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

[Kilta_Firelotus]

What we really need is FFXIV to be open for more then just the "hardcores" and the "ffxi fans". I hate to say it WoW is popular for a reason. Most if not all content is open to anyone. Includeding the hardmode dungeons. It don;t take long to do those dungeos and they do pose a challenge. FFxiv should do something similar, not clone but do something similar. The less players who play a game, the harder it is to do stuff. As i said most ffxi was npt open to all players, so I got left out since everyone had full LS's and static groups. We need to let the devs make a game open to all players so we can get a constent influx of players, similar to WoW.

We also need the player base to stop causing all these petty wars. All the "hardcore" players do lately is rage on the "casuals" and making up stpries like "they only stick to one game for a few mnths" I was considered a casual in my first year of ffxi. I stuck to it and did what I could to play longer.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

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.

stick a fork in it.... your the worst of them.

[Visch]

stick a fork in it.... your the worst of them.

You're the worst troll of EVERYTHING. STOP POSTING. THE FORUMS CAME OUT A MONTH AGO AND YOU HAVE ALMOST 2000 POSTS AND YOU DON'T EVEN PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Focant]

Well I'd have to disagree a bit. My ls and I spent at least an hour or two on Dunstan without any rare drops whatsoever. In a group of 8 people we managed to get pretty much everyone a velveteen gown and merc chainmail lol.

You also have to remember this is mid-range content. The NMs drop rank 25-35 gear. Do you really expect them to take hours to spawn and a large group of 50s to kill? What could they possibly gain by locking out the very demographic they created the drops for by making them ungodly hard or incredibly long spawn times? Give it time and the hard stuff will come. Until then I'm perfectly happy with being able to get slightly above average armor for my middle ranks with comparable challenge.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

ok sure I don't play ffxiv yet.. But honestly i see no need for all this petty battling. We need the game to be open to all players not like ffxi and mostly open to the "hardcore" that is not how we will get subs. You self proclaimed hardcore need to stop with the petty insults against the "casuals", you guys part just as much part of the problem as the game flaws are. All you do is sit and insult the "casuals" who would want to play a game like that? Seriously. Ffxiv is NOT beuing ruined by the "casuals" it is being ruined by all the rude hardcore players who seem to think they have more right to the game then anyone else. That is not how we will get subs. Try to be more open to changes, it is a game. There is no need to stress over what little content they are adding. You guys should be all for ANY content that will bring in subs. I know I am. I want ffxiv to be popular, not a WoW killer. But certainly more popular then ffxi was. And a way to get that is having content anyone can do.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

You're the worst troll of EVERYTHING. STOP POSTING. THE FORUMS CAME OUT A MONTH AGO AND YOU HAVE ALMOST 2000 POSTS AND YOU DON'T EVEN PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ummm and that matters because? Really sub count?

[Gracious]

Well I'd have to disagree a bit. My ls and I spent at least an hour or two on Dunstan without any rare drops whatsoever. In a group of 8 people we managed to get pretty much everyone a velveteen gown and merc chainmail lol.

You also have to remember this is mid-range content. The NMs drop rank 25-35 gear. Do you really expect them to take hours to spawn and a large group of 50s to kill? Give it time and the hard stuff will come, but for now I see no problem with the quick spawn times and, god forbid, NMs not rank 70+ for mid-range armor. What could SE possibly gain by locking out the very demographic for the new drops they created?

I think some of them can be killed by a solo 40 player. At least that is what my linkshell is doing. Testing them. Some are soloable by a 40 and some are higher and take a 50 or two. I also think adding a few weaker NM's would have been nice as well as the stronger ones.

[Gracious]

You're the worst troll of EVERYTHING. STOP POSTING. THE FORUMS CAME OUT A MONTH AGO AND YOU HAVE ALMOST 2000 POSTS AND YOU DON'T EVEN PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The best thing I ever did on the forums was adding her to my blacklist. Sweet Bliss!

[Visch]

ummm and that matters because? Really sub count?

It does matter because you're spamming your opinions x1000 times more then others of A GAME YOU HAVEN'T EVEN PLAYED.

[Belial]

First, and the most important, and biggest point: you're all bickering idiots.

The game is incomplete. Content will be continuously added over the next [insert game completion time here]. So until you know what kind of content that entails, your opinions are moot and childish.

There will, without a doubt, be content for both forms of players. But not for us, because we are experiencing small portions of content as it is released, causing some ridiculous strain on a playerbase of whiney shits & giving them an excuse to start asinine arguements. Seriously you guys.

You guys have your heads so far up your opinionated, self-important asses that you can't see the shit through the methane.