Thread: 4.1 - The emptiest patch yet.

Ultimate level raiding, or something so hard it may as well just be a wipe button, been an requested feature since Coil Savage was a thing. There was a subset of players that demolished that content despite being far too difficult for the average player of the time. (Mind you, iLVLs were still very low.)

Plus, an enormous difficulty spike grabs certain players. Having something to outrageous to conquer is good for the game.

I will NEVER touch Ultimate, but I know players who are thrilled for it and are going to work on it. So it's still new content. (And I will enjoy the streams and vids of other's struggle.)

Wasn't Stormblood meant to have a much bigger budget than Heavensward? :thinking:

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Originally Posted by JunseiKei

And? You and people with your mentality fail to realize thi

I raid as well doesn't mean I feel like raiders deserve a whole fight amongst themselves. Going back to the diadum example the weapon was a waste because nobody had a realistic chance of getting one. Sorry that I want content thst most players can actually take part in my mistake. squadrons was a let down five old dungeons is lame. 24 man and shiyru was a given, so that leaves super savage that's new which many people want even be doing.

If FFXIV did rehauls of jobs as radical as you claim WoW has and does regularly, I think much of the playerbase would bail, or we'd see a similar "vanilla or not" phenomenon as WoW has. Even with the level cap increases and role pool consolidation, jobs haven't changed on a deep, fundamental level.

This is an appealing feature of FFXIV since we don't need to constantly learn a new job unless we choose to. If we leave the game for some reason, we can just pick it back up no problem. This is by design.

It's called accessibility.

Originally Posted by Kabzy

Wasn't Stormblood meant to have a much bigger budget than Heavensward? :thinking:

:disappointedface:

Marketing probably took a huge chunk from it.

if 4.1 actually fixes the game a bit, actually dresses inventory issues, and such it is fine.

However my understanding is that 4.1 is only starting to address it, not solve, so I am not sure how good the changes are for waiting this long. I really think FFXIV needs some parallel progress progression, because the high turn over rate in gear is insane.

It's more than likely also a ton of assets for future content. (base coding for Eureka and the new Relic) As an immediate it seems minimal; but we'll see what the actual patch holds at release.