1 ultimate instead of 2 ?

[ForteNightshade]

If I remember right, the reason was "player feedback", they argued players don't wanna have as many ultimates because they need more time to clear them. Which later changed into "we only have 1-2 devs capable in the industry of doing these ultra fights, so they don't have the capacity anymore".
They should just be honest and say 1 per addon then from now on, instead of telling raiders a 2nd might maybe come/maybe not - and get them all hyped and geared up in preparation, so they keep subbing to unlock the raidtiers etc. and then they get no content lol. It is a bit much ambiguity sometimes.

Let's be honest here. They don't want to announce only one Ultimate because it guaranteed a lot of raiders will simply unsub afterwards. Stringing a second or even third along keeps those players subbed because they have to be prepared in case it actually happens.

[Ivtrix]

Let's be honest here. They don't want to announce only one Ultimate because it guaranteed a lot of raiders will simply unsub afterwards. Stringing a second or even third along keeps those players subbed because they have to be prepared in case it actually happens.

dont they also say its ok to unsub if you have nothing to do and to come back later?

[LittleImp]

dont they also say its ok to unsub if you have nothing to do and to come back later?

They say things like that to earn brownie points with their fans, but the way they run the game and their actions in the past don't really support the notion. They're a company running a subscription game, and it's within their interest to keep you subscribed for as long as possible. There have been multiple instances where they've decided on a delay or cancellation well ahead of time, but didn't actually notify the player-base until the proverbial last minute.

[Driavna]

They say things like that to earn brownie points with their fans, but the way they run the game and their actions in the past don't really support the notion. They're a company running a subscription game, and it's within their interest to keep you subscribed for as long as possible. There have been multiple instances where they've decided on a delay or cancellation well ahead of time, but didn't actually notify the player-base until the proverbial last minute.

Agree. Is one of those "don't pay attention to what they said but to what they do". FFXIV has quite a few system that are just there to try to keep you sub as long as they can. However, FFXIV is also designed to make returning "easy" (at the same time GL trying to do content no longer popular) compare to other MMO's.

[Rolder50]

i'd rather have 0 ultimates

it's just a waste of resources just to please 1% of the playerbase

The number is far higher then that

https://twitter.com/Bwin4L/status/1416720149634236417

The highest clear rate server is a whopping 11%, or was as of this post. Probably higher by now. The average looks to be somewhere around 4-5%\

Edit: And this is clears only, so overall participation (without clear) would be higher.

[LittleImp]

The number is far higher then that

https://twitter.com/Bwin4L/status/1416720149634236417

The highest clear rate server is a whopping 11%, or was as of this post. Probably higher by now. The average looks to be somewhere around 4-5%\

Edit: And this is clears only, so overall participation (without clear) would be higher.

Worth noting that is also for TEA, which is probably the least cleared ultimate these days.

[Nethereal]

Worth noting that is also for TEA, which is probably the least cleared ultimate these days.

Understandably so, it's a straight trauma without a good group.

[EverQuest]

Not everyone logs though so data is inaccurate.

[Nethereal]

Not everyone logs though so data is inaccurate.

You only need 1 person out of a group of 8 to get logs, the percentage of 8/8 groups doing ultimate not logging it at all must be so small it can't even be counted as an exception.
It's an abnormality.