Lockouts: The game

[EmeraldHill]

Milk more fees? ... I'm confused. You pay SE more than once a month?

If you didn't enjoy the game, why would you sub? I sub because the game outside of Raids is fun. Why do you sub?

Because some people would end their subs once they had their fun and felt done to wait for the next content patch that is likely months away.

[Sylve]

Because some people would end their subs once they had their fun and felt done to wait for the next content patch that is likely months away.

You mean, the same people who would spend a day running endless Coils for full i90 for every job, then unsub within the week if we didn't have lockouts... Lockouts are required to give meaning to gear not top tier. MMO's are about wasting time. If the game isn't wasting your time, it's not doing it right.
The trick is to be an entertaining waste of time. For me, XIV is that.

If all you want to do is the max level raids for the very best gear... go play a single player RPG, You'll likely get more entertainment value from it.

[EmeraldHill]

You mean, the same people who would spend a day running endless Coils for full i90 for every job, then unsub within the week if we didn't have lockouts... Lockouts are required to give meaning to gear not top tier. MMO's are about wasting time. If the game isn't wasting your time, it's not doing it right.
The trick is to be an entertaining waste of time. For me, XIV is that.

If all you want to do is the max level raids for the very best gear... go play a single player RPG, You'll likely get more entertainment value from it.

And what is wrong with people playing how they want to play? How does it hurt you if someone has top tier gear in a week? It is purely an artificial content extender used to prolong sub fees.

Lockouts don't give meaning to anything, challenge does.