2024 is going to be FF14's last chance to tackle its stagnating formula (PC Gamer)

[Turtledeluxe]

FFXIV has not typically been described as stagnating historically as far as I know, so you have to ask yourself why this term has become so incredibly trendy. Imo it has less to do with the content or even the rollout of the content. It's the desperate bid for ease of play and balance that has ruined jobs and combat, generally, and made the game a snoozefest for most jobs and most encounters. The big audience the devs thought they would draw in by knee capping the entire game all left them once the hype was over. What did we learn?

It isn't just that players know what they're getting in 7.0. It's that they know the new abilities will mostly be cosmetic, they know they're going to faceroll most trials and dungeons, they know team composition doesn't matter at all, and so forth and so on. The devs won't make any moves that will make moment to moment gameplay surprising or special bc all content has to be totally clearable with no effort.