What would you do if you had control over FFXIV?

[Adeacia]

Reinstate the current leadership should it have been removed in my hiring and walk the heck away. I know nothing about game development, but might leave a small wish list of things for them to maybe look into; which I would leave at their discretion to consider or not.

This is the only proper choice. The examples given so far in this topic show exactly why we players should NOT be able to control a games development.

I may not post much but I do lurk a lot. I see tons of people always suggesting ideas for the game, and it's pretty rare that one of them isn't a terrible idea.

As for me, I'd put out a survey to every subscriber asking them to make a choice: We can either stop developing new content for awhile to upgrade the game itself (database etc) which would allow the game to do a heck of a lot of the things that the players are asking for that simply can't be done at the moment, or keep doing things as usual.

[E4EO]

Rework healers to make them interesting and engaging to play, either through making healers green DPS or making healing itself engaging. The horse has been beaten to death as to why, I don’t need to repeat what I and literally H U N D R E D S of players have said on this forum.

Add a daily roulette for Rival Wings so it’s more accessible

Make 4 man extreme versions of old dungeons, and make future dungeons more varried and interesting (more optional loot and enemies for leveling)

Take the current crafting system and throw it in the goddamn dumpster and light it on fire, and come up with something more engaging. How? I honestly have no clue! I’d have to brainstorm for literal weeks on how to fix the boring dumpster fire of 5.2 (think it was 5.2) and beyond crafting.

Add in armour shades, like metallic and non metallic, or some other way that non ARR dyed armour pieces don’t come out looking metallic, in comparison to the clean ARR versions, while still keeping the option for a metallic hue.

Revamp the TOS so swearing (unless it’s directed at a player to be rude) isn’t a banable offense, use the swear filter if you dislike it.

Add in level 1 9S gear and maybe, juuuuust maybe, add a Flight Unit mount, you know, things that should’ve been in the raid in the first place???????

That’s just the things I could think off the top of my head, but my god, I could probably come up with literal DOZENS of things I’d change with FF14.

[DrWho2010]

this kind of thread proves that plebs cannot and should not be in charge of ideas.

you can throw money and more time at a problem - you will have a lack of manpower because there just won't be enough talent to fill it.
you can throw people and money at a problem - you will run into a lack of time because it will take time to train said people and get them up to snuff. you want to keep this game on a schedule right?
you can throw time and people at a problem - you will run into a lack of money. it doesn't grow on trees and shareholders/CEO's aren't just going to let you do what you want however you want.

[johnnylogen1337]

this kind of thread proves that plebs cannot and should not be in charge of ideas.

you can throw money and more time at a problem - you will have a lack of manpower because there just won't be enough talent to fill it.
you can throw people and money at a problem - you will run into a lack of time because it will take time to train said people and get them up to snuff. you want to keep this game on a schedule right?
you can throw time and people at a problem - you will run into a lack of money. it doesn't grow on trees and shareholders/CEO's aren't just going to let you do what you want however you want.

cool novel but that is not the point of this thread. its a what-if scenario outside of the binds of reality

Do you like this game or not?

Do you have some sort of criticism with the people in charge of this game?

this kind of sentiment is always so annoying, you dont criticize a game you play because you hate it, you do that because you love it and want it to be better. nothing is perfect and theres always breathing room for more. the game has many technical issues and other ones that are up to the individual. do i like dungeons? yeah. do i like the direction we have seen them go for dungeons since HW which is a copy-paste of pulling the same 2 or 3 packs wall to wall with 3 bosses in an extremely linear way? absolutely not. some ARR dungeons were really cool and its disappointing to see the same boring pattern. theyre fun to do the first time around and thats it. which, to me, doesnt seem like a smart allocation of resources. its an mmo after all so you would like your content to have some longevity and 4 savage fights and 2 extremes every 6 months is not quite enough.
and thats just one of the criticisms i have with the game but you see, everyone here wants the game they love to be better.

[Caitlyn]

Hard to tell. Maybe start reworking older systems first.

Glamour
- Add more space (1.000) in the glamour dresser and add more glamour plates into it
- Add a face slot (which is just for glamour, no stats)
- Add a back slot for wings, capes or other stuff

Housing
- Add a second floor and a balcony to appartements (both can be purchased seperately with gil)
- Other characters from the same server and account have access to the housing menu
- Add the glamour dresser as housing furniture

Classes/Jobs
- Remove base classes
- Running a dungeon below max level with a max level job will also reward players with a small exp-ticket which can be used for other jobs (DoW only)
- Reworking sync (but I dont know how xD)

Trust NPCs
- Increase the amount of EXP for the player by 200% (not as much as for the NPCs itself)

Strikes
- Strikes against accounts will be removed after 1 or 2 years from the moment the strike was active
- Players can see those in the menu and the reason (more transparency)

Inventory/Items
- Add a separate inventory for crafting/gathering materials
- Add multiselect for inventory items
- Retainer inventory can be accessed from any retainer
- Add two additional free retainers
- Add a account bank to share items with other characters of the same account and server

Mogry Store
- Sophia gear as purchasable outfit
- Sin Eater gear as purchasable outfit
- Innocence Wings as purchasable mount
- Forgiven Obscenity and Forgiven Venery as purchasable vendos for housing
(or add a Sin Eater beast tribe and make that stuff free)

[Wavaryen]

My list of changes.

Increase the reward for duty finder.

Finish off the Grand Company ranks.

Add better ways to level up 60-70.

Let Trusts be Duoed.

Blitzball

Figure out a way to make apartments bigger and better for players who don't get housing.

[Neoyoshi]

Do you like this game or not?

Do you have some sort of criticism with the people in charge of this game?

[Dragonblanco]

Do you like this game or not?

Do you have some sort of criticism with the people in charge of this game?

Yes and no. We all have heard where they have even admitted they want to do things but are holding off, such as getting a new gaming engine. We also have seen where moderators never speak here in the forum really and we've had lots of issues with players in-game, but it often feels like GM and moderators don't exist.

In addition, there are lots of features that people have collectively been griping about for several expansions. So we know that people in various places are "dropping the ball." It could just be that they aren't doing their jobs or it could be they lack the manpower but are trying their best. Regardless of what's happening, there's a lot of work to be done.

I suppose a way you can look at it is we might all love pizza. They start offering Cheese pizza and players say they want variety, as there should be pepperoni and other toppings. Does that mean they don't like pizza? Heck no, they just like it better with those toppings or maybe a different crust. People see those options and additions as improvements. So it's saying as much as you love pizza (FFXIV), what changes or additions would you make? But then it went one step further to tell people to not only think of the game but of the company as a whole.

We'd need more profit for things to happen. Would need to encourage more players to join or pay into it so those things could be done. Then looking at idea for long login times and stuff to be reduced, you need more servers. For people to respond to posts, hackers, GM reports, etc then you need to have enough manpower. There's a lot to consider. So in thinking about it all, you share what you'd like to see and what you'd do, but it can also help you reflect on maybe what makes it so challenging for it to be done. You're also able to see answers from other players of people who agree or disagree with your way of thinking, which offers even a better perspective.

[ReynTime]

90% or more of the playerbase would hate the game if I took control over it, lol
There are a LOT of design changes that happened specially since Stormblood that I'm not happy with and would definitely change if I could

Taking this proposal somewhat seriously for the sake of conversation. If the developer did ‘delete’ a certain race - how would they handle a solid chunk the player base who are suddenly unable to play their characters anymore?

I know quite a few people want Lalafell, the easiest example since quite a few people dislike both the race and the players behind them, to be surgically removed. But how do you handle the players of said race in the aftermath of a deletion?

This topic isn't asking anyone "how would you make XIV more profitable/community happier" so there's nothing wrong with selfish responses focused on the poster's own preferences.

[Aurida]

Do you like this game or not?

Do you have some sort of criticism with the people in charge of this game?

You can enjoy the game and still think of ways that you'd change it either to suit your personal preferences or just because they're things the devs should have done multiple expacs ago