Simplicity over complexity, time to change.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

What I took from that answer was while it's not out of the question that new roles could be made in the future, it would be quite difficult to make a role that is either not redundant or breaks the difficulty of older content since everything right now is tailored for DPS/Tank/Healer. There's also the issue of DF queues possibly taking longer because now you got more roles that need to be fulfilled.

[Azurak]

Well, I am done with FFXIV for good I guess. That response pretty much sums up with whats wrong with the game. They care more about bringing in subscribers than retaining old ones. I guess that is a good business model if they want to cash in on FFXIV for 1 year and then bomb it after.

Not sure what good MMOs will come out now hmmm. There is Archeage but that is in CB so don't know when it really will come out and it also suffers from lame quest leveling up (same as WOW with quest hubs). However, that game will be free to play.

[Barimu]

So as I never played 1.0, I went back and watched gameplay of it and wow it looked great.

[Azurak]

Aye, the graphics were higher (just look at the texture of the armor and rocks). The animations were also better quality. Yoshi made it awful.

[Barimu]

I understand they wanted to attract the WoW crowd, but jeez if I wanted to play WoW I'd go play WoW. Now that they got their dumb phony fanbase can they give the old fans what they want? This one raid, weekly lockout, has got to go.

[Azurak]

I guess people don't want the beauty and cinematic quality of the weaponskills and graphics of FFXIV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1m0B_OTjsk

Watch all of it, if u haven't Barimu.

[Xatsh]

SE not trying to attract the WoW crowd. They are extremely dumbing down WoW and putting a FF skin on it to attract the people who though WoW was too hardcore of a game to play.

They are targeting the ultra casual mmo playerbase and current console players.

[Azurak]

SE not trying to attract the WoW crowd. They are extremely dumbing down WoW and putting a FF skin on it to attract the people who though WoW was too hardcore of a game to play.

They are targeting the ultra casual mmo playerbase and current console players.

It's true and it makes sense because the marketshare is bigger with 13 year olds and the moms and dads. Both, who want instant gratification and easy simple games like those iPhone app games.

Our money shouldn't be given to people who are more interested in making gaming a joke.

[Nicco]

speaking of dangerous zones, i still remember one of my fondest memories in 1.xx was when i just gotten to lvl 30ish, somehow ninja'd my way up to m.d.'s aetheryte and was exploring dodging ehre and there. but i had set my home point cause i knew i was gonna die exploring the rest of the zone. well... yeah, no anima left, running out of gil due to deaths.. and i couldnt make it past the damned mobs gaurding a tunnel to get bk to uldah >.> finally broke down and had my fiance and ls members come and sac pulled me to freedom!! finally made it home safe and sound with a new found feeling of exploration achieved. now... only i can hope, one day, maybe one day i can get some of that back!

[Barimu]

SE not trying to attract the WoW crowd. They are extremely dumbing down WoW and putting a FF skin on it to attract the people who though WoW was too hardcore of a game to play.

They are targeting the ultra casual mmo playerbase and current console players.

While you may be right with the bolded statement, Yoshi himself has said in interviews that they are/were trying to attract the WoW crowd and WoW was one of yoshis favorite mmos in which he wanted to base ARR off of.