Quote Originally Posted by Raskbuck View Post
My impression of FFXIV is that it took things to an extreme. "I want everything NOW." kind of mentality.
It's this way because they knew they had to cater to casual gamers, as they would be the ones who sub and help them recoup their losses from 1.0. I believe they've done a good job in adding difficult content to keep the people who consider themselves hardcore around long enough, relics/af2/allagan being the three exmaples. Patch 2.1 will offer new content for these players to blaze through then complain about not having anything to do again, all the while the people who play 5 hours a week will complain that things are still too difficult. They need to be able to cater to both sides to stay successful.