Stop the Grind-to-the-Endgame madness!

[Payadopa]

In almost all MMO's including FF11 the fun really starts at end game, so why would you hinder players getting to the fun ?

I follow a reallllllly simple concept. If a game isn't fun I *gasp* don't play it.
So instead of making an MMO where you have fun while you play you find it okay to have fun at the end?

I cannot even fathom how one would come to such a conclusion. It defies everything a game (made to entertain, mind you) stands for.
Would you buy a single player game that bores you to tears because the last 10% are finally worth being played?

Gamers really have changed then within the last decade and not for the better from my point of view.

[SuzakuCMX]

Would you buy a single player game that bores you to tears because the last 10% are finally worth being played?

I, too, was surprised at FF XIII's sales numbers.

[Velhart]

I, too, was surprised at FF XIII's sales numbers.

I don't recall FFXIII ever boring me.

[Elexia]

I don't recall FFXIII ever boring me.

This is the XIV community, you're not allowed to:

A. Like FFXI
B. Like FFXIII
C. Like FFXIII-2
D. Say FFVII was bad in any way
E. Want the game to succeed by not being a clone of an MMO most people are tired of seeing re-released every few years.

[Payadopa]

I, too, was surprised at FF XIII's sales numbers.

lol That was the first thing that came to my mind. Though, the story was nice and the game had a nice difficulty (well, later anyway, unlike XIII-2...), but that's another story entirely.

[Nazrakin]

I follow a reallllllly simple concept. If a game isn't fun I *gasp* don't play it.
So instead of making an MMO where you have fun while you play you find it okay to have fun at the end?

I cannot even fathom how one would come to such a conclusion. It defies everything a game (made to entertain, mind you) stands for.
Would you buy a single player game that bores you to tears because the last 10% are finally worth being played?

Gamers really have changed then within the last decade and not for the better from my point of view.

The truth is that "end game" is a lie. For most people it is far from the end of the game, they're probably going to spend 70% of their time at level cap vs the journey of 1-49. That is why there is such an emphasis on the "end game" in MMOs.

[Payadopa]

The truth is that "end game" is a lie. For most people it is far from the end of the game, they're probably going to spend 70% of their time at level cap vs the journey of 1-49. That is why there is such an emphasis on the "end game" in MMOs.

Very true. Still, new players must progress through it first. Even if there is flying unicorns and rainbows at the end of the road, if a player quits, he's probably gone for good. And just allowing players to speed through it is not adressing the core problem.