This thread makes me facepalm lol. Yes XIV needs challenging content...no it doesnt need to be like CoP. If its optional, sure...but good luck getting anyone to do it with you.

Zaaku you need to stop living in the past. The MMO culture has changed. You are like a samurai whos desperately trying to relive the glory days of feudal Japan. Its over. Come back to 2012. Ppl like you need to learn to forge ahead instead of clinging to the past. The past wasnt good enough. XI had only moderate success. Why mimic whats already proven to deliver limited results? XIV needs to change with the times...and that is what its doing.

For ppl who cant change...go play all the old games you loved so much. Play with your fellow niche players in everquest, lineage 2, DaoC, etc etc. They are still around. Let XIV do its thing and stop shackling it to the substandard 500k that XI had. XIV needs to go way beyond that...especially given all the money that was lost. Go big or go home.