Are MMOs DYING!?...or are we just expecting too much?

[AvoSturmfaust]

I looked at your Profile, you still seem to have a lot of unfinished content in the game to do, unlike me.

You don't even have all jobs leveled yet, i mean yes, if you only look at "current" content there is a big drought, but the game has more to offer than just running 4 savage bosses.

You are looking at one of my raid chars, with my main i have nearly everything finished, the only thing left are the solo deep dungeons, and thats something im really not interested in

[Arohk]

You are looking at one of my raid chars, with my main i have nearly everything finished, the only thing left are the solo deep dungeons, and thats something im really not interested in

fair enough.


My opinion: MMO's aren't dying, there are still a lot of people interested in this type of game, but they are neglected by the game devs or publisher.
All modern MMO's suffer from the same problem, Monetization first, game second, if the main question is how to maximize profit with all sorf of bullsh't like battle passes and cosmetics instead of just making a good game people love for a long time, then it is destined to fail.

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Existing problems are ignored for too long & always take too long to fix,
content always takes too long to make because of self generated inefficient systems.

FFXIV is at a point of stagnation,

Old content pretty much never gets updated, bad systems never get improved or modernized.

Useless new features no one asks for are implemented, while long desired ones like chat bubbles or Viera/Hrothgar hats are ignored. (which have already be done by modders)

The main content of the game is pretty much copy+paste since shadowbringers without much innovation.

I would rather see them reuse and recycle or redo old content to refresh the game than have to wait half a year for something actually new.

Edit:
FFXIV has the huge problem that is must run on PC & Console, and console is really holding back its potential imo. it is also very polished , i have very rarely encountered any sort of bugs since i play the game.