Quote Originally Posted by Tricksy View Post
Its just sad overall: the continual simplification of the game by WoWtards and the subsequent whiteknighting of these activities by SE fanbois. But when there is no significant population boost, even after these sort of changes... well they still won't change probably. Too bad.

Anima- A pretty casual friendly function that greatly reduces feelings of tediousness in MMO transportation. Already altered to facilitate increased use. People then complain that it is not enough or not regenerating fast enough. SE adds an interesting gameplay function to add to your anima, that very few of the complainers use. Alternately, some people want it removed altogether. I'm not too sure why, as it had a decent cooldown and abusing it still takes effort and the use of anima-regenerating content.

Airship- Basically in the game as a sort of nostalgic throwback to oldstyle gameplay methods. Intended use for those who want to ration anima and those who enjoy the idea of riding an airship in their imaginary world.

So why bastardize the Airship by making it instant? Why remove Anima? Why fix something that isnt broke?

Because "we are trying to make it easier for WoW players to transition to FF14".

I think you just summed up exactly what is going on in FFXIV. It really is sad and unfortuntaly it will be the down fall of xiv.Reason I say that is if they continue to cater to casuals the mid core and hardcore players will dump xiv. Yes you will have a few midcore and hardcore players but not enough to support the game. I have said it before casuals support games in short term, and when they do leave normally they dont return. Now where as the midcore and hardcore players support games in the long run that is where most of the long term cash flow will come from not the casual base. Dont get me wrong I enjoy playing with all 3 types of players and its really sad whn players do leave and never return as there are friends lost.

Now on a side note some may say well look at WoW, but just because 1 or 2 games had tons of casual support and survived dosent mean that the next game like it will have the same support.