Recognizing parasistic game design decision

[Shougun]

Garrisons?

I still feel including including this particular content greatly disrupts the value of the discussion. If Garrisons fit into parasitic design then so too do squadrons, and perhaps some other content. It makes more sense for speaking specifically about borrowed power since it's something that is basically stolen away from you, a reaaaaaalll waste of your time when you get to the end of it all.

Garrisons still offer means to make gold and have unique items, achievements, and such to them (even if the amount of gold is far less than it was back when it was causing economic disruption). If such a system, that is obviously abandoned, though apparently also nerfed a bit afterwards (kicking one while down), counts, then a lot of stuff people are saying don't should if we're being fair.

Just seems a little odd people are going off on other games with systems that FFXIV does have. Though honestly it seems like, minus the kicking a system while it's down.. a lot of games has this. Sometimes they're appreciated I think, but obviously one might say their resources might have been better spent if they spun back into the game. Whatever, not trying to focus on that bit right now in the post.

The video also goes on to discuss Warframe's systems, which are absolutely in line with some of the systems FFXIV uses. Some people call them content islands, of course certain islands in warframe are more egregious than others. Maybe railjack or related flying things being worse compared to the core game, but say Eureka gear (besides looks) has no real application to the rest of the game. Of course one would say cosmetics and exp are important! Which they can be, everyone knows glamour is the real end game, and defends FFXIV's systems, but then immediately going back to some of the stuff people call parasitic design for WoW and Warframe. You could pull them out of that title by the fact many of them too offer things like exp and cosmetics. . . .

Just seems like people are slapping oil all over the surface and angling the plates in the direction that favors their game ;/