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

[darkstarpoet1]

FFXI was just a game, it had no set market to sell to, it wasn't catering to casual or hardcore. It was simply a good MMORPG, they made content, ignoring if it was "casual" or "hardcore" and the game did very well. Did they make money off of FFXI? Yep! Tons! I don't see why they need to change their style of doing business and creating video games.

With the direction video games in general are going(trying to please the casual crowd) I can see video games becoming really blah, and slowly dying for anyone who remembers what a real game was, making the games become very boring and bleh. Oh well, we still have 30ish years until this eventually happens.

but you are still ignoring the major point. if they put in 20 new nm's why did all 20 go to one group and say sorry we don't care for you to the other? all i said is out of 20 new nm's that a few should have been hardcore/higher level mobs.

yoshi is proving that he only cares about part of the base and does not care about the other part. this is the issue that i have with yoshi and wish tanaka was back in charge. if you want the game to be successful they need to cater to a wide range of people not just one group.

[Zenaku]

but you are still ignoring the major point. if they put in 20 new nm's why did all 20 go to one group and say sorry we don't care for you to the other? all i said is out of 20 new nm's that a few should have been hardcore/higher level mobs.

yoshi is proving that he only cares about part of the base and does not care about the other part. this is the issue that i have with yoshi and wish tanaka was back in charge. if you want the game to be successful they need to cater to a wide range of people not just one group.

I agree everyone is like "Yoshi" omg yes he going to fix this game but really all he done is make this Casual. He just not really doing much. Everything that be added to game was tanaka paperwork for months he just went saw it and cross the things he did not like and fix a few of them.

If yoshi going to make this game 100% casual then i like Tanaka to come back and add hardcore events for us.

Problem is you casual players don't want to meet in the middle only thinking about yourself we play this game meet us in the middle.

[Shiyo]

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound like I was ignoring that. I agree, it's dumb, and makes no sense, as I said in my OP it just shows that they are catering to the casuals and it's their main focus, leaving us oldschool FFXI/hardcore players behind.

[Sorel]

If I remember correctly many players had the same complaint when the first and second wave of notorious monsters were released.

"They are ALL High Rank NMs. Where are the low-mid rank NMs?? This game is going in the wrong direction!!!"

Yesterday "high-rank players" got content. Today "mid-rank players" got content. Tomorrow ... who knows?? But in all cases "players" are getting content. Please keep it coming Mr. Yoshida. We have a funny way of showing it, but we do appreciate your work.

Thank you.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

Ok, seriously this is getting old. ffxi was flawed, it was too hardcore and to much content that took up too much time. After WoW released ffxi started to slowly loose subs. FFxi also never really had sub increases like a few major increases like ps2 and 360 launch. But not much inbetween or after. Because of this, ffxi afrer 8 years of a slow bleed, had to merge servers. And not even 2 years after need to merge servers again.

The bigger issue is the self proclaim hardcores or "ffxi fan". Did you guys think you might be an issue? Look at how you act tward other players. A decent percent of hardcores are also elitists. Players who feel they are the best player and everyone must play like them. They insul and belittle anyone who refuses to do so. They also make the game not fun by making end game like a second work place.

I'm a long time ffxi player, I played since ps2 launch till feb 28th of this year. And only due to money issues. I'm a fan of ffxi, but i do see the flaws it had.

[Mega]

Casuals play games, hardcore have lives.

[Shneibel]

Casuals play games, hardcore have lives.

I think it should be reverser ?

[Moth]

Ok, seriously this is getting old. ffxi was flawed, it was too hardcore and to much content that took up too much time. After WoW released ffxi started to slowly loose subs. FFxi also never really had sub increases like a few major increases like ps2 and 360 launch. But not much inbetween or after. Because of this, ffxi afrer 8 years of a slow bleed, had to merge servers. And not even 2 years after need to merge servers again.

The bigger issue is the self proclaim hardcores or "ffxi fan". Did you guys think you might be an issue? Look at how you act tward other players. A decent percent of hardcores are also elitists. Players who feel they are the best player and everyone must play like them. They insul and belittle anyone who refuses to do so. They also make the game not fun by making end game like a second work place.

I'm a long time ffxi player, I played since ps2 launch till feb 28th of this year. And only due to money issues. I'm a fan of ffxi, but i do see the flaws it had.

There were a lot of 'hardcore' players who loved ffxi. Just because you had a bad experience doesn't mean everyone did. Please stop with your sob story. These forums are the worst thing that happened to this game.. honestly.

[Gracious]

Se I am very happy with what you are doing. You will not loose me. I am doing what I need to do for end - game later at the moment anyway. I am ranking up my jobs and grinding. I know you will provide me with endgame - activity later when some basic issue's are fixed. I appreciate your hard work and you will not loose me or my friends. Thank you!!!

[Visch]

Ok, seriously this is getting old. ffxi was flawed, it was too hardcore and to much content that took up too much time. After WoW released ffxi started to slowly loose subs. FFxi also never really had sub increases like a few major increases like ps2 and 360 launch. But not much inbetween or after. Because of this, ffxi afrer 8 years of a slow bleed, had to merge servers. And not even 2 years after need to merge servers again.

The bigger issue is the self proclaim hardcores or "ffxi fan". Did you guys think you might be an issue? Look at how you act tward other players. A decent percent of hardcores are also elitists. Players who feel they are the best player and everyone must play like them. They insul and belittle anyone who refuses to do so. They also make the game not fun by making end game like a second work place.

I'm a long time ffxi player, I played since ps2 launch till feb 28th of this year. And only due to money issues. I'm a fan of ffxi, but i do see the flaws it had.

YOU DON'T EVEN PLAY THIS GAME.

Please stop. Just stop ok? You don't even play XIV! Your personal opinion about xi doesn't mean anyone care/has to listen.