dev1031 You are losing your main playerbase by making things too easy/fast/casual

[Cairdeas]

Please, I'm the main player base that wants this game to succeed and I agree with all the changes they have implemented to date.

I'm a Square Follower.
I'm a Final Fantasy Player
I'm a FFXI Veteran
And I'm an MMO Player.

Pick and chose what you want from that list but thats what SE is targeting and they keep hitting high notes with me.

[Cairdeas]

There are no MMOs that are for hardcore gamers on the market. We have nowhere to go, yet casuals have tons of games to choose from, it sucks.

Darkfall. Is pretty hardcore. I considered myself a hardcore MMO player until I played it, then I decided I didn't want to be associated with "Hardcore MMO Players" any more.

[Eekiki]

agreed my post was the same. i am happy to see the casuals get some midrange nm's, but would have lked to see some stuff for the higher level parties and players. this patch was major win with one group, but major fail with the other. i do not see why they cannot add content for both groups. in reality 20 new nm's and not one or 2 major nm's out of them? if they put in 18 casual and 2 bigger nm's i think alot of people would have seen it as a win on both sides.

Okay...

A portion of the changes in patches 1.17 and 1.17a are preparations for the mid- and high-rank PvE content planned for later release. As soon as we hammer out the basics of the new dungeon and raid environments, we’ll be throwing out some screenshots and introducing them to you.

High-rank stuff is coming. Keep your Underoos on.

[AuctionGirl]

SE: You did make a mistake having these New NM's spawn so quickly, please post a patch to increase the spawn times, maybe 30 mins to 1 hour each re-spawn, and how about more random locations. So camping 1 little area does no good, but rather needing to be more spread out.

You can post a patch fix for this, or its probably done Server Side, just fix it. I have to agree somewhat with the OP, content should take longer to do than it takes to create it. You are digging yourself in a hole, granted a lot of the current players are higher than new ones will be when PS3 releases, which makes these new NM's easier.

Simple Fixes: Increase Spawn times, Increase Spawn Area/Locations

Next patch, create 20 more NM's, that randomly spawn like these, and have their spawn times increased too, keep up to the good work, this patch is definitely in the right direction, just needs some tweaking.

[Eekiki]

SE: You did make a mistake having these New NM's spawn so quickly, please post a patch to increase the spawn times, maybe 30 mins to 1 hour each re-spawn, and how about more random locations. So camping 1 little area does no good, but rather needing to be more spread out.

You can post a patch fix for this, or its probably done Server Side, just fix it. I have to agree somewhat with the OP, content should take longer to do than it takes to create it. You are digging yourself in a hole, granted a lot of the current players are higher than new ones will be when PS3 releases, which makes these new NM's easier.

Simple Fixes: Increase Spawn times, Increase Spawn Area/Locations

Next patch, create 20 more NM's, that randomly spawn like these, and have their spawn times increased too, keep up to the good work, this patch is definitely in the right direction, just needs some tweaking.

First constructive post from the "hardcores" in this thread. +1

[Jieddo]

If you look at other subscription based services they tend to cater to acquiring new business vs. maintaining current client base. Just look at car insurance companys, they spend more effort convincing people to switch and try out their service rather than convincing people to renew their subscription.

I dont think the business practice would be any different with FFXIV. Attracting new business is what keeps the brand afloat and with the current population of the game now I beleieve they need to do everything possible to attract new subscribers. Its just a very fine balance between satisfying current subscribers and attracting new ones.

[Shiyo]

SE: You did make a mistake having these New NM's spawn so quickly, please post a patch to increase the spawn times, maybe 30 mins to 1 hour each re-spawn, and how about more random locations. So camping 1 little area does no good, but rather needing to be more spread out.

You can post a patch fix for this, or its probably done Server Side, just fix it. I have to agree somewhat with the OP, content should take longer to do than it takes to create it. You are digging yourself in a hole, granted a lot of the current players are higher than new ones will be when PS3 releases, which makes these new NM's easier.

Simple Fixes: Increase Spawn times, Increase Spawn Area/Locations

Next patch, create 20 more NM's, that randomly spawn like these, and have their spawn times increased too, keep up to the good work, this patch is definitely in the right direction, just needs some tweaking.

I agree with this!

[snowstriker]

Relax. This is a wave of MIDLEVEL NMs, this is NOT endgame content, nor is it HNMs. This is R/EX midlevel gear. They are not ignoring the hardcores because they didn't get to add the hardcore content yet. Just wait patiently please.

[Chronic]

OP go back to FFXI then.

[Shiyo]

I can't go back to FFXI, abyssea ruined that game ?