Thread: 4.25 and beyond

I suspect a lot of the discontentment comes from people simply fed up with the "play it safe" model FFXIV has adopted. Whereas in the past, it's been accepted due to 1.0. That excuse rings a bit too hollow nowadays. There lacks any sort of meaningful innovation. Stormblood touted some bigger changes and all we got were mostly pointless job gauges and a less used flying equivalent in swimming. 4.1 is, arguably, one of the worst patches. And this is coming from someone who progged Ultimate. If you weren't interested in a super challenging raid or PvP there was simply nothing to do. What I don't get is the odd swift in niche focus they've taken. Ultimate, Rival Wings, Perform and Replay are all features primarily for very small audiences.

In many ways, it almost feels like they're more concerned with coaxing new players in than placating veterans.