Thread: Some contents in 1.23 are better than ARR

Originally Posted by Fuddy

Profitable game design (Many would outright say good game design) requires that a game be ACCESSIBLE. The average gamer is no longer a teenager with obscene amounts of free time. Using FFXI as an example I often spent as long just forming a party and doing NOTHING BUT looking for a party as I ended up being able to spend leveling or doing whatever content. Game designers need to think about the player's sense of reward for their investment of time. A game that forces you to form your own parties in large inhospitable worlds certainly offer plenty of immersion. You would probably say a lot more "immersion" than FFXIV currently offers but the problem in this case is that immersion breaks accessibility. The full-time working Mom just isn't going to be able to play the game you wish FFXIV was in any practical way. This person essentially CANNOT play and CANNOT enjoy the game making it inaccessible for him or her. This is why the gameplay you enjoy is enjoying a slow death. Until robots are doing our jobs and the vast majority of us no longer have work or responsibility you wont see a resurgence in that type of gameplay.

The current form of accessibility is whats currently turning the genre into one homogenized steaming pile. In the effort developers have put into trying to bring people into the genre, some who honestly have no business even playing an mmo, they have alienated and angered the people who have supported them for a long time, and its sad. And while I have no hate for casuals in the sense of people who don't have a lot of time to invest at once, i.e. they can't make a commitment for raiding, I can't stand those that were brought in and now expect everything to be handed to them because they cant invest the time and effort. As for the partying issue, put in the effort to connect with people, make a static or join an FC.The current form of accessibility is whats currently turning the genre into one homogenized steaming pile. In the effort developers have put into trying to bring people into the genre, some who honestly have no business even playing an mmo, they have alienated and angered the people who have supported them for a long time, and its sad. And while I have no hate for casuals in the sense of people who don't have a lot of time to invest at once, i.e. they can't make a commitment for raiding, I can't stand those that were brought in and now expect everything to be handed to them because they cant invest the time and effort. As for the partying issue, put in the effort to connect with people, make a static or join an FC.