Stop dumbing down FF14

[jamjeeshoul77]

I agree. But this is the natural evolution of all services in a capitalist society. It will continue, it will get worse, and there zero chance that things will go back to how they were before they decided a growing playerbase was more important than fun gameplay.

[ADVSS]

I agree. But this is the natural evolution of all services in a capitalist society. It will continue, it will get worse, and there zero chance that things will go back to how they were.

???? Titanmen, is that you?

[HeulGDarian]

dont mind me im just playing responses bingo while w8ing for the 3 usual fishes to bite

[ForteNightshade]

Yes, I recognize that if no skills ever went away or were collapsed down, hotbars would be unmanageable. But I think jobs suffer greatly at lower levels as a result of skill condensation; if you were to try to clear the Coils of Bahamut synced down fully now on scholar (i.e., synced both on level and synced to minimum ilevel), I suspect it would be a great deal harder than when it was current, if only because scholar has fewer things they can do at level 50 now.

You would be incorrect. While jobs have less buttons to press, they typically are balanced much stronger than past iterations. Ninja, for example, is laughably overpowered at lower levels. Nevermind, jobs like Red Mage, Dancer and Gunbreaker all being woefully unbalanced for 50 content. There's a reason Dancer is usually top in Crystal Tower. None of that content was designed with that kind of burst in mind. Really, the only major difference for healers, specifically, is the need to actually GCD heal, which is otherwise a last retort. Furthermore, combo consolidation would do literally nothing for Scholar. So it's a moot point, regardless.

[Wyakin]

Whether or not this thread is a troll is up for debate however it’s true. My three year old son picked up my wife’s controller, flying around il meg he stumbled across an A rank. Of course the entire data center turned up and he sat there pressing one button, got max points carried on flying around the map with zero consequences.

[Reap00]

If it weren't for OP and his 10 accounts posting entertaining threads every day in the forums, I would never even check this place.

You mistake entertainment for a very sad cry for attention.

[Ricola]

Even though this is a troll thread, I do kinda agree. I typically do all the savage fights while mutitask watching youtube videos, which...well I couldn't do before. So I agree, but yeah; I know its a troll so.

[Waterscape]

Yeah this game is so easy now . Pve , Craft everything is so easy and the sad part is that people still complain about stuff being too difficult , really really sad.

[Liam_Harper]

Troll thread indeed but it has a ring of truth. It sort of feels insulting to play sometimes, like the devs seem to think we're just not capable of anything requiring the slightest brainpower or patience. I like a game that tests me a bit because it feels like the developers design the content assuming I'm at least semi-intelligent and when I progress or beat something I feel satisfied. Things like the Beast Tribes "mine 3 NQ ore" or "press Groundwork 3 times" or MSQ npc duties with 2-3 buttons or Normal mode bosses you can beat with 20 deaths and so on just feels like the Devs have given up hope on us. Playing the regular game just irks me more and more lately.

Savage is accidentally in a reasonable spot because it's given us sorely needed midcore content. I actually like e5-8s and it got my FC in there for the first time. But they need to expand on it and give hardcore something more in exchange. Also EX is gradually slipping and is far, far too lenient on enrage timers so midcore have lost that. It's sad that Shiva Unreal is too hard now because EX has babied us for too long. They've removed a dungeon per patch and deep dungeons, there's room to give us something like Alliance Savage and Savage dungeons.

Crafting is just gone. It's done, over and dead. There's no turning back without causing mass riots from people who have become used to free hand-outs, but the only purpose it serves is letting people who hate crafting have crafted items and providing a market for bots to churn out endless Neo-Ishgardian. I have no hope for crafting anymore.

[Payadopa]

Ironically the game seems to be doing pretty well...

So do skinner boxes disguised as mobile games.