So we don't have enough devs

[silentwindfr]

I believe some reports before said that FFXIV is the only game actually making profit for Square Enix and that most of the funds were being allocated to not FFXIV.

they too have dragon quest online, but japanese only.

[thunderbreak]

Pay them more money to have the same quality content like before? So how is this a solution? That just encourages this kind of practice. Devs will lower content quality just to make you pay more.

How come the devs haven't lower the sub fee since their content quality has dropped?

[MomomiMomi]

Raise the price and I'd laugh. Then take my money elsewhere.

[Balipu]

Raise the price and I'd laugh. Then take my money elsewhere.

Where exactly? No, really. I'm not saying that you should pay more. This is more than enough. But most MMO's come with less frequent patches with less content. I mean SWTOR comes with expansions that barely qualify as content patches, TESO puts everything in the cash shop as DLC, WoW deveopers are only now learning how to put more than one type of content into a patch (and are notorious for long content droughts), and the list goes on and on.

Others are simply just boring.

[MomomiMomi]

Where exactly? No, really. I'm not saying that you should pay more. This is more than enough. But most MMO's come with less frequent patches with less content. I mean SWTOR comes with expansions that barely qualify as content patches, TESO puts everything in the cash shop as DLC, WoW deveopers are only now learning how to put more than one type of content into a patch (and are notorious for long content droughts), and the list goes on and on.

Others are simply just boring.

Plenty of single player games out there.

[thunderbreak]

Plenty of single player games out there.

Heh, I'm planning on quitting 14 to play FF15...the irony. But then I'm planning on playing Persona 5 so take that SE.

[Balipu]

Plenty of single player games out there.

Fair enough. I just assumed you are talking about other MMOs as single player games operate on a completely different payment method. My bad.

[Zafrei]

Again, it's not a money issue. The indications given point towards it being a personnel issue - finding two developers with the requisite skills, rendering this whole thread moot.

[Lexia]

The common notion in the community is that we lack the manpower to get more content, features, unique gear etc. per a patch and then the content gets also released half-baked with some promised adjustments in the future...

Sounds like 1.0 just wearing a mask called 2.0/HW

[MistyMew]

For me personally, FFXIV is certainly not the only mmo out there to enjoy, ffxiv lacks to the point of poverty in some areas compared to other mmos. BUT its still an OK game, I cant and will not deny that! Wow is OK, Rift is OK (their housing is perfection however), Tera is OK, FFXI is OK. To me they are all just OK, but certain unique aspects in each game, keeps me subbed/playing them all.

Don't know if more developers would help or not tbh.

Would an extra developer actually of had the housing item limit increased by now? would we have enough housing by now (not baby apartments, actual homes?....would an extra developer ensure that the lighting in houses would have been separate to each floor instead of house wide?....or allowed somehow to own more then one aquarium O.o?....could I dye all my gear by now with an extra developer?

Was that lack of developers or just poor choices/design?

Now more open world content?, maybe that would increase... but then again they have the ideas we gave them plenty. They too are very talented!!..they can handle it but the game itself imo...cant.

I think its more an outdated / severely limited hardware issue/ server limitation holding a huge amount of game options and alternate content behind more then lack of talented developers to think of new content.

Their player base alone, has been talent wasted as well.

I'm not certain if anything would change, I was hoping their pride alone would have ensured the core features improvements by now and increased variety but nothing has changed enough imo. Mind you it is an OK game as I said!!!!

I always ask and suggest for the best but never expect it anymore, that's pretty much the way in all mmos nowadays.

Would I pay extra?, I would have to say no because I don't trust that things would change...I just don't.