Why are you even coping for 8.0 at this point??

[AlucaDragonheart]

At this point, I've long accepted what XIV is and don't have much in the way of expectations it will change in any noteworthy way. That doesn't necessarily mean it should either. I still find fun in it, but play significantly less than I used to.

Put simply, I've reached that point of indifference. I play for a few friends and because I still have some things I like to do. When that changes, I'll unsub.

Yep, that's exactly how I feel too. I know this game isn't going to change, or take risks, or shake itself up, it's.. just going to stay this way until it's maintenance mode is complete. So I just relegated this game to one of my side games now instead of one of my main games, it is what it is.

[Heavenchild]

I don't. It's just cost sunk fallacy.

[Bryson]

Will Savage and Ultimate(s) continue to exist?
Yes - Sub
No - Unsub

[Striker44]

Yep, that's exactly how I feel too. I know this game isn't going to change, or take risks, or shake itself up, it's.. just going to stay this way until it's maintenance mode is complete. So I just relegated this game to one of my side games now instead of one of my main games, it is what it is.

You know that "maintenance mode" probably won't be coming for another decade or so, right? The comment about it being "complete" confuses me, since it is the polar opposite of where the game has always been (actively developing plentiful new content).

[bic12]

You know that "maintenance mode" probably won't be coming for another decade or so, right? The comment about it being "complete" confuses me, since it is the polar opposite of where the game has always been (actively developing plentiful new content).

It's already in maintenance mode since the game is barely maintained by junior devs pumping out low qual, derivative patches over and over lol

[BlisteringFrost]

It's already in maintenance mode since the game is barely maintained by junior devs pumping out low qual, derivative patches over and over lol

To be fair, Maintenance Mode means no new major patches or content. Just bug fixes, at best. Barely maintained by junior devs is otherwise pretty true now with what Yoshi was recently telling us.

[Kaurhz]

To be honest... It's not the low quality that bothers me as much as the fact that everything released in this game is just a slightly fresh coat of paint over things they've done well over a decade ago.

There's no sense of wanderlust whatsoever.

[IttyBittyShark]

i was just thinking about, what even would there be to do when the game is in maintenance mode. i feel like ffxi has many worthwhile grinds that were enjoyable to do and still felt good to achieve. theres not really anything like that worth grinding for in this game.

[IhzaMhaskova]

Wild that someone could just be so proudly wrong with their full chest.

[Striker44]

It's already in maintenance mode since the game is barely maintained by junior devs pumping out low qual, derivative patches over and over lol

They just put out a new expansion a year ago with 60+ hours of content, plus patches over the next couple years completing the Alliance Raid series, Normal Raid series, Allied Societies, etc.. Someone on here pointed out that DT actually has the most content of any installment since ARR. Just because the release schedule is formulaic doesn't make something "maintenance mode" when they're still regularly releasing new content. Please, please take the time to learn what the phrase you're using actually means.