What's your ultimate goal in an MMO? What would you like it to be in FFXIV?

[RedAffinity]

Everyone has their own definition of an ultimate goal. For some it's social, for others it's overcoming certain challenges while others it's an item or achievement.

For this discussion, let's keep it in terms of content.

What would be your ideal challenge in overcoming in FFXIV. How long (days weeks, months, year+ in line with relic weapons) would you like for it to take to complete said challenge. Would this be an achievement, a title, a weapon or piece of equipment?

Discuss.

[Avraym]

Sets of Armor, each part requires something different.

EG: Helm - NM Drop
Body - Dungeon Drop
Leg - Craftable
Hands - Quest

ect ect.

I would also tend to like certain things that need unlocking.

Senses of achievement is what matters to me.

[Xodus84]

Being able to overcome an extremely rare and difficult monster, a world (multi-zone) roamer perhaps

[tymora]

Crafting guru...maybe...lol

[Matsume]

Immortality

[SniperRifle]

Legacy items will have unique graphics and stats.
Obtainable only by players fulfilling certain attribute requirements after first "applying" for them.
Requirements for obtaining classic items, as well as their graphics, to be altered in future updates.

I'd like to obtain it in less then a year.

[Ticks]

Making lots of friends, socializing while playing and enjoying the environment of FFXIV

[Atoli]

Having a good time
No seriously. Just go at my own pace and do only the content I am interested in, may it be dungeons, primae, or whatever.

Also, finding and remembering all the lore in the game °-°
And screenshots, loads of them.

[Oniji]

Relic Weapons

- Upgradeable
- Lowest Tiers slight downgrade from Primal Weapons
- Highest Tiers are Best-In-Slot

But make it in such a way that it does not require you to grind the same content over and over, but a variety of content. Make it more difficult than just doing a handful of simple quests (i.e. not like AF armor quests).

Magian Trials in FFXI were a good start, but I think they can go beyond "Kill X mobs during Y weather" or "Kill X NMs". As doing purely this promotes mob camping. Maybe incorporate team play through dungeons and beastman camps and reward players who invest time into it more-so than chance.

By having an "upgradeable" weapons system, you still make the earlier, easier to obtain tiers accessible to casual gamers, but the upper "best-in-slot" tiers given to those willing to spend the extra time.

As with Magian Trials, have the Relics able to be upgraded as the level cap increases.

To keep Primal Weapons still viable, make them have unique properties that have situational usefulness (Additional Damage to X type mobs) as well as have slightly competitive stats.

[DoctorMog]

Someone had to.