Thread: 4.1 - The emptiest patch yet.

Originally Posted by Lambdafish

1.0 was made as a sequel to XI without looking at how the market had changed, and what MMOs of 2010 looked like. It flopped, so Yoshi P made the Dev team play popular MMOs (not just WoW) in order to analyse the market.

Market analysis is not bad

1.0 had nothing to do with FFXI.

FFXIV 1.0 and ARR only take monster names and character models and such, being inspired from FFXI, there is things that FFXI even handles better then FFXIV, like transmission of data coding. Game play and such is more based on wow then anything else.

Originally Posted by Yokotsune

When you look at the list it may look like a lot cause its segmented text and pictures. But to easily break it down. Beast Tribe dailies, Housing, Treasure hunting(not new), Squadron can do <50 lv dungeons, Weekly 24 man, Shinryu EX, another boring 70 dungeon. Shit ton of QoL changes that doesnt change gameplay. None of these have actual substance or occupy a large amount of time to complete/invest and usually turn into a daily or weekly chore instead of something that will have to occupy the space of 4 months.

Oh, okay, so you're just being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. Got it.

Originally Posted by Yokotsune

Look friend. I understand that .

Exactly what I been saying for the past several pages, I can't believe people consider furniture and hair content :/.

Originally Posted by JunseiKei

It's not meant to. Have you ever listened to what Yoshida has said? He wants people to have a healthy social life and does not want players to feel obligated to log in everyday. If you haven't, seriously, sit down and watch some video interviews with him or read articles. You'll have plenty of time to do that.

Haha nice joke. At the same time, if you don't cap one week you're forever behind. Well maybe not forever, but until new tomes come out. I don't know a system that makes you feel more obligated to play every day.

It seems that the definition of 'content' in the context of MMOs is kind of wonky.

I personally view content as something that I can do in the game, but there are some people who consider cosmetic items to be content. I don't think they are wrong, but aside from going to the aesthetician and changing your hair, there isn't much to be done there.

If you look at the breadth of content that requires active participation, I still contend that what we are getting in 4.1 (particularly what we are getting on October 10th itself) won't keep peoples' attention for a particularly long time.

That isn't to say that I am not still looking forward to the patch (though I wish I would've made more money prior thereto), I just don't feel like it is going to have a lot of longevity.

I could be wrong though! In fact, I hope I am in this case.

Originally Posted by bswpayton

Exactly what I been saying for the past several pages, I can't believe people consider furniture and hair content :/.

only need to go back one page to see you lying.

Originally Posted by bswpayton

Exactly what I been saying for the past several pages, I can't believe people consider furniture and hair content :/.

Why is that surprising? The Sims is a franchise literally built on people's desire to play virtual Barbie's Dream House. I guarantee you those who care more about glamour and housing outnumber people who do Savage or even 24-man raids.

Originally Posted by SendohJin

only need to go back one page to see you lying.

Lying about what been saying this whole thread agree with the op. That this patch is lacking in content.