Absence of end-game content : the downfall of every MMO.

[Rumpelstiltzkin]

This is basically every MMO since WoW lol. I just hope developers in general are starting to realize that what they have is a bad model to begin with. Games should be about the journey, not about endgame only. It should have horizontal progression as well as vertical to avoid the whole "play for a couple of weeks and then wait for the next patch". Not to mention there should be a whole world out there to explore, where there are dangers, there is a purpose to exploring because you never know what you might or might not find out there and it should take time because it is so huge and there is so much to see. As well as having ways to give more power to players in making content for ourselves because there is no way developers can keep up with the pace otherwise. EQN/Titan I am rooting for you!

[Maqaqa]

Not to mention there should be a whole world out there to explore, where there are dangers, there is a purpose to exploring because you never know what you might or might not find out there and it should take time because it is so huge and there is so much to see.

THIS!!!
Its not just about the endgame. I wouldnt mind to wait for patches if Eorzea kept me busy.

[Sinth]

Is it the absence of end-game content or the presence of no-life crybabies who plow through content 10x faster than the majority of the user base which causes the downfall of MMOs?

Can anyone who is complaining about content even describe the story arch of FFXIV? I doubt most can.

[Roris]

Let me just conveniently forget the previous version was running for 2 years and plenty of people had plenty of time to get most if not all classes to 50, and that by the end leveling was pretty fast to do simply with leves and one beastman stronghold, not even considering the fact you could also plainly PL from 1 to 50 in a day. I'll also forget the fact the main quest and sidequests in ARR provide plenty of EXP so those people who only had one class to level from 1.0 could do it in a week or two, leaving only the endgame gear grind and tome collection which can completed in time to start clearing Coils in about a month or less.

Nah I'll just yell rushers once again and instantly win any argument with my superior logic.

[Davionx]

You will never have enough content if you play MMOs like they are a full-time job. Those days are over. Mmos are designed for casual players now a days for good or for bad. I suggest finding a different hobby.

[Malekith]

You will never have enough content if you play MMOs like they are a full-time job. Those days are over. Mmos are designed for casual players now a days for good or for bad. I suggest finding a different hobby.

Correct, though there are games that still cater to 'hardcore', it ¡s just that they are too hard for wrathbabies

[Escadora]

Meh, honestly it is pretty disheartening. The only thing i'll have to look forward to by then is the Extreme Primals. Then again the idea of a 24 man raid sounds awesome too bad it's geared for post titan/pre-coil. We'll most likely down TT by then so eh.. Looks like I might have to find another hobby for a while.

[Buddhsie]

Yes let's compare this game to one that's been out for 10 years and has 5 expansions.

Here's the situation: You buy a box of chocolates and eat them all in one go without even attempting to enjoy them or make them last, then you complain to Cadbury that they don't put enough chocolate in their boxes.

[Malekith]

The curse of the wrathbabies strikes again

People who got in WoW when it was 3-4 years old (and severily dumbed down) and fail to realise that a new game and a 4 yeers old one (with 2 expansions) aren't the same thing.
You people are killing the genre

[Shiyo]

Yes let's compare this game to one that's been out for 10 years and has 5 expansions.

Here's the situation: You buy a box of chocolates and eat them all in one go without even attempting to enjoy them or make them last, then you complain to Cadbury that they don't put enough chocolate in their boxes.

Incase you missed it:

WOW's release raid had over 3 times the bosses of coil and 4 end game dungeons. This was all at RELEASE, and a game from 2004, almost a DECADE ago. I expect better in a decade of the MMO genre being refined and redone.

Decade old MMO and had much more content at release than this game.