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

[Neptune]

You know Shiyo, I have reconsidered my earlier post. You are right. All 97% of FFXIV's player base quit because things were too easy. So simple. How had I not realized how true your words were before.

Oh wait.. wait a second.. I'm trying to remember.. how many FFXIV reviews complained at how easy and fast everything was... hmmmm.......

[Neptune]

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

A ruined game. No home to turn to. Very sad. Would you explain to me the exact parameters you need to feel satisfied in a game? May I suggest an offline game that no one can ruin for you?

[Visch]

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

Dude they don't understand that. What is messed up is they are complaining about content that might come in the future that they probably will never even see because they're so "casual" they won't even be playing by then. It has nothing to do with game balance. It's about babies needing to get spoon-fed so everyone is equally as bad as them.

SE basically has to say/do something because if it gets any worse then this the only time people will ever log on this game in the future will be after an update.

[Neptune]

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.

Amen Cairdeas.

[Nexxus]

NM are easy/fast mostly because most of you killed them at rank 50 in a group of 3 or more. (it's like doing AF1 at Lv.90 and say it's a Casual gamer because you solo'ed it... but when you remember your first AF1, you couldn't solo'ed it.)

The repop is fast, it's not so bad, try to gather a group of lvl 35 and kill it, you'll see the hardcore way of killing thoses NM.

What i miss actually is event like Limbus (a dungeon not to fast but not to long).

[Shiyo]

Dude they don't understand that. What is messed up is they are complaining about content that might come in the future that they probably will never even see because they're so "casual" they won't even be playing by then. It has nothing to do with game balance. It's about babies needing to get spoon-fed so everyone is equally as bad as them.

SE basically has to say/do something because if it gets any worse then this the only time people will ever log on this game in the future will be after an update.

Trollish and stuff, but yes I agree 100%. This is exactly how WOW is, lol. It's why I'm afraid of it happening here too.

[rainfish]

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

They didn't really ruin it, they just brought it into line with all MMO's. They wiped all the endgame content away that catered to hardcore players and made what they put in it's place accessable to everyone.

If you don't like casual games then I guess they ruined it, for you maybe.

Dude they don't understand that. What is messed up is they are complaining about content that might come in the future that they probably will never even see because they're so "casual" they won't even be playing by then.

This isn't true, take wow as an example. That game is mainly made up from casual gamers, you know how long that game has been around and with mass player numbers? Casual gamers stick around just as long as hardcore players, if not almost every MMO would be surviving on a <10k playersbases.

[snowstriker]

Dude they don't understand that. What is messed up is they are complaining about content that might come in the future that they probably will never even see because they're so "casual" they won't even be playing by then. It has nothing to do with game balance. It's about babies needing to get spoon-fed so everyone is equally as bad as them.

SE basically has to say/do something because if it gets any worse then this the only time people will ever log on this game in the future will be after an update.

Needlessly offensive and elitist attitude, good job.

Also you're wrong.

[Kallera]

I also have to wonder, would it even be wise to release endgame content while the game is still free?. Wouldn't it be more. Prudent to wait until you are getting paid subscriptions before adding in longer term content? There's still the battle system revamp to do. And who knows how deep the companies are?

[Maverick_Hawkeye]

Dude they don't understand that. What is messed up is they are complaining about content that might come in the future that they probably will never even see because they're so "casual" they won't even be playing by then. It has nothing to do with game balance. It's about babies needing to get spoon-fed so everyone is equally as bad as them.

SE basically has to say/do something because if it gets any worse then this the only time people will ever log on this game in the future will be after an update.

Ha... pretty much sums up my view points on this game currently