Thread: What do you think was the worst thing this game experienced from 2.0 until now?

Originally Posted by Teraluna

The issue with asking for content from the past is people's recollection rarely mirrors the actual experience. All the complaints they had at the time are forgotten in a distorted picture of nostalgia.
But aside from that, if people want FFXI content or any other game's content - go and play that.

There's a lot from XI that obviously won't translate well to XIV, and most reasonable people will realize that well before they start spitballing ideas as to what they'd like to see in XIV. I've seen different ideas here that borrow elements from XI such as Nyzule Isle (which PotD/HoH approach and could feasibly emulate) and spawning NMs with/for your own party (as opposed to the glorified entitled participation rewards hunts and Eureka NMs have turned into) just to name a couple. I don't know what particular content you're referencing from XI that's been constantly asked for/suggested around here with enough overwhelming support to grab the devs' attention that draws the conclusion that "FFXI content = bad." Let's not pretend XIV didn't utilize concepts and ideas from WoW for ARR and beyond. WoW is a separate game, why didn't we go play that? Easy, because FFXIV didn't religiously imitate everything about it (to my knowledge, anyway). They picked and chose what they thought would work and what wouldn't.


Oh, and-

FFXIV is a separate game, not a hosting house for past memories that players remember with rose tinted glasses.

Really? Could have fooled me with Stormblood's 8-man and 24-man raid themes and all the other homages, references and enemies they've used throughout the years.

Originally Posted by Cidel

Really? Could have fooled me with Stormblood's 8-man and 24-man raid themes and all the other homages, references and enemies they've used throughout the years.

Yes, they are indeed homages and references, however, they have still been a stand alone thing that has been able to contribute to the overall game, with it's own story that's easily accessible... the difference with Eureka is while it has all that stuff... the grind is horrific that many people tapped out and the ones still going are constantly bringing up the faults and issues with it... I'd absolutely love to know about the story of what happened to Eureka and dive into it but the grind just doesn't make it worth it... no matter how good the story ends up being... putting emotes and hairstyles in there exclusively just shows the "Please Play This Content" sign... they did it for The Hunt, they did it for PvP and they are doing it here...

The Forbidden Land of Eureka: Pagos. Hands down. I would rather do Diadem. I enjoyed 2.0 Diadem more than I did Pagos because at least I could gather stuff in there to turn for profit, or use in company workshop projects (Darksteel Ore, anyone?).

Eureka : Anemos, Pagos, Saltos, whatever.

I've been playing this game since 2.0 and even the lags on titan, the absurdly long fillers quests in the MSQ, the Diadem or the palace of the dead can come close to it. To me, Eureka is an insult towards the playerbase and I can't believe it even got approved for release.

This is the content that got me burned out with the game, where I understood that the devs probably don't have the creativity to take the game to new height. But it's also something that was disappointing since Eureka need so little to be good, that it's a surprise that Pagos is even worse than Anemos even after so many feedbacks from the players.

I hate it to the point that if I was forced to choose, I'd rather rip off my nails rather than playing it.


Eureka is not only a poorly designed content that is really not fun to play, it's also the content that disenchanted me with this game and I hate it for that.

Originally Posted by Asiragan

Eureka : Anemos, Pagos, Saltos, whatever.

hahahahaha that got me laughing so hard XD

An increase in things added to mogstation alongside a decrease in vanity or decently designed new items added straight into the game, as well as shuffling around free goodies like the hairstyles that always went straight to the aesthetician so that we now need to earn them through gameplay and less effort can go into designing actual content rewards in addition to them.

That, and players asking for dyable versions of old gear sets. Because that’s nearly all we get anymore. Reskins. Which is maddening because it makes the cash shop shineys look more appealing (which I suspect is the true purpose) while at the same time making me feel dissappointed enough in SE to not want to buy them. All while SE gets to hide behind the fact that players requested this thing and they are giving us what we want. Well, yeah, I did want those things dyable, but in no way did I want to keep getting them for every update as opposed to something new.