Is there a reason SE is not trying to future proof content AT ALL?

[Lanadra]

6 months till Endwalker indeed.. you guys realize there are other video games out there.. right? If you've done everything and are completely caught up.. why on earth would you try and twiddle your thumbs in FFXIV when it's obvious that the devs aren't going to artificially drag 1 month of content out over 6 months.

[Cithaerias_pyropina]

6 months till Endwalker indeed.. you guys realize there are other video games out there.. right? If you've done everything and are completely caught up.. why on earth would you try and twiddle your thumbs in FFXIV when it's obvious that the devs aren't going to artificially drag 1 month of content out over 6 months.

I'll take my subscription money elsewhere and not give it to FF14 then.

[Lanadra]

I'll take my subscription money elsewhere and not give it to FF14 then.

That sounds to me like it's the sensible thing to do if you feel like you've got nothing to do in-between 5.55 and 6.0.

[MorionQ]

I'll take my subscription money elsewhere and not give it to FF14 then.

This is literally what they want us to do so we don’t burn out. I mean, just Square Enix alone wants to play other titles in the Final Fantasy franchise. Taking breaks to do other things is healthy.

[TheJarvisMan]

This is literally what they want us to do so we don’t burn out. I mean, just Square Enix alone wants to play other titles in the Final Fantasy franchise. Taking breaks to do other things is healthy.

This is spot on. Some of you guys might be astonished however to find out how foreign this concept is for folks who've come here from WoW (which seems to be droves of players since the Shadowlands burnout).

I have played both WoW and FFXIV since their launches, and I like both games. However, since Ion took over at WoW, they are obsessed with player-engagement/retention metrics. You can feel the systems in that game tugging at your time and punishing you for taking long breaks/hiatuses. That's why every other post on WoW's General Discussion Forums is "I'm cancelling my sub over [blank]...". They are trying to get the devs attention by threatening the only thing it feels like the dev team cares about - time/money spent ingame. Yoshi P basically nipped this in the bud when he publicly encouraged FFXIV players to take breaks, spend time with family/friends, and play other games.

Those two opposing viewpoints alone are why I consider FFXIV to be my home game. The dev team respects my time so much more than Blizzard.

[kaynide]

I'll take my subscription money elsewhere and not give it to FF14 then.

This is literally what Yoshi-P has regularly told the player base to do. Play when you want, stop when you want. No fear of getting left behind.

[Cithaerias_pyropina]

This is literally what Yoshi-P has regularly told the player base to do. Play when you want, stop when you want. No fear of getting left behind.

This is literally what they want us to do so we don’t burn out. I mean, just Square Enix alone wants to play other titles in the Final Fantasy franchise. Taking breaks to do other things is healthy.

They encourage this. So much so that they’ve at times said to do this; to avoid burnout. It’s not a negative thing for you to want to leave the game. Go enjoy other games!

And then people complain there isn't enough content because the devs tell people not to subscribe and give them money to make more content.

[kaynide]

And then people complain there isn't enough content because the devs tell people not to subscribe and give them money to make more content.

That’s on them, innit? I’ve done almost everything there is to do for a casual, and I dabble with Eureka and Bozja..but it just isn’t for me.

In the 5.0 series I have stopped to play several games, including some I recommend: Animal Crossing, Nier, Horizon Zero Dawn and Subnautica.

There’s a lot of variety in genre there, if you’re bored, try one out?

[Ashgarth]

And then people complain there isn't enough content because the devs tell people not to subscribe and give them money to make more content.

Who has ever said that? FFXIV has had the same content release schedule when it had 300k or 2 million subs.

[Raim]

I'll take my subscription money elsewhere and not give it to FF14 then.

The lead developer literally told you to do this. Its unhealthy to think you need to be perpetually subbed to one game for all time.