Thread: Patch 3.1 and the Problems with a Two Tier Model of Content

Originally Posted by Catwho

As I've aged, my gaming habits have changed. I now have usually 3-4 hours max to spend each evening during the week, less if I want to visit friends. Some weekends I have all day to play, others I'm out of town and I can't play at all.

Despite what the community on the forums here says, a lot more people fall into the same pattern that I do - a few hours to play each day. I can't cap esoterics on Tuesday because if I did that, I would literally only be able to do that for the day. I want to craft a little, work on another job to 60, and do other activities with my FC. So I try to run an expert dungeon once a day, and I'll be lucky if I cap esoterics before the next reset.

Not saying that we don't need more mid-core content to fill the gaps, but SE is creating content that caters to the majority of its playerbase, who are content to do casual raids and roulettes once a day and call it good.

This is everything I wanted to say, so thank you for saying it.

One of the flaws I find in this game is that the developers try too hard to please other franchises' players and not long-time FF players. Even most of the FFXI players find this game too generic when it comes to classes and equips, but to please WoW and other migrating players by creating a "balanced raid enviroment", SQEX simply close their ears to people who ask for horizontal progression and more difference between classes, making the game what we have today: a raid-focused game with daily chores, and I find it quite doubtful that any long-term FF player began playing FFXIV to do chores.