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

[SilvertearRen]

and from where do you get that info ? care to bring out the source ?

The casuals are often too busy with their lives to bother checking the forums.

They don't often post, either.

[Shneibel]

so we can agree that the casual is not the major population of a mmo because they have "life" right ?

[SilvertearRen]

so we can agree that the casual is not the major population of a mmo because they have "life" right ?

Wrong. They're going to be the majority shareholder on the game, because, hello. Their money is also going into the game.

The money is what talks here, kitten...

If you want Square Enix to listen to YOU and ONLY you, I hope you have 5 million dollars sitting around somewhere.

[Kallera]

Lies. How many times have you cursed having to blow into the cartridge?

0, I was a good little 5 year old.

I always cheated and just used rubbing alcohol. ^_~

:cancels your subscription to Nintendo Power: I'm going to call you THIEF now.

[Kazimir]

I kind of agree with the OP on some points. While I disagree with having the game as hardcore as XI; mostly for personal reasons because I no longer have that kind of time, I do think XIV would benefit from being way more hardcore than it is now. Games like WoW and Rift have the casual market pretty cornered and there really is no hardcore game in this type of genre out right now. I think they would definitely get more subs if they eventually went a more hardcore route than they would if they stuck to the casual route.

It's kind of moot though, it's not going to happen.

[Shneibel]

Wrong. They're going to be the majority shareholder on the game, because, hello. Their money is also going into the game.

The money is what talks here, kitten...

If you want Square Enix to listen to YOU and ONLY you, I hope you have 5 million dollars sitting around somewhere.

LMAO, if the casual are the only p2p than I am pretty sure the FFXI and other p2p mmo DIE long ago, the no-life/hardcore have money as well you know ?

on a note in my opinion: if you dont have 3h/day to play a mmo, maybe you should use those 3h to do something better in your what is call "life"

[Majidah]

Call me crazy, but I don't want to camp 24 hours for midrank gear that I'm never gonna wear again once I'm pass that rank.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

I disagree with the poster of this message 100%

[Kurai_Fey]

After playing FFXI for 5+ yrs and attempting to play Warcraft off and on for a yr. I have to say I prefer the casual play unless you have lots of friends who you can play with. Being in a hardcore game without friends to help is like hitting your head against a wall until you die.. I didn't complete a lot of the missions in 11 for the fact I couldn't come up with the help. I could never obtain end game gear due to the fact I had children and couldn't play all hours of the night. So I should be punished and looked down upon because I couldn't get what others with no life could? See this is why casual play content is important.. When a game becomes more like work than a game... Thats when you lose customers... Maybe if the hardcore players weren't elite players like.. "you dont have HQ staves and all this other rare/ex stuff u can't be in the pt" then maybe I wouldn't mind them so much...This coming from somene who played 8+ hours a day and nearly gave her husband and family up...

[SilvertearRen]

LMAO, if the casual are the only p2p than I am pretty sure the FFXI and other p2p mmo DIE long ago, the no-life/hardcore have money as well you know ?

on a note in my opinion: if you dont have 3h/day to play a mmo, maybe you should use those 3h to do something better in your what is call "life"

You are narrowminded.