsense.

I already have the relics I'm interested in getting and I go back and enjoy the content as I see fit, I don't need you or anyone else to tell me my complaints aren't valid when endwalker has obvious flaws of content longevity because I haven't done literally everything.

[Stormpeaks]

I already have the relics I'm interested in getting I go back and enjoy the content I see fit, I don't need you or anyone else to tell me my complaints aren't valid when endwalker has obvious flaws of content longevity because I haven't done literally everything

According to them, you need to get every single thing in the game, that also includes the fish 10000 fishes achievement and the likes, and every single mount or pet, only then you have the right to have an opinion

it's pretty crazy really

[Lauront]

There's a healthy balance to be struck where both new and veteran players can be appeased. As it stands, I very much get the impression that the game is slowly marching towards another 1.0 of lesser proportions due to taking veteran players for granted.

It's why I'd like Yoshi-P to sit down and devote some time specifically talking about what his plans are for veteran players rather than tell them to 'go play ultimate' or to 'take a break'.

He's devoting considerable time and effort into revamping large swathes of the game for the sake of new players. Which would be fine, ordinarily, if such future proofing didn't come at such a steep cost elsewhere.

I understand their desire to attract new players, and goal of attracting players who don't like playing with others so they can play this as a single player game.

But at some point when it feels like a lot of development time went into this, and not for content for actual MMO players and veterans who have supported this game all along, or for many years, I can't blame veterans for feeling slighted.

I do feel they chose this at the expense of veterans. I don't feel like they hired more people and this was just an extra. Because so much time went into this, I do feel there is less for ME to do as a veteran, and at the end of the day, I care mostly about whether I and people in my circle that I play with feel enjoyment. Not people who haven't played the 10 years the game has been out. Especially if they are solo-only and I'm unlikely to ever run into them.

That appears to be the trade-off they're gambling on. There seems to be a lot of churn in the LB player statistics (although the new player rate is now dropping) and the current model they seem to be working towards is sating players who are newer and therefore have a backlog of stuff to work through before they begin running out of content on the one hand, and people who are content to just log in for every major (and maybe minor .x5) patch.

The issue, as has been mentioned, is that when you eventually get to the point where there's fewer more experienced players logged on, the social experience decays... So once the new player churn eventually dies down, you're stuck with not an awful lot to do at max level content and not much to hook people into sticking around to make that viable. That explains the focus on making the game more single-player viable, but I don't think it can compete with dedicated single player (or even some coop) games so I'm not really convinced this will pay off.

[Nebelheim]

So that's a "No, I haven't done everything in the content that I'm currently complaining that we don't have". Well, at least you're being honest about having to have shiny new things instead of actual content to do (which you obviously have a lot of). So everyone saying "there is lots to do, you just don't want to do it" is right. So this argument of "no backlog for veteran players because we've done everything" is just nonsense.

What if they have done all the current content in endwalkers on release and there isn't anything else to maintain there interest. Most veteran players have also done the "backlog of content" on release as well and got everything out of it they wanted.

[CNitsah]

That isn't to say that veteran players' concerns don't have merit, but they do have to take into account how many players don't paid to play the game all day and rush through all the content on day 1. I feel that many of them have taken this into account, particularly MrHappy, but there are going to be some that don't with how many content creators we have now.

On the problem of people rushing the content on day one and complaining after that there is nothing to do, I think it's a false problem. Those people were there in ShB, yet most of those agree that without being perfect, ShB did a far better job at giving the said content longevity. Once again, a lot of the complaints are about this patch cycle doing a far worst job at making long term content than the previous extensions. The same devs literally did a better job at that in the past, and that's why people complain. You can't do like people rushing content didn't exist 2 years ago. Something that is often (always?) implied when that argument comes out.

[Supersnow845]

Are we really at the point of arguing “if you don’t have every physeos relic, every set of +2 elemental armour, Cassie, the speed belt, the OH the 7 magecite, copycat, conditional, great/regular zentuksuken, Sam barding, shiver, ellvann, petral and eld you can’t complain about the current state of the content

The level of cope is off the charts, what will the arguments be in June next year when we will have been going almost 18 months like this

[ChonkGoblinSuprem]

Comparing an MMO crafting grind to “bash[ing] your head against a brick wall,” is a totally normal thing to do!

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

Are we really at the point of arguing “if you don’t have every physeos relic, every set of +2 elemental armour, Cassie, the speed belt, the 7 magecite, copycat, conditional, great/regular zentuksuken, Sam barding, shiver, ellvann, petral and eld you can’t complain about the current state of the content

The level of cope is off the charts, what will the arguments be in June next year when we will have been going almost 18 months like this

Maybe like what I've experienced: being accused 'mentally ill' for having all of that, just like how I was accused being one for clearing 255+ DRNs on patch to clear all ShB relics at that stage.

GCBTW.

[Lauront]

Are we really at the point of arguing “if you don’t have every physeos relic, every set of +2 elemental armour, Cassie, the speed belt, the OH the 7 magecite, copycat, conditional, great/regular zentuksuken, Sam barding, shiver, ellvann, petral and eld you can’t complain about the current state of the content

The level of cope is off the charts, what will the arguments be in June next year when we will have been going almost 18 months like this

It gets to the point where they're basically asking you to do content in the game, which you may already have done in some form, just for the sake of doing content. Very weird logic. Imagine asking someone to go level and gear up other jobs just to keep them busy, even though they don't enjoy playing them. It's makeshift work and not really a reasonable approach for an MMO to take. Especially for a genre where people often have a specific thing they want to play and specialise in.

[LittleImp]

So, question. From how people are talking about Eureka/Bozja, you make it sound like you've completed everything there is to do there. So all the relic weapons/armors for all jobs, all the items/mounts (included that awesome Fran bike!! so jealous)/etc (silly achievements aside if there are any). Is that true?

Ah, the classic "How can you say you truly enjoyed the beach when you didn't eat every single grain of sand on it?"

Invoking completionism as some kind of fun purity test is totally ridiculous. The vast majority of players aren't completionists, and don't magically turn into completionists just because they enjoy something. I have a few hundred hours in Bozja and completed maybe 2-3 relics, and ended two notes short of the bike because I didn't feel like going back to the first zone and waiting for a specific fate to spawn.