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

[Imora]

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.

Heads up, Ion isn't responsible for that crap, the bean counters at Activision are. They make more money if you stay subbed. They don't care if you log in once a week for five minutes, or not at all.

Stupid cat hit my hand making me post early and cant edit on mobile.

[Vahlnir]

Heads up, Ion isn't responsible for that crap, the bean counters at Activision are. They make more money if you stay subbed. They don't care if you log in once a week for five minutes, or not at all.

Stupid cat hit my hand making me post early and cant edit on mobile.

He's the lead developer of the game. Of course he is responsible for a lot of what goes on. Not everything, but certainly a lot.

[Shougun]

Heads up, Ion isn't responsible for that crap, the bean counters at Activision are. They make more money if you stay subbed. They don't care if you log in once a week for five minutes, or not at all.

Stupid cat hit my hand making me post early and cant edit on mobile.

If you view the webpage in desktop mode you can edit on mobile, the button is in different places based on what browser you're using but usually it's in one of the easy to get to buttons near your address bar. Request desktop site, desktop site, etc. It'll no longer be optimized for mobile, but most phones these days are more computer than 'mobile' anyways lol. Besides missing features sometimes my phone works better with the desktop variant anyways.