Quote Originally Posted by Penthea View Post
What a blanket statement this is. I know plenty of people who do savage for the challenge and mostly view gear as a means to an end rather than to pose in something prestigious.

The reason why old content isn't as alive is because it's old. People have done it before, class balance has since changed so it's not like how it was at launch and the introduction of new classes changes it even more. Old content is out of date so it is prone to being badly balanced. Current content is designed for the current state of the game, this is one of the reasons why it is more desirable.

Yes the players that you speak of definitely exist but I think you greatly overestimate how many raiders are like that.
First of all, it wasn't a blanket statement, since I said "most" not "all".

Also, it's not just because it's old. I'm sure the really veteran players may find it boring because it's old, but a huge portion of the playerbase has joined since Heavensward or Stormblood. And to them, old ARR content or HW content is not just boring because it's old. It's boring because there's no material reward worth getting from them, besides mounts, which people just unsync spam for.

I do think the class balance changes are an issue that affects their popularity, although the old content is still fun and a challenge despite that. I would much prefer to see a system that accounts for old content more often when they update.