Quote Originally Posted by Ayer2015 View Post
I would argue that the content SE has been putting out is in fact underwhelming.
The only content in the game that people have to clear is MSQ, and even that's debatable. Everything else is designed by the "theme park" mindset where it will likely cater to a niche, but that niche will find it very fun and engaging to the point it's what will keep them subbed. If you still haven't found your niche, maybe it's time to move on, it happens.

What ever happened the "never seen before in an MMO" content
Wasn't one of those instances a mistranslation, and he said "in OUR MMO"?

As for the main topic of time investment, meh, it's like any other content that requires that sort of thing. My FC's XIV time on Sunday was converted to tabletop, and yeah, sometimes we postpone because people can't make it. But them's the breaks. Same with this. You know it's going to be Fixed-party exclusive, so you plan ahead. When we were running PotD, we'd do it one floor set at a time, maybe two, just because it wore us out that much, and we continued the next week. If anything, making the tiers longer will scare a lot more people away and will be all the more punishing. Now a death means you lost up to 29 floors of progress and Hoards instead of up to 9.