Ok, lets do it, WHAT is wrong with this game?

[Mwynn]

Things have been added on top of the game. Last I checked deep dungeon, eureka, the cross over events, lords of v, and many others have been added along with the qol things that's been added since. I'm not saying all that's good but to say NOTHING has been done is purely false. :c

Things the Community hardly wanted and were received negatively, yet they continue to build these things even though... those Features have failed multiple times.
Those Features usually last a few Patches and then are left alone in the dust. Unlike the Features we have like Dungeons and Trials, which they could improve more and more because you will always do Dungeons like Sastasha or Trials if they Reward you.

Instead of adding Content that becomes pointless right away when they are released, why not add stuff on the Core Features? Adding more Options to Dungeons or Trials, Gathering and Crafting.

Let's take a look on how Games have done it in the Past, a Expansion made use of the Core Features and added stuff on top of that which did enhance the Gameplay quite a lot, this is hardly the case here as we have a fixed Rotation.
We can basically Predict what we are getting and that is one of the Issues.

This is like if the Game is over 10 Years old already and still has the same old Core Issues from back then, it just won't work and is unacceptable.

[ko_]

Things the Community hardly wanted and were received negatively, yet they continue to build these things even though... those Features have failed multiple times.
Those Features usually last a few Patches and then are left alone in the dust. Unlike the Features we have like Dungeons and Trials, which they could improve more and more because you will always do Dungeons like Sastasha or Trials if they Reward you.

Deep dungeon wasnt a failure tho. Like you said there will always be dungeons. So lets talk about that. How about making them 10 levels higher? That way it's always harder and makes them not braindead.

[Genoreaper]

Mechs only last until you learn them tho. Then it becomes dead. Like every thing in this game after a month. Least upping them to 10 levels insures you'll never blast thur cause you're op. It's not the best option but it's an idea.

Id like that challenge for dungeons even if it was just a mode you could opt into for rewards. And please remove level sync, leave me all my spells so I can enjoy my leveled kit in more content than a few dungeons/raids at end of patch. Just scale down spell damage and stats to match the level.

[AnaviAnael]

My biggest complaint is a lack of public test server. How much content, like Diadem 1.0, could have been improved before launch if players were able to try it out and give feedback?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

My biggest complaint is a lack of public test server. How much content, like Diadem 1.0, could have been improved before launch if players were able to try it out and give feedback?

Everything I ever read about test realms is they don't really work. Why do people think they would work here, when other games that have them still release stuff thats broken or doesn't work.

[Adventica6]

Anything obtained is outdated in like 1 month, all your gear just outdated, in ffxi you could have good items last you years because of the special effects they have you, they were not just boring stat sticks like the gear in this game.

Time vs reward, this game take a lot of time to get something done and when you do the reward is usually lackluster

dungeons /raids : Formulaic, it's a word I am not usto seeing/using but for this game I use it quite a lot, FORM - U - LAIC, canno't go off the rails because everything is programmed "on the rails" /boring.

No benefits to working as a group - In ffxiv you have no choice, you must be in a group to progress, then you have people kicking people for the class they play, 3 strike rules or just plain harrassing people, there is no option to do things on your own which is another huge downfall of this game.

no proper auction house - games in the earls 2000's had auction houses, how can a game 15 years newer not have a good basic AH? blows me away.

lackluster gathering crafting / no way to make money unless you gather or craft - In FF XI you could be a dark knight ( a damage class ) and be farming bees for beehive chips which many different crafters needed for stuff, these little chips would sell for good money and were super simple to collect, just kill some mobs, in FFxiv anything worthwhile is botted into oblivion or undercut into oblivion, nothing you do as a player matters anymore.


I could keep going trust me.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Gear lasts 6-7 months minimum. It is not outdated in 1 month...

[MomomiMomi]

Gear lasts 6-7 months minimum. It is not outdated in 1 month...

Let's not forget it takes over 3 months just to get a complete set of tome gear. By the time you're done with that, you don't have much time left with it.

What's that? You're done gearing up? Time to replace it.

[Claviusnex]

a lot of that stems from the general lockouts and stuff. it takes you like half a patch cycle to get a job gearerd with all the lockouts in place so if you factor in that time then by the time you've got your job geared it is indeed going to be obsolete in a month or so. the next odd patch will make that gear upgradable so what you have is basically trash until its upgraded. and the next even patch will just destroy everything with a new tier of crafted gear... this is why people say its trash within a month. because while the first piece you get might last longer generally within a month of gearing a job up. something better is available... hence never ending treadmill that never actually feels like players are getting anywhere..

Let's not forget it takes over 3 months just to get a complete set of tome gear. By the time you're done with that, you don't have much time left with it.

What's that? You're done gearing up? Time to replace it.

This is why I consider BiS pretty much a joke in this game as the constant stream of new gear levels with wildly different stats make it an effort in futility to build a decent gear set that will last you more than a patch cycle.

[347SPECTRE]

Gear lasts 6-7 months minimum. It is not outdated in 1 month...

Probably referring to the Pathos tier relic weapon