This sounds fun...


1. Where do you come from to XIV? Play WoW, FFXI, GuildWars, ESO?

I played 1.0 for a few months but had to quit for life stuff, but came back with a new account and character based on my FFXI character in the beta for ARR. I came before that from all the mmos, though not so much WoW. Been playing mmos since NWN and EQ way back there. My last big ones were RO and FFXI, with a special mention of Age of Camelot.


2. Do you like how the game currently progresses?

If you asked me this 10 years ago I think my answer would have been the same as a lot of the forum posts you read. Dumbed down mechanics, reaching out to the lowest common denominator, blah blah blah, as I was what you would have called hardcore back then. That said as a casual player with real life responsibilities the pacing is good for me.


3. Do you want it to stay that way? If no, what changes would you make?

Well I think a few more levels of difficulty would be nice. I know they just said that wasn't happening and gave their (the DEV's) reasons but I disagree. Even though I don't have the time for Savage content or harder, back in the day I loved insane difficulty and have good memories of breaking through those challenges. The world is different and time is valuable but if someone has the time and wants the challenge, SE should give it to them. Not like it would take a lot of development resources to add a new mechanic to the last boss and up the attack and defense of the enemies in the raid.