Remember the arguments during beta?

[epryn]

Who cares if they left ?
They left because they don't like the game point.

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Don't wanna play? Go, don't come to the forums to nag about it.

I have to disagree with this sentiment. The organization of complaints and issues with gameplay is rather terrible on the forums, so it's just generally a mess, and we've seen no evidence as yet that SE is paying any attention to what its playerbase is saying could use improvement or suggestions for new/revised content, but simply not saying anything isn't productive. I like most of the game, but there are things that I feel can be done better. If I, and those like me, aren't willing to try to get through to the devs and instead just leave, then a) the odds of any such changes happening become basically zero, and b) the population drops without any significant chance of recovery. Then it boils down to the remaining playerbase being only those who will take whatever they're handed.

I want the game to be better, something I would continue playing long term, but that probably won't be the case unless certain problems are fixed. If you're fine with everything just the way it is, or willing to trust that without you saying anything, the devs will just magically know how to make the game better, then fine, don't say anything. I would rather state my issues on the off chance that vocalization will improve the odds of problems being addressed.

Making the playerbase increasingly niche is not something I would want, and I doubt it's what the devs would want, either.

[Aegis]

how about catering more to the long time loyal players? Us so-called fanboys?

Join Date: Mar 2013

You're adorable.

[Miiu]

Can we please stop reading too much into common marketing practices?

Join Date: Mar 2013


*edit*
You're adorable.

Forum join dates are no real indicators of how long you actually played. I played this game during beta and 1.0 which was around september 2010? Still forum join date is 2012.

[Hitome]

Pretty sure the free weekend has more to do with competing with the Elder Scrolls beta.

Might be a valid point if TESO beta wasn't a piece of garbage. :X

I did enjoy the computer-generated voices for the NPCs, though.

[Delorean]

Uhh

my friend quit earlier because it was difficult for him to keep up leveling 2 classes and no quests, plenty of people burned out and the game's been updated with new stuff for people to check out since.

it's not like anyone loses anything by doing this

[Felis]

only time there free on a new sub game means alot of people stop playing.
casuals play for a bit now there leaveing the casual game not a surprise to me. SE dug there own hole.
people left 1.0 and you saw what became of that.

We get still login queue time

[Umo]

I just read on another thread that lots of players have left

I just read on another thread that lots of players have joined. How do we manage this (apparent) incongruity?

PS. Stop reading. Or, at least, search for confident sources / data and do not look at just one tree while on a forest.

[AmnesiaHaze]

Pretty sure the free weekend has more to do with competing with the Elder Scrolls beta.

to compete with elder scrolls online they should have released this game as ps4 launch title , not around the same time when ESO full version will be available

[Aegis]

Can we please stop reading too much into common marketing practices?


Forum join dates are no real indicators of how long you actually played. I played this game during beta and 1.0 which was around september 2010? Still forum join date is 2012.

A self professed fan boy who didn't register on the forums? Not as dedicated as he would make out either way.

[Mezolitik]

Well that kinda is my point. People will leave and play other newer games all the time. Meanwhile the diehard FF fans suffer with this watered down game that was adapted for those casual gamers that probably won't play this again.

The die-hard FF fans are casual console gamers, not MMO players. Final Fantasy isn't a PC/MMO title, generally speaking.

You've got your reasoning backwards. The hardcore gamers are the ones who left after devouring all the content. The casual guys are still here paying the bills because they're so slow to progress.