Why exclude people from Chocobo raising?

[LilaAquillina]

Join a FC or make your own.

I'm a little surprised at all the whining, honestly. First its 'Waaah, there's nothing special for my FC to do/ no reason for me to be in a FC!' now it's 'Waaah, to access this content I have to be in a FC! Why is SE giving people in a FC special things!'

SE makes something easy, forums light up with 'QQ, casuals ruin the game, too easy.'
SE makes something that takes a modicum of effort, and we get 'QQ, content for the elitists/rich people, too hard'

[Arkista]

People it's simple Make Your Own FC! Make an ALT get some friends to help you start a FC, Don't have friends? Then pay someone to help you. 2-2.5mil isn't that hard to get these days to get a house.

[SirSaber]

I'm in a craft FC and with only 4 (2 legacy full 50 crafts, 2 non legacy with 2to3 lvl50 crafts) members and 1 month we bought a L size house in Gridania's 2nd residential zone.

So for all 'dem haters saying that only rich get the good stuff;

You don't get rich without effort in FF14ARR and don't you comme with "legacy" this "legacy" that, they played the game in it's hardest version ever.

You want money? Go craft! Brings lot's 'o cash!
Specially Culinarian imo.

[Alberel]

Those of you complaining that since you're not in a FC this content is unavailable to you... why don't you join a FC then? I mean seriously this isn't rocket science. There is NO reason NOT to join a FC in this game. Even if you're the most uber casual ever there will be others similar to you that you can join or form a FC with.

As a few others have stated if your problem is that you have no FC then the problem is you, not the game.

[Colvin]

seems like chocobo raising is a missed opportunity for a new Disciple of the Hand class.... just saying...

[Naus]

Why do people treat FCs like they are some form of plague? Think of them like this: They are a LS that has can have a house, and they come with branding over your head.

[Welsper59]

Made mainstream by reducing the reliance on absolutely needing to group to enjoy the genre. To me, FF14 has the right balance of solo and group gameplay. I can log on and do absolutely nothing in a group and enjoy myself. Mind you, I got off the "progression" hamster wheel many years ago and prefer the social aspect of MMOs

Same on the progression comment. I just do things leisurely these days.

The mainstream approach occurred during the early WoW era, so in essence through the minor backing away of group-only stuff. It was particularly popular when it hit a certain point following Burning Crusade expansion. MMOs hit its peak of popularity during the era of the WotLK expansion. You'd see all sorts of high budget and mass advertised MMORPGs spawn during those years, such as Rift, Aion, etc.

However, the solo content is NOT what made the games hit such popularity. It was the feel and enjoyment unique to MMORPGs at the time. The proof of this is that even WoW, during the early years, didn't cater to solo content beyond being able to quest/level alone, for the most part. It became slightly easier to gear up entry-level wise, not so much in a solo capacity, but rather a timed one. Doing X number of group dungeons will result in Y reputation gains, so I'll be able to get this piece of rep gear by a planned date. Keep in mind that this was the sort of gameplay and content expectations (not very much solo capability) that existed when the popularity boom hit.

Online gaming was not as popular as it is now, nor was it as readily available. People didn't understand the enjoyment from playing a game with others and working together on it until they tried it. In fact, many clearly still don't, and feel the MMORPG market is too focused on group content and should make soloable things its primary focus. That if there's anything non-dungeon/raid related, it should never be expected to be grouped for. That's where the fallacy is. It's not the idea that MMORPGs should be focused on group-only expectations, but rather the incorrect thinking comes from expecting to solo your way through it.

[RygaenYuui]

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People in small FC's without housing lose access to these features too, I don't get why SE would stop some of their playerbase accessing Chocobo raising (housing I can understand a little)?

Seems to me that you have a couple of options:

Either start a free company with the few people that you enjoy playing with, or join the FC of the ones you really like the most. And maybe start saving your gil for a house.

People say that housing is only for those that have money, but it's an FC, So your FC should be accepting donations or have something in place to help fund a house. Our "small" FC of like 30 people (Not all are active) had managed to save up over a length of time for a medium sized house plot (20M~ gil at the time).

So you know...you don't have to exclude yourself, or blame Square Enix for excluding yourself...

Or Obamacare.

[Gilthas]

It's the same with housing anyway. It's only for those who have the money.

We have a lot of functions only for the rich in this game.

People still complain about the prices of housing with all the ridiculously easy gil fountains in the game nowadays? Geez.

[Yukiko]

People still complain about the prices of housing with all the ridiculously easy gil fountains in the game nowadays? Geez.

Sorry, need all the gil i can get for buying stupid materia to upgrade Novus...