Back-logging weekly clears

[HyoMinPark]

As for raids requiring “skill”, my impression is that they are more ping-checks and attention-checks than skill-checks. Many other games, many multiplayer, require skill. But not every one I’ve seen, manage to pad it as well as FFXIV, giving players the illusion that this really is elite. That corresponding attitudes and pretension while clearing it is also part of the requirement.

While the raids now require less skill than they have in the past, they still require skill—more skill than any other content in this game requires. A lot of the playerbase probably could not provide the skill needed for the checks—which is honestly fine. Skill is something people practice to obtain; and if players don’t have the interest in gaining skill for high-end content, that’s their prerogative. There is honestly nothing wrong with how people choose to play the game.

More so than skill, Savage is something that requires time and dedication. It is not content for you to do on a whim whenever you please and still aim to cash in on rewards that you previously missed. If you aren’t dedicated to running the content one week, you don’t deserve the rewards for that week. It’s really that simple. Much like my raffle example, if you don’t enter into the Week 3 raffle but still want to receive Week 3 prizes during Week 4, well, that’s not how that works. If you want the rewards, do the content within the applicable time-frame.

It is not healthy. I do not believe it is good for the game in the long run. Weekly limits are mostly to keep players coming back on a set schedule and keep the game in their minds, dominating their attention. Only to a much lesser extent is it for controlling progression so people don’t get geared in one week and afk. (Though even that can also be viewed negatively as time-wasting in the ultimate form, to buy SE time for development of more content).

Yes. It’s meant to keep the subscriptions rolling. This is business 101. Yoshida does advocate for taking breaks, but ultimately, Square Enix wants players to keep playing their game, and to keep paying month subscriptions.

And finally, though I sincerely hope that’s not the case, it would be great if people didn’t simply give up trying to consider things from the “lesser viewpoint” as soon as a dominant consensus is reached in view of the matter.

You posted a thread on a discussion forum. You should expect people to post their viewpoints on the subject matter even if they oppose your own. Asking for players to not do that is asking for an echo chamber—which you won’t find here.