Quote Originally Posted by Quesse View Post
From FFXI to FFXIV 1.0 to FFXIV 2.0 has a been a steady march in the direction of trying to please the MMO majority rather than making a game on a set of principles.
If you expect a game to please the hardcore dedicated fanbase you will be disappointed. Companies don't work like that, if they made XIV it's cause they want the money, not because they want to make the game itself, the only people who do that are indie developers, and sure there's still a lot of heart put in the game, but the final goal is making money, and for that they need to make the game for the bigger population, aka casual gamers, that people that can pay the sub with no problem, like the game but dont have the time/skill needed for a lot of the hardcore dedicated stuff, so they are hooked in the game through cosmetic stuff so in that sense, what they are doing is perfectly understandable.

This world is all about money and power if you didn't knew.