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

[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.

[Eagleheart]

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.

How about this, then, for event structure criticisms, perhaps we can agree on this one:

I'm sick to death of having to leave people out of endgame content because of this antediluvian concept of X NUMBER OF PEOPLE ONLY, NO MORE NO LESS, LOCKOUT FOR WEEK AFTER COMPLETION.

As a person who maintains a small LS with lots of folks who would like to participate in content, I object stringently to this nonsensical idea that Dev Team has no choice but to enforce lockouts in order to keep gear rare from hyper-hardcore groups who would run Turn 6 through 9 eight times a week to gear up everyone's alts one by one.

Holy cow, Batman, if they want to, let them. Don't screw over the regular players because of folks who have no job and play XIV all day. Don't screw over groups of pals who want to play a damn game together (novel concept, I know, I'm an original thinker) because of individuals or groups consisting of a minute fraction of the populace who have sublimated into their computer chair for the sake of endless raiding.

Dev Team could also change drops structure in many ways, if need be. They could tokenize it. They could increase or decrease drop rates depending on # of folks who have cleared that content for the week. They could have one base drop per Turn, and an additional drop with x% chance of an additional drop, with x representing the number of people who had not completed that content for the week. If they were really insistent about overgearing, they could make the first drop only guaranteed if everyone in the content had not cleared it for the week, and any/all additional drops were x% chance. Something. Anything. Would beat the hell out of being hamstrung for the balance of the week.

Dev Team replies to issues about overgearing as if they do not have any control over the matter. Why?

Not kosher, kids.

Señor Yoshida, huge fan, love ya forever for saving the game, but damn if you didn't rip the social aspects of playing an MMO right out of the game's core and toss them into Vesper Bay. Work with us here.

[Bizniztyme]

How about this, then, for event structure criticisms, perhaps we can agree on this one:

I'm sick to death of having to leave people out of endgame content because of this antediluvian concept of X NUMBER OF PEOPLE ONLY, NO MORE NO LESS, LOCKOUT FOR WEEK AFTER COMPLETION.
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I'm have no opinion on that issue so you can complain about that all you want. So go ahead with your bad self I say.

[ZReport]

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.

No sorry. I'm not a person who looks at things in terms of black and white. Instead I see the full picture. If you saw it too, you'd know that the majority exists with those that agree with the Blogger. Yes I see a ton of people who complain that the game is faceroll. In fact, I post primarily in a forum whos players currently see much of the game as faceroll (BlueGartr). However in reality, that "ton of people" is still in the minority.

[Bizniztyme]

No sorry. I'm not a person who looks at things in terms of black and white. Instead I see the full picture. If you saw it too, you'd know that the majority exists with those that agree with the Blogger. Yes I see a ton of people who complain that the game is faceroll. In fact, I post primarily in a forum whos players currently see much of the game as faceroll (BlueGartr). However in reality, that "ton of people" is still in the minority.

I'm moving on, let it go. We're never going to agree.

[ZReport]

I'm moving on, let it go. We're never going to agree.

Cop-out response. But OK.