Weekly Caps: Worse than Fatigue

[Blazer]

Co-sign this.

Myth cap makes me want to play 1 day a week. Coil 1-2-3-4, AKx4 and I'm set.

There's little point in leveling other classes to 50 IMO when I won't be worth taking someones spot who puts all their myths into that class. The best I can do is hope for some left-over Allegan gear and DL or crafted.

[Starlord]

No, I'm not saying anything to that extent. I'm saying: do what is fun.

People do what is fast> What is fun?!

People should play a game for the fun parts not the parts that feel like a job to them >.>.

Granted they do need to fix some issues the the exp gains for some of the leveling content. Even still I'm not going to do the fastest content possible just to get 50 and have little to do when I get there. Yes I am going slow paced, and that's fine, more content for me when I actually DO hit 50.

[Belandomolando]

They could just lower the cost of the items...

*hears the hardcore players scream in horror*

[NeoAmon]

Few notes:

1- Coil drops equivalent gear.
2- BiS is obtained from both AF2 and Coil. In another word you only should buy few pieces from AF2 if you are aiming for BiS and the rest is from Coil.
Quick Example from memory: BLM BiS is AF2 Head, Coil Body, Coil Legs, Coil Waist, Coil Gloves and Coil boots. For Accessory AF2 Neck, Braclet and Ring, rest from Coil.
3- I have not seen 1 BLM/SMN drop in 4 weeks now, so yeah it is going to take a while to complete BiS and actually reach the point where we (FFXIV end game players) can brute force Turn 5 before we worry about the upcoming Turn 6 and beyond.

[Sidious]

This is a pay to play MMO, your progress should be directly proportional to how much you play. Period.

In vanilla WoW and TBC, there was a HUGE gear/progression discrepancy between the cutting edge raiders and casual players. And you know what? Each one gained and retained several times more subscribers than any other MMO in history. 5 million and 6 million, respectively, for a total of 11 million by the time WotLK arrived.

Fast forward to WotLK, Cata, and MoP. Everyone is kept at the same level of content, no discrepancy between what content is being experienced by who. And the game hasn't posted a SINGLE net-positive quarter for sub growth or retention as a percentage of new gains since 2008. That is FACT, taken from Blizzard's own press release archives. The casual iterations of the game have seen the game drop from a high of 12 million subscribers to it's current level of ~7 million. MoP, for example, lost 2 million subs in less than 365 days, even though the game was being released in COMPLETELY fresh markets like Brazil, so you can't say "it's because WoW is old!".

The fact is, no one is going to keep paying to play an ultra-casual MMO where everyone is always on the same level. Not even--or perhaps, especially--casuals themselves. I would know; I am a very casual player myself these days.

[MomoOG]

Its SE's way of trying to tell you "Do other things with your time". If you are playing 10 hours a day you are addicted even though you will never admit it to yourself.

[Sotek]

Its SE's way of trying to tell you "Do other things with your time". If you are playing 10 hours a day you are addicted even though you will never admit it to yourself.

Who plays for 10 hours a day? I can be done with endgame on 30 minutes a day, outside scheduled events such as Coil... That is how damn casual endgame is...

[Starlord]

Who plays for 10 hours a day? I can be done with endgame on 30 minutes a day, outside scheduled events such as Coil...

Don't just play end-game. -.- End-game as of right now is only 10% of the game. If you focus solely on that, of course you'll get burnt out. In a patch or 2 End-game should serve more of a purpose. 1.23 did it kinda ( and that was with a bad launch). 2.0 is an alright launch could be better. However, this time around they don't have to fix battle systems and the crappy servers etc. ( they don't just have levequests lol, that was funny when I saw 1.0 that was the only "content" >.<).

Edit: If you are a 1.0 player and have most or all 50's then, I do suggest you either make a new character or wait 1-2 patches before coming back.

[Sotek]

Don't just play end-game. -.- End-game as of right now is only 10% of the game. If you focus solely on that, of course you'll get burnt out. In a patch or 2 End-game should serve more of a purpose. 1.23 did it kinda ( and that was with a bad launch). 2.0 is an alright launch could be better. However, this time around they don't have to fix battle systems and the crappy servers etc. ( they don't just have levequests lol, that was funny when I saw 1.0 that was the only "content" >.<).

Edit: If you are a 1.0 player and have most or all 50's then, I do suggest you either make a new character or wait 1-2 patches before coming back.

What is the other 90% of the game? Crafting and Gathering? Both boring and fairly pointless since Gil has no real value in this game, 2.1 adds housing which will be great, but it is FC housing which I am by no means going to pay for solely. Leveling other jobs? What, so I can't gear them at endgame? Honestly, if I'm only playing 10% of the game, please do inform me of what the other 90% is.

Thats cause you already played 10 hours a day to get to the point where all you need to do is run AK once a day.

Sure thing, I had zero pieces of Dorklight before today, well known for that in my ingame social circles in fact, what can I say, Healers really don't need any gear at all. Clearly I've been playing non-stop before now.... I only even decided to actually focus on Philosophy because I am that bored. Kind of disappointed I can only carry one Radz-at-Han since I intended to get enough for all Relics before bothering with any Dorklight.

[Stryker]

What is the other 90% of the game? Crafting and Gathering? Both boring and fairly pointless since Gil has no real value in this game, 2.1 adds housing which will be great, but it is FC housing which I am by no means going to pay for solely. Leveling other jobs? What, so I can't gear them at endgame? Honestly, if I'm only playing 10% of the game, please do inform me of what the other 90% is.

Yup I totally agree. Especially when the devs say they wanted everyone to blow through 1-49 to get to 50 and start the "real game". Which would indicate the end game is exactly what the devs wanted everyone to be at. So that 90% prior to end game must have been so good and fast that when I blinked I blew past it.