Maybe we need a Cataclysm

[SieyaM]

I am going to share a real controversial opinion here, but maybe it would be a good idea to have another cataclysm. There is nothing really wrong with the game and it doesn't need a restart but I feel that something like this could really energize the players and maybe give the development team a chance to work themselves out of some of the very rigid loops they have designed. For instance we have been running roulettes for tomestones to get new gear for 7 years now.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I am going to share a real controversial opinion here, but maybe it would be a good idea to have another cataclysm. There is nothing really wrong with the game and it doesn't need a restart but I feel that something like this could really energize the players and maybe give the development team a chance to work themselves out of some of the very rigid loops they have designed. For instance we have been running roulettes for tomestones to get new gear for 7 years now.

We already had a cataclysm.

[SieyaM]

We already had a cataclysm.

I did not realize there was a limit of just one.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I did not realize there was a limit of just one.

After a point then it just gets dumb. "Oh no, the world explodes all the time, oh well. LOOK SUDDENLY ITS A NEW GAME! only works once.

After that, MAKE A NEW GAME!

[SakiKojiro]

After a point then it just gets dumb. "Oh no, the world explodes all the time, oh well. LOOK SUDDENLY ITS A NEW GAME! only works once.

After that, MAKE A NEW GAME!

Except in this world specifically, you can absolutely have more that one.....

or do you not read the story?

[DPZ2]

Except in this world specifically, you can absolutely have more that one.....

or do you not read the story?

I've read the story. The only way we can have another 'cataclysm' is for the remaining Ascians to succeed. Whoops?

[Gemina]

I did not realize there was a limit of just one.

Now you know. This stunt that Yoshi pulled wasn't even an ace up his sleeve; it was betting everything on two-of-a-kind with a stern poker face at best. Not only will the man never use it again on FFXIV, he very likely won't gamble like that again in his life. It could have easily gone the otherway, and none of us would even know who he is today.

I don't want to say he was entirely lucky. That brain of his deserves a ton of credit, and he can throw a strawberry through a battleship. But the game is not in a state of crisis like it was when he made the decision to make this move.

[MicahZerrshia]

I am going to share a real controversial opinion here, but maybe it would be a good idea to have another cataclysm.

First it's a calamity here. This isn't WoW.

And the only thing we need is to bring the Ascians/Garlemald story to a close. We don't need another world shattering event, just a closure to this already way to drug out storyline and the start of something new. With it they could introduce new systems and retire old ones. Could still keep the old storyline intact and have a new set of "starter" zones and just link them somehow early on so ppl have access to the original areas and stories as well as giving ppl the option to choose if they want to start in the new or old story.

Could even make coming back to the original areas a side quest that incorporate the original opening cutscene of coming to one of the 3 city states on the choco carriage.

So many possibilities.

[Sequine]

First it's a calamity here. This isn't WoW.

And the only thing we need is to bring the Ascians/Garlemald story to a close. We don't need another world shattering event, just a closure to this already way to drug out storyline and the start of something new. With it they could introduce new systems and retire old ones. Could still keep the old storyline intact and have a new set of "starter" zones and just link them somehow early on so ppl have access to the original areas and stories as well as giving ppl the option to choose if they want to start in the new or old story.

Could even make coming back to the original areas a side quest that incorporate the original opening cutscene of coming to one of the 3 city states on the choco carriage.

So many possibilities.

One idea? Just consign the old MSQ to NG+, and allow new characters to access it after they finish the new one up to X point. I'm intentionally not going to pick a breakpoint because all of them have good reasons for and against being used.