I guess it's time

[Istaru]

I'd argue that Yoshi-P is already showing he's not content with just sticking with what works. However, he's also using caution in finding ways to improve the game that are true to what made the game successful to begin with.

That's why I'm not expecting any kind of overhaul that makes the game horizontal. That would make no sense. People play this game for what it is, not for what it isn't.

So far, though, the dev team is 1-1 on new types of content. Diadem was a colossal failure, but Aquapolis is pretty cool. Deep Dungeons is a big deal in the conversation of Yoshi-P's impact. I'm glad we don't need to wait much longer to see how it turns out.

I don't expect to go from like 90 degrees of Yoshida vertical to 10 degrees tanaka horizontal. That is simply not going to happen. My question really is, why can't we have a bit of both, even if that is like 60 degrees vertical. Oh, and without all the glass ceilings that are the lockouts?

I totally get and understand that there is a concern that newer and current people could get overwhelmed by too much to do and walk away since I they can't keep up. To be honest, I'm not sure how to overcome that beyond things like the lockouts that some of us despise. On the other hand, how manage to have enough progression type things for the group that will go ham all over new content without choking them to death.

Keeping an eye on new player experience is a god thing and is something that did cause some people to play XI for a very short time and leave forever. I suspect that this game has the opposite problem, how to get people to stay long term.

I wish I had answers, but I really don't. I don't even have answers for myself on some of the things that bug me much less anyone else.