This game has lost it's identity again.... (Ranting Thread)

[kidalutz]

One thing that is wrong anytime you want to raid.... what are your logs. IT DOES NOT MATTER. I cleared the content I'm not the best but this game allows bullying yet still. So all yall get mad I'm just stating facts.

No everything you've stated has in fact been an opinion.several semi popular opinions but opinions nonetheless.

I sincerely meant what I said have fun elsewhere.

[Kaethra]

One thing that is wrong anytime you want to raid.... what are your logs. IT DOES NOT MATTER. I cleared the content I'm not the best but this game allows bullying yet still. So all yall get mad I'm just stating facts.

I think its ironic you're looking to go to another game because there's a small bit of bullying here.

So which game are you going to go to? WoW and ESO have parsers built into their systems through LUA addons. They're not going to request your logs, they already know your score. You're simply going to get a yes or no. The Everquests uses parses as well, in fact all the modern parsers ARE Everquest parsers with addons used to work on other games. Couple this with the fact that FFXIV has the most respectable community going right now despite its 'issues'.

If you're looking for unique content and FFXIV is not doing it for you. I'm going to say this. You beaten MMORPGs. Congrats. No other MMO is going to give you more unique boss and dungeon mechanics. The other games copy from FFXIV and do so poorly due to their systems not being capable for it. I've done Mythical raiding in WoW and it doesn't even compare to Savages in FFXIV. Same with ESO veteran content. Hell some of that can be done with 3 DPS and a Healer and no tank.

Right before Elsywer came out we did an endgame Trial (12 man) with 11 people. Tank had to go and we completed the bosses with 11 people, no tanks. Just 3 Healers and 8 DPS. After the expansion hit, my friends and I cleared through it with 4 Necros. One tanking, one healing, and two magicka dps. Just rolled through. That's why I came back to FFXIV.

I'm not saying you're making the wrong decision, but I can attest the grass isn't greener. You might just be burnt out on MMOs. I'd suggest Conan Exiles, but bullying is kind of what that game is built around doing. And you don't look like one who is competitive.

[HyoMinPark]

One thing that is wrong anytime you want to raid.... what are your logs. IT DOES NOT MATTER. I cleared the content I'm not the best but this game allows bullying yet still. So all yall get mad I'm just stating facts.

This doesn't matter either if you're seeking casual statics that don't care about them. And these do exist - I've seen them advertised and been in them. They only become important if you're looking to join more hardcore ones that push for fast progression, speed runs, or pad runs. Or who want to tackle Ultimate content because you do actually need to be decent to clear that content.

[Shurrikhan]

Most final fantasy games I've played have had 1 or 2 healers. White magic, and potions (chemist).

Also, how has it lost its identity if its the same thing over and over? That's like saying baseball lost its identity because its still baseball. WTF Baseball?!

A proper analogy would more akin to baseball where only a couple teams, at most, ever win and no new players worth rooting for come into the fold -- a "baseball" but with a stark decline in spectator emotion since there's little to no change in the circumstances, story, or figures within the sport.

I don't think that's the case here, but there's no need to strawman.

See, I only watched baseball for a few players, and when they retired, i stopped, so that analogy doesn't work well for me XD

Then why the incredulity that a player's enthusiasm for, say, an MMO might decline in the same way when the figures or other potential emotional attachments fail to grasp a player/spectator, even if no one expected the shape of the experience to change much anyways?

Again, this isn't a concern I share, exactly. To me, the game is doing well at the moment -- far from perfect, but well, on the whole.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

A proper analogy would more akin to baseball where only a couple teams, at most, ever win and no new players worth rooting for come into the fold -- a "baseball" but with a stark decline in spectator emotion since there's little to no change in the circumstances, story, or figures within the sport.

I don't think that's the case here, but there's no need to strawman.

See, I only watched baseball for a few players, and when they retired, i stopped, so that analogy doesn't work well for me XD