Ultimate hiatus feedback

[TogashiYuuta]

Working my way through the Ultimate fights has been by far the most fun I've had raiding in this game. Take a second look at the feedback from the raiding community please!

[Samuraijubei]

Please continue to support Ultimate fights. It's been one of the biggest draws for new blood to FFXIV in a long time. Even friends that don't have interest in raiding still watch and support because of the sheer impressiveness of the fights. .

[Melbolgia]

I know that having the Ultimate difficulty fights may not benefit the entire playerbase of the game but losing the difficulty does not benefit anyone at all. 4.5 is usually the longest patch in an expansion and it has the best chance to get more raiders into the difficulty which creates a better community. This is not the time to rethink the amount of this content we are able to have. Please finish out the expansion with another Ultimate, if something has to be given up in order to keep up with the patches for Ultimate fights maybe there is a better solution to be found next expansion.

[Leglibe]

I'm a midcore raider, and I've been having lots of fun progressing in Ultimate since UwU was released. It's an awesome goal to work towards and it makes getting the BiS set from Savage worth it. It's also extremely entertaining to watch on twitch, especially in the first days when everyone is still figuring stuff out. A lot of people seem to agree with that too because FFXIV never gets higher viewer numbers than when a new Ultimate is out.

Replacing hardcore content like Ultimate in exchange for some other content or, even worse, in exchange for nothing would be a big mistake.

[technole]

The development team made the correct decision when they decided to re-allocate resources to developing the ultimate series in the odd patches, over using the same old formula. Making high-end content available every major patch.

Most savage raiders clear the content in the opening weeks. After two months of weekly clears they have their BiS, giving them weeks or a month of preparation for ultimate content.

I do think a compromise could probably be made if the resource decision was made to only have two ultimate series per-expansion, re-examine the timelines especially towards the end of expansion where there is more time without new content. Even a third difficulty of the savage raid even for one tier, if that will save resources. The real message is that the ultimate series has been successful, encourages savage progression and clears, and has kept the higher-end player base engaged.

[Zeppe]

Ultimate fights are extremely enjoyable to me and the pinnacle of raiding I've experienced in this game since I've started playing in 2.0.
Please make a third Ultimate fight in 4.5, not only will this create a big hype for the game and the potential expansion that comes afterwards but it would also give an incentive for raiders to stay subscribed after clearing the final installment of Omega in 4.4 to have maximum item level on one or two jobs for Ultimate.

It'd be such a long time until the next Ultimate if you skip 4.5 that some people might lose interest

[Balana]

With no Ultimate on the horizon until the next expansion, there is about 10 days worth of content available to me from now until the next expansion. While I understand the need for the developers to focus resources on getting 5.0 in top shape, the lack of an ultimate raid in 4.5 means that there isn't much for me to look forward to for about a year.

I agree with many of the posts in this thread, the Ultimate fights cause a huge infusion of interest in the game and it would be foolish to not include a third Ultimate to help build hype before the next expansion instead of the doldrums usually experienced in an x.5+ patch.

[Ibaraki]

I hope the team will reconsider this hiatus decision. I do not play the UCoB or UWU content, but I actively watch many teams who do progression in it, and I'm always cheering for them. It makes me feel a little more involved in both the community and the experience of other players when we have this content to watch and cheer for. Please allow us to have Ultimate content to follow every raid tier!

[Angary]

Signed up for the forums to add another request for reconsideration; both Ultimate fights have been incredibly solid and the future looking towards the next expansion is kind of barren with the expected final fight of the series not existing. An Ultimate in 4.5 seemed sort of a given since it would give the community a shot in the arm during what's typically a slower part of the content cycle, and would give everyone one last goal. Without that on the horizon, it's a loooong time until the next kick-in-the-teeth fight will come along.

Currently working on UwU, didn't make it through UCoB but hoping to go back, but at this point both have improved the game for me merely by existing and letting me try.

[redjujufish]

i haven't cleared either ultimate fight but i enjoy having challenging content for my static to do every odd patch. there's only so much optimization you can do before people get burnt out.