Have we gone too far?

[Aerowaffle]

I'm not seeing the problem with the game being "easy". Due to maintenance costs being much higher than other games, the company needs as many paying customers as possible. If you make the game too hard in any way, you start losing customers that don't have the patience for such things.

Then you lose other customers because, although they can handle the difficulty level, some of their friends can't. And if they wanted to play a game solo for simply the content, they would play a singleplayer game that has the advantage on content due to not having to worry about accounting for hundreds of other players while developing the story.

[Shadex]

You should probably clear Second Coil before making pretentious proclamations like these. Realistically, you should probably clear Final Coil before making grand standing proclamations like that, but come on, not even a T9 clear?

Just because I have not been there yet does not mean I do not enjoy the challenge. But far be it from me to keep you from sounding stupid and elitist. Carry on.

[Deathscythe343]

I think if anyone is to blame for the transition of play styles of FF11 to this ARR it is the players. And not just the players of this game or FF11, but rather, all MMOs. The market has changed. People seem to want a more WoW-esque game. So to survive, developers of this genre must adapt or die.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

That's not exclusive to MMOs. All games have changed to be simplified, hence the glorious use of quick time events, auto checkpoints everywhere, and games telling you exactly what to do. The gamer has changed, ergo, the market must adapt or get left behind.

[Able]

The hardcore segment of pay-to-play MMO players has been shrinking for years. I'm a perfect example. I no longer have the time nor patience for hardcore, elitist douchebaggery. Played Eve: Online and dealt with/participated in it for years. Now, I'm a casual and this "easy" game suits me just fine.

[Fawkes]

Wasn't it in FFXI where if you died, you lost exp? i thought that was so cool...

Yeah it was super cool wiping to LBC over and over until I deleveled out of my pants.

Gosh, I sure do miss having to grind EXP on jobs I want to raid with. That never felt like a humongous waste of time.

[Dyvid]

Snip.

Welcome to 2015, just be glad this isn't a freeium to play like everything else on the gaming market.

[Teuciont]

You can never go too far when CasualBux™ are on the line.

[MageBlack]

If you guys want a Hard Core MMO, start requesting one from From Software and the creators of Dark/Demon Souls/Bloodbourne.

Until then, stop whining about what this game is not. With so many "issues" the OP has, it would require Neo Bahamut to come down and completely destroy Eorzea again. Let's just not go there...

[Yukiko]

Thats the problem of static programming, while its too easy for Player A, it is too hard for Player B...
What this game needs is much more dynamic programming where enemies are reacting on the actions players are setting!