Do you know why the average pf player is so bad?

[strawberrycake]

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I found this interesting post. This is probably why Se does not incentive people to get better. Because instead of getting better, more people would quit And that hurts profit

I mean it's true we don't teach players to be better and nothing in this game is aspirational. Players don't wanna get better to earn the cool stuff, with so much of it handed to them, I remember, wanting, to do more dps, I remember, wanting, to be a better player, I remember, wanting, to get the gear set for my class. The problem with XIV is that we have removed things like there being a difference in gear you get from normal and savage. Originally from Alexander to Omega tier 2, you had to clear savage to get the full armor which was also dyeable, thats gone now. They also don't give Titles to anyone who Clears savage, we only get a mount and our weapon now. Raiding as it stands is not something to aspire to and lacks prestige. Prestige in gaming is healthy, giving players a goal is healthy, yet we've ran far from that in most cases.

We then run into another issue, the feed back loop for doing content, nothing we do within out kits feels weighty, it doesn't feel good to, hit, a boss, and that self same lack of weight also affects our bosses, none of the mechanics feel dangerous, given it's a static dance we're doing over and over again, we know whats coming when and we have the mit for it. We've removed enmity, we've removed bosses being able to one hit anyone thats not the tank, we've removed, the stress, from dungeons.

So here we are now, a lot of players already skip the dated Guildhests and Hall of Novice, but none of our content teaches a single bit of knowledge bar stacks and spreads, we've given them nothing to work towards and they're just flailing in the dark trying to find meaning in their sub and reasons to play.

We have Taken the MMO OUT of the MMO.