"Growing old is mandatory;

[kupokage]

growing up is optional." - Chili Davis

How many subbed players since 2.0 feel this game has kept up with your maturation and expectations over the years as a gamer?

Like dating someone for 5 years but you're the only one who has changed and matured since but your partner is still the same ole person when y'all met. Makes ya wonder what's in it for you in this relationship 5 years from now, right?

[DeaconMoore]

Like dating someone for 5 years but you're the only one who has changed and matured since but your partner is still the same ole person when y'all met. Makes ya wonder what's in it for you in this relationship 5 years from now, right?

Yeah, one of these days you'll figure out who you are too.



Maybe.

[Vanitas]

I wouldn't know honestly. I've never had the honor of being in a relationship for that long because...well.. you know...


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[SenorPatty]

I feel like someone's projecting...

[DamianFatale]

I feel like someone's projecting...

How does this contribute to the post. All she is asking is if the game is aging well with its userbase, which is an important question that SE will have to consider as time goes on, unless they want to become irrelevant.

[Rufalus]

Heh, that necro guy unearthed a comment I made 4 years ago which sounds exactly like I do now, lamenting the eternally unchanging endgame formula. How long have I been weary of this treadmill?

However back then I was hopeful that a thing called Eureka would shake things up. Well it did bring some interesting ideas. Now it's irrelevant and left to rot like any side content.

Baldesion Arsenal, Castrum Lacus Litore, Delubrum Reginae, The Dalriada are too good to just let die because they aren't linked to any ongoing relevant endgame rewards. Oh well

[Thorio]

Heh, that necro guy unearthed a comment I made 4 years ago which sounds exactly like I do now, lamenting the eternally unchanging endgame formula. How long have I been weary of this treadmill?

However back then I was hopeful that a thing called Eureka would shake things up. Well it did bring some interesting ideas. Now it's irrelevant and left to rot like any side content.

Baldesion Arsenal, Castrum Lacus Litore, Delubrum Reginae, The Dalriada are too good to just let die because they aren't linked to any ongoing relevant endgame rewards. Oh well

And yet here you are still. They must be doing something right.

[armandojc3]

Been here since 2.0, most changes have been for the best but by now it is pretty obvious the game will simply repeat a formula from now on with each expansion and new set of jobs.

[Khai]

Started in the 2.0 era. Overall, I feel like the changes made since then have left a positive impact on the game.

I'm more worried about how the game will retain players as it ages, since the end-game model has pretty much stayed the same. I don't really think it needs a complete overall though, just some expansion of its concepts to flesh things out and give players some more choices.

[GetFoesReqd]

To answer the question first, I am overall happy with how things have gone. I started in September of 2014, and since then many things have been added, much has been improved, and I am quite pleased with how it is going.

But I have also been here before. I started WoW in 2007 with the BC launch, and would describe BC and Wrath the same way as this game so far. Much added, much improved. Then Cataclysm happened. Still a lot of rad things, but there was just this underlying change. With no Arthas to drive the plot, the writers grabbed other loose ends and while some of it was still well done and I enjoyed it overall, it was a mark lower than Wrath. And then Pandaria. Pandaria was pretty. There were pandas. Not a lot else to say. And that was when I came to this game. My hope is that FF14 will hold onto good storytelling, as it has so far, in the face of time. I feel the real test for this game is beginning, and I eagerly look forward to see how they keep it going up to 5.0 and beyond. I am optimistic though, given how good the team is, and how hard they worked to successfully save this game once already. Should be good stuff, I hope.