Please, Developers, Please! Put an end to Easy Mode thinking

[Murugan]

Casuals = $$$$$$$

SE getting more $$$$$$$$$$$$$ does not = me caring if they are designing a crap casual focused game I don't want to play.

I don't invest money in Square Enix, I did invest money in EA because of STWOR, but I never planned to play it myself (and I am in the beta). I know that what I want isn't in line with what the "unwashed masses" desire from a video game, I take pride in that actually because I have confidence in my taste. So I can recognize that a casual cash shop game is going to make a ton of money, but there is no way in hell you would get me personally to waste my time on such a travesty.

I don't care how many people play, I don't care if this game improves SE's bottom line. I only care that there are people on my server I can play with (which means not casual/solo trash running around contributing nothing to my experience but lag), and that I have content to play. FFXI managed this just fine for many years. WoW on the other hand made tons of money, has millions of players, and I really don't care because it completely excluded anyone who desires complex MMO mechanics and has turned their server communities into cesspits. It could sell another 20 million copies I wouldn't waste 5 minutes playing it.

Luckily since Yoshi took over they are catering to "hardcores" again (making them the only major MMO developer to do so in the past 5 years).