What Do You Want More Of?

[Shistar]

What NPCs do you want to see more of?

I'm not that big into NPCs, but I like Alisaie, Aymeric, Leofard, Jullus, Lyse and Shale. I don't want them shoehorned in but it's always a treat when they show up.

What dungeon/Trial really did it for you?

P12S phase 1 was really fun for me. I was also pleasantly surprised by the in/out mech early into Recollection EX. Dancing Green was a joy to run for the first time in the normal mode. The music is fun, the voice acting is good, we're all vibing.
P9S color pairs was alright when people could settle on which waymarks to use. In general doing mechanics with a partner or more players is more fun than having to do them alone.

What aesthetic have they touched on that you want them to swing back to?

Classic high fantasy, gothic arquitecture and more medieval settings like HW and ShB (in part). It really itches my brain in all the right spots
I also really enjoyed the vibes in (lower) Urqopacha, especially the area with the lupins by the lake. Fluffy nature is great.
They haven't really touched it past some floors in PotD, but more Gelmorra stuff is always welcome. Although we don't have any in the game right now, an actual functioning high fantasy kingdom that is not abandoned/abolished/from mega long ago/etc. would be cool. Kind of like Voeburt used to be!

What game mechanic was introduced that you would like to play more of?

I like the "odd" ARR mechanics that only show up once or twice in the entire game... having more mechanics where it's less "quick, run to the safe spot—that looks like every other safe spot in every other fight—or die!" and more "here's a debuff/tether/enemy/THING, here's a castbar, here's an environment/interactable gimmick, now figure your way out of this before I finish casting/your debuff runs out". I specially like when it's an environment gimmick or if there's an RNG aspect to it, like in the order or who needs to perform the mechanic. Extra points if the mechanic requires cooperation through multiple parts of it, it feels less more like I'm just standing waiting to avoid the bad and I pay more attention to my teammates. Also, tether memes. Never gets old. Never fails to ragebait me.

What places do you want them to revisit with more content?

Post-war Coerthas and Dravania (not Ishgard, Coerthas), The Void/13th + The First and progress on balancing each other out, Sky Pirates shenanigans, beyond the Steppe (aka more Xaela stuff), Dalmasca, Bozja (not the warzone, actual Bozja, it looked really cool in Cid's duty) and just general day-to-day life in many civilizations. It'd be really useful for RP/Lore/Character development to be more familiar with building interiors (and get the relevant items for our houses), more down to earth conflict, structure and routines... I am a fairly boring person I think lol

[RedLolly]

What NPCs do you want to see more of?
Honestly the characters that the game looks to be building up as our main companions in 8.0, Y'shtola, G'raha, and Krile, are my choices. I'm ready to see Ryne and Gaia again, too.

What dungeon/Trial really did it for you?
I agree with others that Doomtrain was incredible, but my favorites are probably Warrior of Light and Mother Crystal. If the fight's cinematic and active with killer music, I'm thrilled. Dungeons, In Expac order, Lost City of Amdapor, Great Gubal Library, Swallow's Compass, Amaurot, The Dead Ends, and Worqor Zormor.

What aesthetic have they touched on that you want them to swing back to?
I really, very badly, want a new snowy region that ISN'T bleak and wrecked like we had with both Ishgard and Garlemald. My hope is something Nordic, but there are a million possibilities. Just because where they live is cold does not mean they don't use color.

What game mechanic was introduced that you would like to play more of?
Duty Support in trials. I know, I know, it's an MMO, but it's an FF title first for me and I like being able to learn on my own and enjoy the character's behavior.

What places do you want them to revisit with more content?
Eorzean areas wrecked by the Calamity we didn't get to like the West Shroud.

[Mecia]

Victorian bonnets and Fordola

[LeCorbeaux]

I'd like more open world content. Revisit old areas too - the rest of Coerthas (rebuild the Griffin Crossing bridge, please?), the 90% missing parts of Mor Dhona, the actual Sagolii Desert (not the tiny part that's in Southern Thanalan). Let us walk around the coast of Vylbrand. Let us also actually walk from Gridania, Ishgard and Ul'dah to Ala Mhigo - they're on the same continent after all!

And while you're at it, add or move more activities there - like Chocobo Racing. And make them dynamic, with people and beast tribes wandering around, hunting wildlife, building up their settlements, fighting each other, attacking other's settlements, and all of this creating FATEs which reflect and change (if successful) the current situation in the area.

[Vespar]

-Add on scenarios, like they did in FFXI, where we could go back and play thru 1.X story so folks who never got to see it could experience it. And tackle other lore related things that have been referenced but never developed like Gelmorra. Or even add the actual Battle of Cartenau, etc. In these scenarios, we could even play as certain NPC's and see things from different vantage points.
-Limited jobs be tweaked to fit so they can be used and enjoyed in all content too (but I know that will never happen.)
-Exploration content & Overworld Content.

[SamuraiMiqo]

I might be in the minority, but I'd like to see less NPC voices in trials. Example, during the Zelania fight, Sphene's voice is a massive distraction and makes it hard to focus. Just make it text.

As for something positive, I would love to see Spira or Zanarkand involved. Hell I even have an Alliance Raid idea involving FFX

[Reginald_Cain]

Short form repeatable instanced content. Small group content that isn't just dungeons. Stuff like Hamlet defense from 1.0. More things like maps. Preferably more emphasis on grouping for open world content like Fates and an overhaul on those in general.

This 100% i hate how dungeon and raid centric the game is. When blue mage first released it was a breath of life for old open world zones but each update put more spells in dungeons and raids with less and less in the open world. It's like they completely missed the poi t of what made this job a fun casual experience.

I agree we need more short form 4 man content like maps. Blue mage should have something to queue into with friends without using party finder too.

[Connor]

More: Final Fantasy

No I will not elaborate.

Seriously though more things that actually reflect final fantasy in gameplay/job design. Where are the Dragoons flying around the sky, the White Mages casting Protect and Shell, the Bards singing songs with a harp and standing around looking spoony?

Tf you mean Dragoons barely jumps?! White Mage just slams the same damage spell over and over?! Bards with Bows and their songs are just glorified dps stances?! Utter blasphemy! What’s next? A Beastmaster with no whips or beasts (oh god it’s coming soon isn’t it…?)

[Azurarok]

More making classes stick to the lore established within 14 instead of caving to players demanding it be something it isn't

[Connor]

More making classes stick to the lore established within 14 instead of caving to players demanding it be something it isn't

The devs themselves don’t make lore for jobs though, so is it really any wonder player requests are a free for all? Like what would we even be ‘sticking’ to? Seems weird to expect players to adhere to design limitations that the devs don’t care about anymore