November? really?

[Maaizr]

Good for you.

[Hysterior]

didn't they say that staff took their first holidays in 2 years?

[Anemone_Valesti]

Good for you.

U Salty as Fuck lol

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Don't worry. When 3.1 comes, you'll chew through it and come back here to complain about it.

[Eye_Gore]

Don't worry. When 3.1 comes, you'll chew through it and come back here to complain about it.

The circle if life. November gonna be a rough one. Sub expires, Fallout 4 comes out, oh what to do. May have to hit up the Scales of Judgement in Quarn to see which way it tips.

[Preypacer]

*shakes his head at people who say 3.0 didn't offer much*

Three new jobs, increase level cap with new skills included (and crafts to cover the increased level cap), unsynced party (ie solo dungeoning), loads of new dungeons, new primals, flying, new zones, new city, new idle town, new gear, new hunts, new quests, new gathering systems, FC crafting, airships... am I missing more? Probably.

If anything, we're very spoiled with how much we get in the patches (how many games would give you something like Gold Saucer in a patch?), some of them are near-expansion-quality in themselves. I have no issues with lack of content and I play a lot. I was told by someone the other day about how in WoW you're lucky to get a patch of FFXIV quality ever. Everything is expac except bug fixes and balancing, so I'm told.

If I played any other game as much as I play FFXIV, I'd probably be bored.

You're exactly right. HW did release a lot of stuff. Tons of stuff. Enough to keep people busy for a while, assuming they're actually engaging in it.

The thing is, there are people for whom much of what you listed there is of absolutely no interest. They only care about one or two things - usually hitting level cap as quickly as possible, and then clearing dungeons and getting better loot, as quickly as possible. Anything that doesn't contribute to those two things is considered "not worth it" to them, and so they end up not doing much of the content released. Anything they're required to do, they race through as fast as possible (these are the people who are freaking out when a dungeon isn't going quickly enough for them, etc.)

So, when they inevitably and understandably hit the wall of "nothing else (they feel is worthwhile) to do", you end up with threads/posts like this.

Here's the thing, and here's why I don't worry much about the doom and gloom of these posts. Those people exist in every MMO. They will never be satisfied, in any MMO. No MMO could ever be made that could satisfy them - unless it was nothing but running dungeons and getting gear, with nothing else. Apart from that, nothing will ever be enough for them. Ever. When 100% of someone's focus is on maybe 20-30% of the content offered, how can it be?

The thing is, their posts represent only themselves, and those who play with the same "go go go" mentality as them.

Some players are simply their own worst enemies... and never realize it.

For other players, who aren't in a hurry, who don't feel the need to "go go go", whom mix it up, and whose interests lie in closer to 70-80% of the content, they've plenty to do, and you're not going to see them complaining any time soon, if ever.

[DonnieD]

People who are butthurt about the fact that staff took vacation after releasing HW, can unsubscribe. They will be back when 3.1 comes out. I surely can find ways to entertain myself until then, and I'm happy to know that staff got the vacation they deserved.

So, you wanna tell me they delay the patch for 2 months because they took holidays? You cant be serious , because that would mean the whole staff took holidays for 2 months.

Lets Face it, that is just another excuse for dealying a patch/ expansion. They always have excuses...

Its funny how naive some people are and defend everything Yoshida does.

[Wildsprite]

Good for you.

You know it's BiS people like you who make that content obsolete because you don't really enjoy the game. you treat it like a job.
When people try to tell me I need to have this piece of gear or that piece of gear cause it's the best I tell them to bugger off, till you pay for my sub I'll play how I like. I have proven time and time again as long as your gear is adequate your skill is going to win out over the person with the BiS gear almost every time.
You can keep your BiS gear, I do a decent job with my skills on the jobs I choose to play.

[Ashelia_Ferron]

So, you wanna tell me they delay the patch for 2 months because they took holidays? You cant be serious , because that would mean the whole staff took holidays for 2 months.

Lets Face it, that is just another excuse for dealying a patch/ expansion. They always have excuses...

Its funny how naive some people are and defend everything Yoshida does.

It's funny how you think it was delayed 2 months.

The release date is 6 weeks away. And if it was DELAYED by 2 months, that means they would've had to of planned it to release it 2 weeks ago. Last I heard, 3.1 was supposed to be some time in October. So at MOST it's a one month delay, if that.

And you clearly aren't a game developer so you don't know how long it can take to push this kind of stuff out

[Wizarus]

I joined this game late back in March, when 2.5 was out. By that time a lot of stuff was "obsolete" but you know what? I did it anyway. Every primal, all the towers,, all of coil,, every 50 dungeon. Because it was fun and new to me.

Not everyone is some BiS sheep only looking for the best gear and that's it. Some people (gasp) play the game to have fun.

This is the new player experience. I honestly wonder if I would get a better experience by unsubbing until 4.0 comes out, paying one month to enjoy all of the previous and expansion content and then unsubbing until 5.0 comes out.