February 5th Announcement, Realistic Expectations Thread

[Hycinthus]

Apparently everything is solved with the "It can't be done currently" and people will just simply buy it. I wish I could solve every problem like that too.
Can we have more dungeons? "It can't be done currently, but you can have fewer dungeons for more content" Spoiler: We got less content
Can we have better customization? "It can't be done currently"
Can we improve Eureka? "It can't be done currently, but you can get downgraded Eureka and removed Deep Dungeons"
Can we have more finished races? "It can't be done currently"
Can we remove genderlock? "It can't be done currently"
Can we improve the housing system? "It can't be done currently"
Can we have glamour fixed? "It can't be done currently"
Can we have more inventory/armory space? "It can't be done currently"
Can we have more events? "It can't be done currently, but you can have the usual ones cancelled"
Can we have less MogStation? "It can't be done currently, but you can have more expensive items"
However, you can have Mahjong and glasses done by our workers in their free time.

At this rate what are we supposed to have in our minds as average expectations? The security we can pay a sub? Is really expecting any of those madness?
Seriously, I'm not trying to sounds as a hater, because I love this game, but just because of that I would like it to be improved and I see certain aspects have been going downhill for a while now and people just seem perfectly fine with it because "current limitations." Player counts have gone from 6 millions to over 22 millions according to the numbers they show in their trailers and limitations just seem to get harsher. So, raise you standards and don't settle for whatever they throw at you. These are the guys who developed ARR behind the scenes while putting an end to 1.0

Agree with you that they need to step it up. This is totally not the time to take a step back.

Player count reaching 22 million is no joke and with bigger reach comes bigger responsibility and accountability. Harsher judgment and criticism will come, and just like that 22 million can be gone.

[Genz]

Player count reaching 22 million is no joke

The "22 millions players" is a joke. It's the number of created accounts, it's nearly worthless as a metric.

[Lauront]

The "22 millions players" is a joke. It's the number of created accounts, it's nearly worthless as a metric.

Correct, although the metric which is more reliable (luckybancho's survey) has shown growth - especially over Stormblood. But they have some trouble with retention. They're at around 900k as per the most recent one, down from a high of 1,2m recorded in August. The 22m figure is, as you say, meaningless.

With that said, I'm going in expecting very little. If he's genuine about the "high expectations" thing, all the better. Seeing is believing.