@Casuals , do you think the message has gotten through?

[Zackmag1993]

Secondly, Dawntrail Story is bad. Or at least very poorly written. WUK LAMAT is obviously a WOKE character. The dev team of this expansion made that clear by making everything revolve around here. She was a very badly written character; she could have been a better character. She was written as an ignorant princess that never left her castle. And then, suddenly, she knew how to communicate, how to act, and how to understand her people's culture as if out of thin air. I get it; they wanted to use the power of LOVE as a DISNEY WOKE CHARACTER. And it is obvious she was the main character for that. They created a bad character who had the chance to be better in concept. Look, DION from FFXVI was the woke character of this adult game. And he worked out because he was not defined by his preference or bad writing. He was one of the best-written characters with these characteristics that gave depth to his storyline. Exactly what WUK LAMAT needed. She could have been serious and fun at the same time. by learning her people's ways and showing leadership traits. The main expansion song is a DISNEY WOKE REFERENCE. The team that work on this was definitively with an agenda.

[Zackmag1993]

Third Krile Story. It was a bait for players to expect her to be the deep character in this expansion. Which again was not because of WUK LAMAT. She could have a second main story that intertwines with the rite of succession storyline as well. This could have opened a storyline with archaeology, cave exploring, and a trail reexploration regarding her parents footsteps. More dialogues with Gulool Ja Ja and an opportunity to have a better connection with her instead of summarizing everything by saying she is from the 9th and her parents left her to save her. And that is it. She could have a "Hey Arnold"-like story with her parents, as Arnold, the main character of this 90s series, had with his. (Only using this as a reference for better story writing). The scions should have more depth helping Krile, Wuk Lamat, and Koana. Estinien as a mercenary opening secondary quest options, trials, or hunts with him in Tural.

[Zackmag1993]

The fourth Sphene storyline should have been the second part of the Dawntrail story, and I have a very strong reason for it. First of all, as a follow-up to the Krile story.
And second, because in this storyline I can tell you here is the secret to help Garlemald be restored. (We haven't seen anything about it yet; maybe it was forgotten by the depths that were part of the story as well). Dawntrail had great content releases, great new in-game mechanics, and great things that were new to the game and greatly welcome. (UP Today there is no denying that). But the story of this expansion almost killed all this effort. Sorry, but it is the truth. This is not about killing Wuk Lamat. They can rewrite the story and make it better. The game already has all it needs to work again, and after that is fixed, the game can have new things added to it. Now this regarding the Dawntrail story and its failure through it.

[Zackmag1993]

Regarding the game itself.

I think there are old features that need to be updated and remastered in this game for them to work again and provide content for people to do, because the majority also tend to leave content behind because it is no longer relevant. (Including myself). Alliances FC needs to have more presence in the game, especially through all the Garlemald war storyline until Endwalker. They are basically the base on which everything revolves regarding the war outside the divine aspect of the war between Hydaelyn, Zodiark, the Ascians, the Scions, and the WOL. Stormblood is the best example of this.
Stormblood needs a rework regarding that. The Gyr Abania section is not good enough; it lacked the content needed to make the area relevant. The Othard section is the best section of the EXP and the best in storytelling developed. Gyr Abania needs to have more warlike features add to it. Like War Fates, war-related bosses, and encounters. Please help us have more content in there instead of a desserted barren land.

[Zackmag1993]

To continue with Stormblood. Alah Migo should be a main city with the difference that we need to restore it exactly as the Doma Enclave. This opens the opportunity to have Alah Migo content with battle, crafting, and gathering missions and activities to do so. Maybe hunt for commerce activities with other cities to have embassies in the city to help restore it and have more Rabahn and Lyse presence as leaders in this development as well. Make Garlemald's presence in Othard and Gyr Abania more present and a new ambientation with war vibes. With that said, you can also make Eureka and Bozja Content have a level max reached at the moment you enter for new and old players to replay it and make them active again with improved drop rate percentages.

Make all raids of both contents accessible through party finder also. People will come back and see this as old content development and that you care to also make other content better time as well.

[Zackmag1993]

Deep Dungeon and Variant Dungeon will have queue systems as well to be visited and completed as well for both normal and savage mode, and make sure the log entry for Variant is completed when the dungeons are complete as well for them to be more accessible and people can replay them constantly for their rewards. This is for all variants.

Make Fate points less for grinding instead of accumulating up to 60 battlers per each purple fate batch to upgrade rewards in each Shadowbringers, Endwalker, and Dawntrail zone.
Make less for ten per each purple badge up to all 5 you need per zone to unlock rewards to make it more approachable and easier to grind.
Make special FATE bosses appear as frequently as S ranks in all zones. and announce them in the chat as you announce the maintenance notices every time. This will help people to be focus and also active waiting for them to appear in case content feels repetitive so they can have something else to do while exploring, grinding, or treasure hunting, etc.

This will help the community to unite more between veterans, raiders, and casuals, and incentivize people to do all content instead of just focusing in raiding or casually playing the game. people will feel more curious about it.

[Mawlzy]

Secondly, Dawntrail Story is bad. Or at least very poorly written. WUK LAMAT is obviously a WOKE character. The dev team of this expansion made that clear by making everything revolve around here. She was a very badly written character; she could have been a better character. She was written as an ignorant princess that never left her castle. And then, suddenly, she knew how to communicate, how to act, and how to understand her people's culture as if out of thin air. I get it; they wanted to use the power of LOVE as a DISNEY WOKE CHARACTER. And it is obvious she was the main character for that. They created a bad character who had the chance to be better in concept. Look, DION from FFXVI was the woke character of this adult game. And he worked out because he was not defined by his preference or bad writing. He was one of the best-written characters with these characteristics that gave depth to his storyline. Exactly what WUK LAMAT needed. She could have been serious and fun at the same time. by learning her people's ways and showing leadership traits. The main expansion song is a DISNEY WOKE REFERENCE. The team that work on this was definitively with an agenda.

This is where half of forum members will quit reading, and the other half will like your post.

[Volgia]

This is where half of forum members will quit reading, and the other half will like your post.

Guh, I'd just ignore them. We don't need "Woke Lamat discourse" to poison our discussion even further.

[Mawlzy]

Guh, I'd just ignore them. We don't need "Woke Lamat discourse" to poison our discussion even further.

It seems they've picked up a sufficient head of steam that at some point they'll burn themselves out.

[Zackmag1993]

Balancing for range DPS, and healers DPS needs to improve to be at least equal to casters. The fact they don't do it due to their functionality is laughable.
DOTS and Buffs should all do the same 5%, so when they join together, it's up to 10% increase on stats, and should all combine together when raiding or doing PVE content for it represent at least 10 to 15% of all parties damage in the game, balancing DPS Damage to be similar between classes for a better way to equalize job performance.

This one is just my opinion; you can criticize, add, or disagree with me. Sorry for the long opinion here, but this is, in my opinion, just ways they can fix the game. This is just one player's opinion, not an expert's, and does not need to be taken into consideration. If what I have said touches you and you like it, you can add and share it. If not, it is okay; you can provide your opinion. I am just interested in the well-being of this game. You can also correct me if I am wrong; it is okay. I hope these opinions I gave are of help in supporting the community feeling regarding FFXIV's condition, and devs can see this and listen to all of us and not just a few.