Where is all the content?

[KizuyaKatogami]

Yes I'm sure all their other composers were just eagerly waiting twiddling their thumbs awaiting for a task. Spare me. Of course they have other composers, and many of these composers have their own tasks and responsibilities. I find it very unlikely that the composers or anyone for that matter is sat on their desk waiting for a task whilst just collecting a pay check. There's not really much you can do when other people have their own tasks and responsibilities. Not to mention they would still be required to be enlightened on the 'setting' of the dungeon/raid/instance. Including the environment and the emotions it intends to invoke.

That’s part of the job…i would hope, as a major multi million/billion company, that they wouldn’t have one person designated for every single ost in an mmo. Then again this is the same SE who’s going to be supporting NFT’s so…yeah i guess i wouldn’t be too surprised about that.

Just a quick point, the level 87 weapons aren't reswaps of the 83 weapons. The 83 weapons have a steam punk theme. The 87 weapons are totally different. I'm speaking of the dungeon weapons here.

The other point stands. The fact that the 89 dungeon doesn't even offer a left set of gear is sort of jarring.

It's little parts that feel left out that when you add them all up, something seems off about the amount of things EW offered.

Edit: And I will say, it's an absolute fashion tragedy that they didn't make the reused assets of the 87 gear dyable. Absolute CRIME. That look is by far and large my favorite glam appearance in the game, and it's STILL not dyable.

Its the level 88 chondrite weapons. They are indeed the 83 dungeon weapons reused. I only know because the 83 sage weapons are a fashion disaster and very easily noticeable.

[OhNooo]

I’m going to be honest. But it seems like every time someone criticizes this game in particular they’re told to quit it outright and play something else.

Are we just not allowed to state our issues with a product without being told to get out?

Yeah I'm tired of seeing this as a default response anytime there's any type of criticism about the story or anything else in the game.

[Krotoan]

[*]Server issues
Need I say more? The excuse of covid doesn't fit when I can easily go onto a server hosting company and pay for a server to be setup to the same level as the servers which Square use in their datacenters in the EU. With almost 24 hour deployable time. This can easily be seen here and here

All this while the player subscription numbers have increased by almost a million in the last 16 months seen here
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Updates Regarding the Addition of a New Logical Data Center and Worlds

Since July 2021, in order to accommodate the significant increase in the number of new players, we have been working towards building a new logical data center and adding new Worlds. However, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have not been able to make any additions due to suspension of semiconductor production at manufacturing factories, decrease in production quantities, as well as a shortage of raw materials. Although we are investing much more money than usual, our attempts to alleviate the ongoing congestion situation are being delayed due to the physical shortage of server equipment.

With the help of IT equipment vendors from all around the world, we are slowly beginning to receive information about delivery dates and figures. Considering the high specification requirements for FFXIV servers, along with the fact that adding a single logical data center requires hundreds of servers, we invariably need much more time, but we are starting to see some progress. In line with this, the Server and Infrastructure teams are working together to plan for new additions, and we hope to be able to provide some sort of roadmap by the end of January 2022.

We are considering adding servers to each region, especially plans for a large-scale addition in North America and Europe, and will be looking at the number of servers, infrastructure construction time, power issues, and server rack situation to see if we should do this sequentially or in one big push. Either way, the plan is to introduce a large number of additions, which we intend to carry out quickly and safely with as minimal inconvenience to our players as possible, and we will follow up regarding this matter as we progress.

Please stop acting like buying a couple racks of baseline servers is enough. Please don't smugly show you've "found" the equipment when you know nothing of the process.

we've been over this again and again that even if these WERE the right hardware and they were to order them.. try hitting those order buttons and then wait for the delivery commitment that follows. It will be months out if not outright denied because of a lack of supply. This has been the case for several IT professionals with first hand accounts of orders being delayed, cancelled, or outright rejected.

[FrogDog]

I actually cancelled my sub yesterday.

I don't care for this company the way other people in this community seem to. I just see corners being cut everywhere and that's fine with a lot of people because the MSQ we do for a day or a week is supposed to be enough to last people for 3-6 month stretches.

I have nothing to do on this game and I haven't for a very long time. My time on here basically boils down to run a few roulettes and burn gil on a housing remodel every few months. I'll miss my house, even with the myriad problems housing has in this game, but there's just not enough to do on XIV to justify paying for it anymore.

[FrogDog]

Sadly this is a thing now. Ever since twitter caught hold of Shadowbringers introducing Hrothgars it's been nothing but pedos, furries and other degenerates flooding the game with their nudity and sex mods. SE realizes that those kind of mentally unstable people are prone to spend money to satisfy their perversions.

The stripper pole didn't sit right with me honestly. This game has highly sexualized sub-communities in it now to the point that if you look at party finder you're bombarded with essentially simulated prostitution. Yoshi-P Will say things like don't do lewd things in the game but they'll put out a stripper pole specifically to cater to the cesspool of ERP Night Club venues that litter the PF and constitutes this games "social" environment.

[Xavier_Firbold]

Please stop acting like buying a couple racks of baseline servers is enough. Please don't smugly show you've "found" the equipment when you know nothing of the process.

we've been over this again and again that even if these WERE the right hardware and they were to order them.. try hitting those order buttons and then wait for the delivery commitment that follows. It will be months out if not outright denied because of a lack of supply. This has been the case for several IT professionals with first hand accounts of orders being delayed, cancelled, or outright rejected.

Server setup 1-5 days for this specific Pretty hefty rig.

But you are 100% correct, I do not know the exact specifications of the servers nor how many would be needed. It's simply conjecture on my part.

What isn't conjecture though is the proof of the lie that these things are impossible to come by. I'm sorry but that's simply untrue. Sure they'd have to spend more, which I believe is why it's not happening.

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Out of the 1300+ people plus currently waiting in the Q to get in. Let's say they're all paying a standard sub fee without the mognet App.

That's £9.50 x £1300 - £12,350 - Per month, and that's only the people waiting in the Q on Lich. I'm sure you can do the rough maths on the true income of the game.

[Akiudo]

Server setup 1-5 days for this specific Pretty hefty rig.

But you are 100% correct, I do not know the exact specifications of the servers nor how many would be needed. It's simply conjecture on my part.

What isn't conjecture though is the proof of the lie that these things are impossible to come by. I'm sorry but that's simply untrue. Sure they'd have to spend more, which I believe is why it's not happening.

if you don't know what exactly square would need to make it work, and make it work stable at that, than how exactly does what you linked "proof" that they could simply go ahead and buy what they need ?

[Iscah]

As of writing this they've just released a stripper pole on the MogStation... Really?

I missed this earlier, and no they have not.

The pole is for sale in-game at the Gold Saucer – cheap, IIRC, as it's a pretty boring item in itself – and people have been asking for it since they were first seen in Eulmore.

(People have also been asking for a matching emote, which has not been released, so they're not going to be seeing much use except as set dressing.)

[Bsrking5]

The only thing i want to comment on is the smallest walkable ground. Good, HW areas were a pain to travel on ground and flying was the only way to make it feel reasonable.

[Xavier_Firbold]

if you don't know what exactly square would need to make it work, and make it work stable at that, than how exactly does what you linked "proof" that they could simply go ahead and buy what they need ?

Apologies, the question I was answering was the fallacy that servers en masse are no longer available. Which, by providing that link, can be seen as false. I have stated several times I know not of the power the XIV servers require though I'd hazard a guess they're not as powerful as the one I linked to there.