Thread: Patch 2.2, Accessibility, Difficulty Levels, and Throwing Away Content

Originally Posted by Maye

It just feels like "I walked up hill in the snow both ways so new players should have to as well" type of mentality. I don't really understand the type of player who wants their Allagan Weapon from an unnerfed twin to be relevant 2 years in the future... what kind of value does that put on all the gear released in two years if it's worse than something you already have?

I know. It's like someone feeling they got ripped off because PS3's are $150 now when they bought theirs for $699 a thousand years ago. You got to play with it for a thousand years before the people who got it for $150! If you thought you were making an investment then you suck at investing.

Originally Posted by Xatsh

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We want the ability to play 40-50hrs a week and never run out of things to do. This is not some absurd expectation. This is the norm for a mmo. It is also why most mmos fail. I expect to never run out of content if I am paying for it. That is my and manys min. Expectation of SE.

that is some HIGHLY absurd expectations a for mmo within it first 2 years. if you are spending a 40-50 hours per week on a game, then find something else to do...

also the norm for a mmo?...lol for a mmo with years and years on content maybe...expecting to play a mmo to 40-50 hours a week (especially on a new mmo no doubt) will just assured a burnout. i dont get people like you. you know NO NEW MMO will have enough content like that, yet you still join in the game in it infancy and cried that it doesnt have 40 hours of content?you realized that this game will never have that much content probably until it second year. i advised you and other like people to quit until then. perhaps you and your friends need to find a SANDBOX mmo, i dont think theme parks are for you.

Originally Posted by Xatsh

We want the ability to play 40-50hrs a week and never run out of things to do. This is not some absurd expectation. This is the norm for a mmo. It is also why most mmos fail. I expect to never run out of content if I am paying for it. That is my and manys min. Expectation of SE.

For a game that has been out a couple of months... yeah it is. The fact that they've already released one content patch is fantastic and even more that they are about to release another. The monthly events in themselves are great! That you'd expect the same amount of time out of a game that isn't even a year old as a game that has been out for years and years... is just stupid. If you're that upset about a new game not having enough content to fulfill a live-in-my-mom's-basement expectation then you should go back to one of the large mmos that have been out for (and I emphasize) yeaaaaaaaaaaars.

Originally Posted by LineageRazor

I'm afraid your nostalgia glasses are screwed on a bit too tight there. Folks were FURIOUS at CoP for locking away content behind difficult fights. Far from this "admiration" you claim, the forums were up in arms: "we paid $30 for content we can't even access wtf???" Why do you think they nerfed CoP like five times? I'm still disappointed that the first wave of nerfs came in before I was able to clear the missions myself. And, of course, the CoP missions are a pure laugh, now, with level caps removed and folks waltzing through them with Delve gear (and you'll STILL hear folks complain about how certain parts of it can't be done solo).

I don't necessarily agree with the sentiment that all content should be accessable to players of all skill levels, but comparing it to the "good old days" of FFXI is silly. Players were as spoiled back then as they are now - and just as now, when players whined, they got what they wanted. In FFXI, it just took a little longer.

Maybe some people on the OF, but I don't recall anyone in game bitching about "having paid 30$ and not getting Sea Access" in game. But fine, if not CoP, then Einherjar, Salvage, Advanced Dyamis, Sky, King... FFXI were used to not have access to all, I find hard to believe someone who wanted everything and now like they did in XIV would survive long in it.