Fate of the Squadrons & Squadron buffs

[Antonio_Xul]

I personally love the squadrons. I think they should keep adding to them, not only levels, but new characters for the Hrothgars & Vieras. Also, increase your squad number from 8 to 12.

[Eastwall]

I wish l can d more dungeons with them. It took me a lot of effort to assemble my lala squad.

[SieyaM]

I really don't think they will get rid of them since as someone already said they are tied to GC ranks and other things. It is very possible they will just leave them as they are as well as the GC ranks even though there are ranks that we haven't achieved yet listed. It's just one of the many things that is left behind with the expansion it as introduced with.

[CaptainLagbeard]

I highly doubt the Squadrons will be removed, but they very likely won't ever see any updates... It's one of the many abandoned systems the game has.

[Alleluia]

What are the other "abandoned systems" the game has? Guildhests and...? Genuinely curious. I can't think of any others.

2.0 MSQ got reworked. Diadem got reworked.. Levequests maybe? But even they still get new ones each xpac; just became crafter/gatherer focused. Everything else I can think of gets updates or is clearly feature complete.

EDIT: Maybe chocobo companions? Though, technically, also feature complete, and it still gets new cosmetics, it could do with some love, I guess.

[Astrus]

What are the other "abandoned systems" the game has? Guildhests and...? Genuinely curious. I can't think of any others.

2.0 MSQ got reworked. Diadem got reworked.. Levequests maybe? But even they still get new ones each xpac; just became crafter/gatherer focused. Everything else I can think of gets updates or is clearly feature complete.

EDIT: Maybe chocobo companions? Though, technically, also feature complete, and it still gets new cosmetics, it could do with some love, I guess.

Depends on how you define "abandoned" I guess. I can't recall anything that isn't technically feature complete* but there are a bunch of things that just sit there and never got another look from the devs even if they could do with a little love or have effectively been discontinued.

Coils. While some might argue it's technically a "normal Raid" it is so different that it's not even in any of the Roulettes and aged really really badly. With the story it tells it could really do with a rework of some kind to make it more accessible.
The Hunting Log (which I suppose is also feature complete but then so are Guildhests and squadrons)
The obligatory mention of GC ranks.
Some of the Gold Saucer activities like chocobo racing and breeding I guess? Again, "feature complete" though (Did people ever get the costume shoes to go with the chocobo suit they've been asking for for years?)

*Save, of course, viera and hrothgar headwear

[CaptainLagbeard]

What are the other "abandoned systems" the game has? Guildhests and...? Genuinely curious. I can't think of any others.

2.0 MSQ got reworked. Diadem got reworked.. Levequests maybe? But even they still get new ones each xpac; just became crafter/gatherer focused. Everything else I can think of gets updates or is clearly feature complete.

EDIT: Maybe chocobo companions? Though, technically, also feature complete, and it still gets new cosmetics, it could do with some love, I guess.

Aside from Squadrons

Guildhests, completely abandoned.
Hunt Logs, completely abandoned.
Grand Companies, tied to Squadrons which seem to be abandoned.
Chocobo Companion, last update was during HW at latest as it still has Accuracy.

The Feast was removed, although replaced with the Crystal Conflict.

Astragalos has been undergoing a rework for years.


Those at least come to mind

[Gordita]

I'm sure it was mentioned already but they won't remove it, or improve it. It's needed for GC ranks , and the emotes. It's probably just gonna sit there forever and be a meme for eternity. Funny enough , everyone complained about how awful the squadron ai in dungeons are. Then they released duty support and it's even worse ... Sad really. My tank runs all the way back to the start of a dungeon in duty support to engage an enemy that leashed back and I can't even tell him to stop being dumb and to continue towards the objective. What a joke.

[redheadturk]

Depends on how you define "abandoned" I guess. I can't recall anything that isn't technically feature complete* but there are a bunch of things that just sit there and never got another look from the devs even if they could do with a little love or have effectively been discontinued.

Coils. While some might argue it's technically a "normal Raid" it is so different that it's not even in any of the Roulettes and aged really really badly. With the story it tells it could really do with a rework of some kind to make it more accessible.
The Hunting Log (which I suppose is also feature complete but then so are Guildhests and squadrons)
The obligatory mention of GC ranks.
Some of the Gold Saucer activities like chocobo racing and breeding I guess? Again, "feature complete" though (Did people ever get the costume shoes to go with the chocobo suit they've been asking for for years?)

*Save, of course, viera and hrothgar headwear

If Coils ever become MSQ required, I could see it being revamped to make it so normal df parties could complete it.

[Vendy]

I really wish they would allow your Squadron to do the new dungeons. I took a very long time working on doing the right achievements to get my whole Squadron with the exact members that I wanted and even made uniforms for everyone. I wish that you could pick also from your squadron members even if cannot control them when you pick your trusts. I definitely dont mind leveling them and feel closer to them than leveling the characters I already know like Thancred.