Lack of End Game Content

[MonteCristo]

Tbh, Eureka has the best model for an endgame. I'm surprised they didn't release a Shadowbringers version of it yet. Not only does it keep you content, but it's has so many interesting things the normal game doesn't have. I thought it was an enjoyable experience. Seems like a missed opportunity.

I agree 100%! i was VERY excited by the idea of eureka and it single handedly was my biggest disappointment of this game in the last several years by far. To see how much love and care went into the rest of the game, it was a major let down to see it fall into a massive fate grind with no apparent direction. To have an endgame zone or area was a huge breath of fresh air and im still hoping it gets fixed at some point. Also hoping at some point they allow relic to be a REAL relic aka the maintained version of the strongest weapons in the game. See Apocalypse scythe from ffxi for a good example.

[Insertcoins]

I have cleared, farmed and helped people clear through all level 50-70 end game content, minus Ultimate. Ultimate has been something I’ve been progging when I can when RL permits. I used to try and prog seriously, but then I’ve had a series of traumatic events happen and trying to get my mental and physical health became my priority. As well as spending more time with my family. And now that my static is back together and I’m getting into a better place mentally, they want to do current content since savage comes out soon as well as the current ultimate they’re going to release, so unfortunately I’m SoL for the time being.

Besides the fact I do t think I’m good enough for ultimate. I’ve tried for a while but either prog comes to a wall or the “top dogs” don’t want me with them because I’m not an orange parse. Savage is more my pace and more achievable. That group tend to not be so cut throat.

Ok, You are rare then. If it was more people like you who atleast played all and I mean all of endgame then people wouldn't question everytime this comes up. But sadly most of the time it does we find out the person complaining doesn't have a lick in anything but complains about how easy things are or how there's no endgame. So I'm glad at least one person - you- atleast has had their toes and or foot in all of the content to be making the complaints.

[Klb600]

I unsubbed when Ultimate content was released. Finding a group to do it now - is next to impossible. Especially since I'm an Australian, I have to share a server with non english speaking players for optimal ping.

Most people simple do not not want to do level 70/60 content at 80 - and I don't blame them. If the content was soloable - i'd do it in a heartbeat.

I'm complaining about current end game content. Not unsynced content for yesteryear.

Besides, theres plenty of other end game content they could add that isn't Ultimate. More Extremes, more savages or god forbid something new.

What's the real least surprising development in this thread is the bitterness and sarcasm we've all come to expect from the casual gamers who are somehow offended at the notion of balancing the casual to end game ratio a little more after all these years.

This is one of the biggest issues in this game. They need to stop making endgame content irrelevant after such short a period of time.

[TankHunter678]

That's the thing. There shouldn't be a lack of content on a new expansion release like this. We shouldn't have to wait now for a month or two until the rest of the content comes out. I don't know why we give Square or any company this much of a pass in terms of delivering content. All this does is makes me unsub until the new content comes out, losing out on money.

1) Most every MMO does the same thing. Even WoW does it.
2) Every expansion release in every MMO I have played has a lack of content on release, because you can blast through it within 2 weeks at a steady pace unless you only have an hour or two to play per day.
3) This game is designed intentionally so that when you run out of content you want to do then you unsub and wait for patches to come while playing the other games in your library. This game is not designed to consume all your time unlike WoW. Yoshi-P wants you to have time for other things then just FFXIV.

[LalaRu]

Or even Savage 4 Player Content.

That is something interesting to see. It can be the training ground for who wants approach the savage content but still not enough expert for it.

[MartinFreeman]

They do it so people aren't forced to rush the story which is one of the biggests parts of the initial expansion and they want people to be free to do it at an enjoyable pace.

I finished the story in four days. I did not rush, either.

You do understand that it takes time and resources to develop content correct? The point of the issue is we have reached an impasse as both groups don't want resource allocated to the other..

Square Enix is a massive company with resources most companies would dream to have. They rushed out the release and siphoned resources, and they should be criticized for it.

[jameseoakes]

I finished the story in four days. I did not rush, either.

Which is fine but SE decided to give people who might player slower than you more time to play through before having to worry about end game stuff with timers.

[MartinFreeman]

Which is fine but SE decided to give people who might player slower than you more time to play through before having to worry about end game stuff with timers.

That still doesn't resolve the fact that after playing the game for four days, two days being I'm off, and the other two having came from work, went to gym, then settled down for the evening, I ended up completing it. Now Eden is just something to get done with the week and have nothing to do. Heck, getting the gear from the tokens doesn't mean anything except making ex trials and raids easier to do.

I rather they just give us an updated Eureka. It's clearly the winning formula.

[Reinha]

This is a very disingenuous way to look at it.

The 24-player raid bosses—even on week 1—are so laughably easy that it would be the WoW equivalent of only having bosses on LFR difficulty. You can make the same case for extreme trials, but on the WoW equivalent of normal difficulty. The true end game (in XIV) for players with functioning brain cells are the two ultimate bosses and twelve savage raid bosses. That's fourteen bosses in a two year period. Several games—not just WoW—beat XIV handily in less than a year in that regard.

You very much should not be happy with this. S-E can do much, much better with end game content.

We have a comparable number of bosses. Your own interpretation doesn't make a factual statement disingenuous. I'm just going to dismiss your suggestion about how I should feel about the subject.

More like 2 Ultimates and 12 Raids. EX and 24 man are very easily beatable so I wouldn't consider it endgame content per se.

If difficulty is an issue then I would not be opposed to a normal mode of Ultimate bosses and also savage modes of trials and 24 mans to pad the number of end game encounters, but I have a feeling that simply making more versions of the same duties wouldn't satisfy the people complaining about lack of end game.

[Klb600]

I finished the story in four days. I did not rush, either.


Square Enix is a massive company with resources most companies would dream to have. They rushed out the release and siphoned resources, and they should be criticized for it.

I and many others have made all of the arguments which you just stated.....but the opposition doesn't care. They are not having it.