Regarding END GAME posts and critisism.

[Aaron_T]

Let me start by saying
For the most part, I agree with a lot of you.
There needs to be more end game content
It does kind of feel like a grind fest... ugh... anyone who's had to cough
up 1300+ tomes for that heavy armor feels my pain.

The game is still young
This game was only released less than two months ago.
I haven't even gotten down Chimera or Garuda HM yet,
and this isn't my first rodeo.

There are a lot of people to please
Keep that in mind. Have you ever done any programming? Its not easy.
I tried learning a little once and I was like... um yeah no. The closest thing
I did was made a bot (a legal one, an npc in another game)

I feel your pain guys, if your true fans keep up the suggestions,
but please stay positive, this game is someone's "baby"

[Gold_Jacobson]

But, they want it now. They want it now. Why can't the content just exist? Yoshi should just poof it into existence.

[Aaron_T]

Yeah... and I apologize into trailing off about programming when I said
There are a lot of people to please
Think of it this way, you change one thing, some people might not like what you did.

Personally I just wish there was a way the producers could make us all happy.
But think of all the other things... you got crafting... sub classes, achievments, jeez
you should NOT BE RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO DO

If you are.... jeez get some sleep man

[Aethaeryn]

The game is still young

For a lot of people, the game is over three years old. This isn't much content for a 3-year-old game. I know 2.0 is a reboot of the game etc. etc., but a lot of people already had darklight stuff and relic from the start of 2.0 and have nothing left to look forward to other than coil a couple of times a week and 8 AK runs a week for myth gear. It's understandable why these people are frustrated.

That being said, I feel like the big patches are set to come pretty quickly and spice things up a little more for people. 2.1 isn't too far away if they stay on schedule.

[Aaron_T]

Aww.... your right. I forgot about LEGACY SERVERS!
But is this game really 3 years old? I thought the last release failed so they tore it down.
Your not refering to 11 right? I'm assuming not. But yeah, I wasn't even thinking about the other release, I thought it was scrapped.
Jeez, you make a good point. Sorry, I didn't even play the other ones, I only watched a buddy play 11 a long time ago.
You couldn't even solo exp haha.

[KraggyKor]

For a lot of people, the game is over three years old. This isn't much content for a 3-year-old game. I know 2.0 is a reboot of the game etc. etc., but a lot of people already had darklight stuff and relic from the start of 2.0 and have nothing left to look forward to other than coil a couple of times a week and 8 AK runs a week for myth gear. It's understandable why these people are frustrated.

That being said, I feel like the big patches are set to come pretty quickly and spice things up a little more for people. 2.1 isn't too far away if they stay on schedule.

The 'lot' of people you talk about are the small minority of 'raiders' (and hardcore dungeon dwellers) that all MMOs have .. the "less than 15%" who ever raided in WOW, the "small minority" of raiders in Rift, etc. (quotes from reps. of the game companies themselves) .. the vast majority I suggest haven't even got a 50 yet or are still working on their relics.

Yes, most Legacy players had 50s out of their ears and full AF at the time, but Legacy players are a small proportion of those on Legacy servers, the majority are in fact those that had characters on V1 but didn't play past the initial period, they don't have Legacy accounts and many never had a 50.

Jeez, you make a good point. Sorry, I didn't even play the other ones, I only watched a buddy play 11 a long time ago.
You couldn't even solo exp haha.

Er, you could, I did, your ignorance of the game is showing. Yes, forced-grouping meant that a couple of limit breaks needed a group, but soloing to 75 was possible and done by quite a few.

[gamesmart]

snip because character limit, yay

Technically, FFXIV is 3 years old, and for those people who played 1.0 and got a "head start" (I don't even know if I can call it that) into leveling, there's likely not enough content at the moment - just the general feeling I get from browsing this forum too much, as I myself am not Legacy. It is true that endgame is not varied enough to hold attention for a long time, but, like you said, the game (well, 2.0) is relatively new, and we do have more content coming in the next month or so, not to mention the hotfixes that are going on as this post is, umm, posted. I'm going to stick around (I already paid, so why not) and see what Yoshi-P has in store.

[TheMoonflow]

Keep that in mind. Have you ever done any programming? Its not easy.
I tried learning a little once and I was like... um yeah no. The closest thing
I did was made a bot (a legal one, an npc in another game)

I made some skyrim mods once.
It took me about a month to make a good sized, fully quested dungeon.
That was with following tutorials and using the creation kit which is pre-loaded with all the textures and meshes and everything you need.
Scripting was like learning a whole new language, and when one little thing gets out of sync it can be disastrous and completely break things.

Suffice to say I can appreciate the huge amount of work involved in making games like these.
All the scripts, story text, artwork, music, endless amounts of testing and bug busting.
Makes my head spin thinking about it.

And when I look back at my days of playing a commodore 64 makes me realize how lucky I am to be alive to witness games like this.

[Aaron_T]

See there's another thing too going on guys.
I didn't really think of this til just now but I looked around.
IF YOU WANT YOUR VOICES TO BE HEARD

You wanna go here - http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/937

Not saying Sempai himself is gonna personally read it. You have a much higher chance of getting heard though
if you post here.

[Aethaeryn]

The 'lot' of people you talk about are the small minority of 'raiders' (and hardcore dungeon dwellers) that all MMOs have .. the "less than 15%" who ever raided in WOW, the "small minority" of raiders in Rift, etc. (quotes from reps. of the game companies themselves) .. the vast majority haven't even got a 50 yet or are still working on their relics.

I don't know the exact numbers on how many people playing now played 1.0, but I definitely never said "most" of them. Even if it was 10% of all players, that's a huge amount.

Regardless, my point was that a lot of the players voicing frustration over the lack of content already had relic/DL from 1.0. The rest are just people who bumrushed content and had relic after the second week of play (when maintenance was still resetting the weekly myth cap), and wonder why there's already nothing to do.

People who are happy with the amount of content currently in place and are still coasting along for their first 50 or relic obviously aren't going to complain about content. What point are you making with that response anyway?