Quote Originally Posted by Daralii View Post
It's frustrating how many interviews from 2021 to 2024 amount to "We're gonna rest on our laurels, now pay up".
In another thread I asked about what even keeps people in this game, and most answered sunken cost, friends, they don´t want to loose the house they gambeld on even though they do not really play anymore or they enjoy the RP scene in this game aka. conection with the other players... only a fraction sayed they enjoyed the Highend Raiding scene or were early enough in the game to have still enjoyable side content to look forward to.

So as it stands gear is streamlined into meaninglessness the only reason to farm anything is for glams.
Gameplay is extreamly seamy with as it feels clear aim to funnel players into the endgame content which the devs seem to see as Raiding.
More and more Glamours and emoted (and mounts) get introduced into the game which are imersion breaking. Early on the highest tech we are introduced is magitec and all we ever get to use is created by Cid a Garlean deserte while Garleans are know for there Magitec... thats the lore that get´s established... meanwhile some one coming into the game for the first time now sees dozen players in effin space suits taking selfies on there smartphone and flying around in there NASA mechs.

I am sorry for drawing compersion but streamlined gear, game desinge changes meant to funnel players fast into the endgame, and immersion ignoring skins that can or cannot be bought in the cash shop.
FF 14 more and more resembels one of these nearly dead MMORPGs you can free to play which have the only Aim to milk there remaining Whales. I think Terra was basicly that bevore it was shut down.
And seeing that we are player number wise we move to pre Shadowbringer numbers I think the game starts to become exactly that typ of game. Don´t misunderstand me it will take years till we hit that state... but seeing the devs not seeing the need to improve anymore makes that point unavoidable.