Loosing players after update?

[Shougun]

It wasn't released this way. It was made buy to play when people realized how utterly bad it was and square had to save face. It would be quite different.

However, that said Yoshi-P in at least one interview did support the idea of f2p if it came to that.

Unless expertly done, which so far I've -never seen- or am sure even exists, I'd drop FFXIV if it became f2p.. lol

Thanks to whales I won't be able to play a normal F2P game, which Blizzard found out - went away from that too. I'm paying monthly for content to be within the game not from with out, expansions forgiven since they allow devs the courage to try new systems and I like that.

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I think FFXIV is doing well, but they should purposely look for ways to not have the housing response again - I'd wager /not/ a significant portion of the players but I imagine some people legitimately quit from it.

Balmung is crammed pack, on the weekends during peak hours you just shove your way through the crowd. Or in my case goobbue sneeze my way through, SE should have never given me mount abilities..

I got shot once and I then proceeded to have a Magitek mount duel for the next 15 minutes till my duty called... Although I plan on dipping out for a bit when Witcher 3 rolls out and the last Dark Souls 2 DLC (so long as SE doesn't face plant I'll keep my sub going though).

[Tiggy]

Don't forget tiggy, it was also the D3 Hardcore Seasonal release prior to Destiny as well. My FC is the same, they have started to trickle back. Went to D3 hardcore seasonal, destiny and now we are preparing for 2.4!

Good call! Put that one on the list too.

Unless expertly done, which so far I've -never seen- or am sure even exists, I'd drop FFXIV if it became f2p.. lol

You and me both man. I definitely don't want it to go that way either since I think it ruins game quality at the cost of an initial burst of subs. Just had to give some credit in my response since Yoshi has mentioned it at least once.

[waldo]

I can only speak for myself, been about a week since I've played (down from logging on every day).
It's not particularly this patch that's got me turned off, I'm just tired of coil lockouts. Al my FC friends are staticed together and I can't run high content with them... After doing ST for the 50th time and killing every hunt mark known to man countless times I'm just a little over it. Wish this lockout feature would just die really, I'd have a lot more fun if it did.

[LalaRu]

Wish this lockout feature would just die really, I'd have a lot more fun if it did.

Loot lockout is to prevent some players eat all content and cap gear on one day, dropping game longevity and causing more drama in forum, because the day after, that players will roam the forums making sure all the world knows how they are bored of a game that let them cap all in one day, eventually braggin' about that.

[waldo]

Loot lockout is to prevent some players eat all content and cap gear on one day, dropping game longevity and causing more drama in forum, because the day after, that players will roam the forums making sure all the world knows how they are bored of a game that let them cap all in one day, eventually braggin' about that.

Maybe I should have been more specific. Loot lockout is fine, I'm ok with that. However, if my buddy wants to clear with his static, and run the next day with friends in the FC or from other places, he/she should be able to.

[Avarghaladion]

Loot lockout is to prevent some players eat all content and cap gear on one day, dropping game longevity and causing more drama in forum, because the day after, that players will roam the forums making sure all the world knows how they are bored of a game that let them cap all in one day, eventually braggin' about that.

SCOB isn't loot locked, it's content locked. Syrcus Tower is loot locked in that it can be run as many times as you wish but you can only get one piece of gear from it per week. You can still get things like mounts/minions/tomes. In SCOB, you can only physically do each instance once per week. Once you've cleared a turn you cannot even re-enter it. Once you've so much as entered a higher turn, you can't enter any of the turns that come before it, even if you wipe in the turn you entered and even if you never touched the earlier turns.

[LalaRu]

Started with "Loot" but were referring to both, that word slipped the keyboard!

Just clear the "Loot" word and all continue to make sense.

"all content and cap gear" -> "all content" is the instance lock, "cap gear" is the gear lock, and if you wish, also the tomes lock.

[Shiken]

I disagree. I see less players overall on Sargatanas.

U may be right. I must have been on at busy times before but last night felt pretty light. It wasn't dead or anything, but not near as much as before.

Still I see no cause for concern as big games are coming out this time of year and new patch is coming. People will return for 2.4 and even more will come back for the expansion. This is typical behavior for all MMOs. Even WoW went through these periods, so I really don't see any need for concern just yet.

[Jodou]

Based on the title, I was fully expecting to see gifs of players being 'loosed' from a ballista. Sadly, I was disappointed.