DT writing is not even the biggest problem XIV has right now.

[Hallarem]

it seems that Yoshi-P at least mentionned the matter of long term content in an interview in Australia. Let's hope they'll get it right...

Oh he mentions a lot of stuff, but people should start to slowly look at his and the teams track record and wake up from the stupor. Actions matter, not words. He loves his structured releases per patch. I'd like that passion back that he had to rescue 1.0 from oblivion, they even mentioned it in the documentary series, I think it was Koji fox that said "We can't fall into the trap of being relaxed again." well lo and behold, they have. Instead of continuing with innovation full force, it's very very slow. Again normally I wouldnt care, but we are paying a monthly sub for this.

I have never cared about high end content, unless it had a good mount drop or somekind of glam I wanted. Because gearing in this game is worthless, anything you get? It will get replaced in the next patch or by some 2 second craft. Which is pathetic design for an MMO. I get enjoying solving fights with your community, and friendgroup, but I feel like the system just needs to change. Stats need to matter more and be more unique, gear needs to matter more and be unique, rarer, more multifauceted, jobs need to be more unique.

I think this game needs more L's, more disasters for them to wake up. Because its blatantly clear they won't innovate based on the need, but only because the actual company is at risk.

P.S
- Please don't let the Primals near another expansion themesong again, keep them relegated to dungeon OST's if you have to, thanks.
- Put Soken on a leash, he's very much weighing on the line of experimental "it sounds cool" vs what is actually immersive and puts you into the world. Don't even get me started on "Smile" which is the song version of "Show don't tell." Be happy happy happy... lalalala

- Fire whoevers idea it was to turn the MSQ from an adult story that respected you as an observer/listener/player into a Disney cartoon for 12-year olds that hammers its morals into you in the most juvenile way ever, I get that Dawntrail had some dark issues to solve with, but with the dialogue and tone of the story it felt like tossing dead-cenote babies at a screen showing the Emperor's new groove.

[Fatch38]

it seems that Yoshi-P at least mentionned the matter of long term content in an interview in Australia. Let's hope they'll get it right...

remember that yoship once said that personal housing would be different from fc housing and wards and that they won't go the auto demo timer route. soooooo...

[CNitsah]

Oh he mentions a lot of stuff, but people should start to slowly look at his and the teams track record and wake up from the stupor. Actions matter, not words. He loves his structured releases per patch. I'd like that passion back that he had to rescue 1.0 from oblivion, they even mentioned it in the documentary series, I think it was Koji fox that said "We can't fall into the trap of being relaxed again." well lo and behold, they have. Instead of continuing with innovation full force, it's very very slow. Again normally I wouldnt care, but we are paying a monthly sub for this.

Yeah, as I said in that linked thread

I'm glad they AT LAST talked about the elephant in the room, which is to me the biggest FFXIV problem, but with the all the bad choices of the last 3 years, I'm not gonna rejoice until I see the end result. Trust is not there anymore, and they can still fail the progression of that content. There is a big difference between a long running content with steps where you can see yourself progress and keep you engaged with rewards (those reward can be things like the bozja/zadnor medals) to those steps and a "farm 2500 - 3000 FATES to get one mount". I hope for the best and fear the worst.

But seriously, even with a good equivalent of Bozja/Zadnor (I like everything but the global art direction for that zone), I'm not sure the cynical point of view toward the game I developped during those 3 years of nothing will ever fade. Something is not there anymore, and it might be too little too late. But I'll still wait and see this time, even if it may be the last time.

[Hallarem]

Im just slightly afraid this whole "Yoshi-P is tired of telling dark stories" article mightve played into Tural being neutered and disneyfied with extremely jarring dark moments and happy moments that did not vibe with the overall melody of the story. Alá train bomb + happy song for example

[MaxDetroit]

Im just slightly afraid this whole "Yoshi-P is tired of telling dark stories" article mightve played into Tural being neutered and disneyfied with extremely jarring dark moments and happy moments that did not vibe with the overall melody of the story. Alá train bomb + happy song for example

When there is a light story, there will always be a dark story following up ... ;-)

[CamuiKushi]

God I remember saying to people I hadn't done Eureka yet at the end of Shadowbringers and having people time and again tell me to not bother because it's bad and that Bozja wasn't much better lmfao
How times change (I really enjoyed Eureka, btw).

[CNitsah]

God I remember saying to people I hadn't done Eureka yet at the end of Shadowbringers and having people time and again tell me to not bother because it's bad and that Bozja wasn't much better lmfao
How times change (I really enjoyed Eureka, btw).

To me there is 2 reasons to that :
- from what I heard, farm in Amenos, Pagos and Pyros has been made easier : you get more crystals than what you used to during SB. Which makes the whole thing less of a pain (Hydatos still the wrost zone to farm - Pagos is a pain in your first run, but when it comes to farming for weapons, it's not that bad).
- people prefer have a bad content to occupy themselves than a no content at all that fill that function.

It's more about the function of the content than the content itself.

[Ardeth]

God I remember saying to people I hadn't done Eureka yet at the end of Shadowbringers and having people time and again tell me to not bother because it's bad and that Bozja wasn't much better lmfao
How times change (I really enjoyed Eureka, btw).

Everyone is different. Even back when Eureka came out, people loved it and hated it. I personally hated it. I still kinda do. I've learned not to be bothered as much by it. As someone who really bounced off of what FF11 was Eureka to me was just a cocktail of everything, I hated about 11.

But I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's just antithetical to what I enjoy from games.

I don't have any of the chase items from Bozja. I'm just rank 25. I think with Bozja, at least for me, it's the overall player attitudes. Like in Eureka, the system is so convaluted and abrasive that people will meet you halfway with confusion, and in Bozja, you should already know. And I can not stand that mentality, especially as someone with a learning disability. Sometimes, things make sense to everyone, but me. And I have to work harder than you do to learn them, but the irony is I never forget what I learned doing it.

But to make a long rant short, I found Bozja to be much more toxic than Eureka.

[ReynTime]

remember that yoship once said that personal housing would be different from fc housing and wards and that they won't go the auto demo timer route. soooooo...

And he also said combat in 2.0 onwards would have focus on creativity and skill expression.

[lolnotacat]

- Put Soken on a leash, he's very much weighing on the line of experimental "it sounds cool" vs what is actually immersive and puts you into the world. Don't even get me started on "Smile" which is the song version of "Show don't tell." Be happy happy happy... lalalala

Smile was Sokens first huge "whiff", but it felt so bad it felt like it was on a completely different level. What's funny is that it could be a decent song, but it's really misused. The train bomb was laughable, the end of the game and Wuk's speech are bot hamfisted, and the night version of Tuliyollal while actually nice to listen to doesn't really fit IMO.

I'm not sure if it's Soken's fault that it was used how it was or if that was Hiroi's doing, or even Yoshi-P's, but I hope whoever was in charge of that song's placement learned a valuable lesson.