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

[Nero]

It's not just one man's opinion. It's a feeling many in the community share.

Source to those "many"? Sorry, but like in this thread, not everyone does agree with it. And even if some do, there is no way in telling if many do or not do. Personally the OP is a good read, but reading between the lines he basically wants to being carried by Gear > Skill and no punishment at all, if doing mistakes. So Easy Mode in all cases, while you can faceroll every single Content of the Game. I am not sure how people can agree to that.

He also realises that this is not the most effective way to handle challenging content in a 'fun' way, and at least he is trying to offer an alternative, adaptive style solution to the dev team aimed at keeping players from leaving the game for the reasons stated.

Indeed, he did a great job on writing it down and that is why he got my like, even if i disagree with his opinion.

[NovaUltimatum]

Source to those "many"?

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...s_a_blog_post/

Not everyone does, but you don't have to go far to see many people agreeing with him.

This is pretty much a summation of why I'm having little to zero fun in this game recently.

I agree with everything this person said, and is exactly why I have not renewed my subscription this month

I agree with it all except the time gate thingy

I totally agree... The mechanics often feel forced and arbitrary. While they are fun in some fights, they are generally abused as a system.

That was a wonderful post, thank you for translating it. I agree with most of what OP mentions.

This blog post sums up, with far more logic and detail, why I stopped playing FFXIV.

[Bizniztyme]

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...s_a_blog_post/

Not everyone does, but you don't have to go far to see many people agreeing with him.

I'm sure there's many that disagree as well. Just saying.

[NovaUltimatum]

I'm sure there's many that disagree as well. Just saying.

Yeah of course, many agree and many disagree. My original point was that someone said it was just one man's opinion and that is why SE should ignore them.

[ZReport]

I'm sure there's many that disagree as well. Just saying.

He's just making a point that many people do agree with the blogger's viewpoints. One can assure themselves that the vocal majority agrees with his sentiments as well.

[Bizniztyme]

He's just making a point that many people do agree with the blogger's viewpoints. One can assure themselves that the vocal majority agrees with his sentiments as well.

And many people disagree so how can someone assume that the vocal majority agrees just from this thread? There is no way to know so don't say it's the vocal majority.

[ZReport]

And many people disagree so how can someone assume that the vocal majority agrees just from this thread? There is no way to know so don't say it's the vocal majority.

That's why I said one can assume this to be so. We can't tell, but we can make a very good inference. Look at these official forums. Look at other FFXIV forums. Look at FFXI Reddit. What do you read? Listen to people doing these fights (and failing) in Teamspeak/Mumble/Skype. In fact, start at the beginning of this thread and count how many people "agree" and how many people "disagree."

You can see a ton of different threads or subthreads depicting the disdain for specfic mechanics in the game currently. Much more than those that disagree. Yes, there are people who are completely fine with the current state of affairs. If fact, I'm one of them. However this group of people are in a smaller minority. It's only now that someone has very eloqently posted his opinion on the matter.

[Bizniztyme]

You can see a ton of different threads or subthreads depicting the disdain for specfic mechanics in the game currently. Much more than those that disagree. Yes, there are people who are completely fine with the current state of affairs. If fact, I'm one of them. However this group of people are in a smaller minority. It's only now that someone has very eloqently posted his opinion on the matter.

You can also see a ton of threads of people complaining that the game is faceroll. So you go on assuming everyone agrees with you and I'll assume that everyone agrees with me and lets move on.