Current State of End-Game Contents - A Blog Post from A Japanese Player

[Iriadysa]

Oh wow... this is horrible.

This is basically an apology to gear and stat carried gameplay, which is the lowest common denominator of gameplay there is.

In a game like XIV, being an old school target style MMO game, the only real way you can ask for a player to be skilled is to introduce mechanics that kill you in a fight regardless of your "gear or level". The post keeps on going about how, pretty much, you should be able to be carried by gear if you have better gear.

Horrible, definitely not my kind of game paradigm.

Then again, I play XIV while waiting for something to replace the now zombie TERA to arrive to the market, so I'm probably the minority playing a game like XIV and maybe the guy is right that it should appeal to the broader audience that wants gear-carried content clears.