Can Square Enix stop killing off old content

[PetThisMiqo]

Can you quit with the negativity? Square Enix does build and create a lot of content that doesn't get frequent updates but that is completely understandable when you consider the enormous drain on resources that it would require. Is it not enough that you were given unique content? Lack of updates does not mean the content is dead. It just means that you the player have cleared the content and it's time for you to move on to something new and fresh which there is a lot of in this game. If there's nothing left for you to enjoy then take a break and play a different game but don't blame Square Enix for not keeping you constantly entertained with new content releases as soon as you clear out the older content.

[ThaCa]

Not only is some of the older content completely abandoned, they have butchered lower level dungeons and trials with constant potency creep. People deal 2-3x the damage and take way less than they used to back when these places were relevant.

[Boblawblah]

If there's nothing left for you to enjoy then take a break and play a different game

When Gaius at his most sarcastic is when he sounds the most reasonable lol

[Aldath]

I'm curious, is there a large number of players that would participate regularly in chocobo racing if they iterated/updated them? How about minion battles? Some stuff makes sense, levequests being updated/improved would be amazing, and the old exploration zones could a 2nd look with how most of the playerbase has moved on from it, but I think it's okay for some content to remain static as it is and just be there for the few people that want to engage with that content.

Besides, it seems like most players are interested only in moving forward with new content and aren't willing to sacrifice the speed at which they receive new content if it means looking at older content.

It wouldn't be bad if they actually tried to future proof it. The problem with most of the aftermentioned content is that you require interest from other players to be able to engage with it. I started playing this game 4 months ago and it's sad I might never be able to finish the stories of Eureka and Bozja because I committed the crime of joining in "too late", same with pre EW Extreme and Savage content. And no, just using PF isn't a solution, you have to sit for hours waiting for people who may abandon before more join, while you're unable to do solo progress because you're in a party.

This is the same issue that made me leave Gw2. Arenanet (the devs) have a tendency to introduce new systems every expansion that usually require the involvement of many players, only to abandon them and make it impossible for newer players to complete. People often told me XIV was the mmo where even old content was still relevant but it's no different.

[Kes13a]

This is the same issue that made me leave Gw2. Arenanet (the devs) have a tendency to introduce new systems every expansion that usually require the involvement of many players, only to abandon them and make it impossible for newer players to complete. People often told me XIV was the mmo where even old content was still relevant but it's no different.

I hate to break it to you, but we the players are completely to blame. as a group players demand new things to make it interesting. we demand new jobs, and like it or not, the developers add them in. this will always seal the fate of old content as they are not going to rewrite the entire 10 years of the game to keep it all relevant.

any game, I dont care which one you name, but any game that has been around for any period of time... if you arrive "too late" as you say, the player base has moved on to the new content. thats just a fact of life in mmos. just be happy they have not gone the Destiny 2 route and simply removed a ton of previous content completely. that game has lost any relevance to a story. as a new person, there is nothing at all to get emotionally invested in like the old players.

[SigmarrIrenesch]

While I agree some systems are underutilized, I disagree any of the content is really dead. Take Eureka and Bozja for example since it's been brought up a few times and declared "dead content", but both of them have dedicated fans with Discord groups that organize regular runs of BA/CLL/DR and fate farming. You don't even need to join a Discord to find people doing the content pretty much daily. Just the other day I tried getting my only missing Field Note from Bozja and the instance was full of people farming clusters, running CEs and CLL. Just because nothing new has been added to them does not make it abandoned or dead - they have served their purpose (respective expansion's relic grind and storyline) and they remain perfectly accessible to both old and new players in a finished, maintained state. How would you even go about expanding either of them?

Also let's be real here, when was the last time any of us booted up XIV all "Oh boy, I can't wait to do some battle levequests and Verminion"? Some content just isn't worth expanding upon, as sad as that may be, but at least it exists and is kept in a working state for those who care and wish to engage. Instead of tinkering on a system with, like, ~50 fans out of 42 million players, focus the time and resources on new content, like they're doing now.

[Jojoya]

Can you quit with the negativity?

It will stop probably around the same time you stop using your various accounts to necro old threads.

It's somewhat ironic that you're complaining about negativity when that's what you chose to necro.

[Nebelheim]

It will stop probably around the same time you stop using your various accounts to necro old threads.

It's somewhat ironic that you're complaining about negativity when that's what you chose to necro.

I agree they don't want negativity but necro negative threads from months ago and reply to them.

[Kes13a]

I agree they don't want negativity but necro negative threads from months ago and reply to them.

its to reignite drama, thats all

[Nebelheim]

its to reignite drama, thats all

It does seem there "positivity" they keep trying to spread is from the drama filled threads there necroing or trying to reignite the drama.