Quote Originally Posted by Beetle View Post
This is how I see the community...
30% want 1.23b combat back again.
40% want a far better game.
30% dont care.
If you're basing these numbers on a single forum posts, you should realize forums generally are not considered a good place to gather opinion, since the people who post on them tend to be slanted towards complaining. Suffice to say, the game is doing well.

Really wish there is a better game out there right now so I have more reason to leave ARR. Heavensward looks like it does very little to step into the right direction. From what yoshi says its pretty much the samething as the current the ARR. Weekly lockouts/weekly loot lockouts, capping weekly points, doing primal/boss fights, beasttribes/beastmen dallies etc.
I believe Yoshi made it clear FFXIV is a themepark raiding MMO. What exactly were you expecting?

Only step I see them doing right is adding airships/flying mounts and making the game more open world.
Because flying mounts worked so well in WoW! Nothing like giving people an opportunity to just skip over content and challenges!

I think most players here just want their old XI/pre abyssea game back and after Tanaka ruined 1.0 & XI I think we been just been hanging around here. 3 major things id like to see happen to this game.
Projecting much? Seriously, if you don't like to game, quit. Even better, stop playing for a week.

1. change the battle system,
To what? FFXI style combat where we all sat around waiting for TP to build? Such fun!

2. Make the game way more open world.
I can agree with this one. However, expecting Skyrim is unrealisitc

3. Add new content that differs from any other content in the game.
Such as?


Do those3 things that your currently not doing and your game will be more successful. 1.0->1.23b was least 50-80% more successful because you did it. Just do it again.
By all accounts, the game is doing successful enough to keep funding it.