More Content, Less Narrative

[LianaThorne]

Yes, I do. Mogstation isn't P2W. It's either "pay for cosmetics" or "pay to lose out".

Items that can be purchased for real currency that provide an advantage in the game (i.e. job & story skips which allow for players to skip content otherwise unavoidable, also known as "the grind") is considered P2W. Just making that clear.

Cosmetics are not, the boosts definitely are. It's no different from purchasing packs in mobile games that give you extra items that allow you to progress faster than F2P players. Saying this as a whale.

Whether or not you view people using them as losing out is kind of irrelevant at the end of the day. People have the same right to play the game however they like as you do and shouldn't be put down or be viewed as less than for that. I love the story in FF but absolutely don't blame anyone who play MMOs for other reasons for picking the option that works best for them. At the end of the day, what does it actually affect yours or anyone's life what someone else does with their time?

[xenahawk]

i like it just the way it is. thats one of the things i have always liked about the final fantasy games is it being story driven. there is plenty of content to do outside of the story if thats what you want.

[SannaR]

I'm fairly certain that the OP is the one who wants open world pvp. Mostly so if they ever got their knickers in a twist they could be allowed to get some form of revenge. Which again isn't the main focus of the game and tends to be a minority.

[SturmChurro]

I'm fairly certain that the OP is the one who wants open world pvp. Mostly so if they ever got their knickers in a twist they could be allowed to get some form of revenge. Which again isn't the main focus of the game and tends to be a minority.

People already do that in the form of reports, and trying to get others permabanned.

[Absimiliard]

Yeah, let's do less narrative. That definitely won't torpedo the game or anything.

[Mordrick]

No, this isn't wow.

[Burmecia]

"Less story for Final Fantasy game plz!"

??? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[SenorPatty]

Using EW as an example, its more watching cutscenes than playing. I am fine with a story, its nice even but when that gets in the way of gameplay then it chaffs something fierce. Going forward, instead of epic narratives that require dozens of hours of cutscenes why don't they give us simple stories with alot more gameplay and less just watching/reading.

The first part of a new expansion ffxiv is always the meatiest. I agree that EW being a tad much with cutscenes but we were warned that it would be for very obvious reasons. Recall that post-expansion, we get our stories in small doses, typically being able to complete those msqs in an hour or so. As such, I don't expect future releases to be this heavy, unless it's to tie major events like EW did. With that said, I would very much like to either have both or if not possible, rather retain more narrative when new expansion hits, because I trust the predictable nature of ffxiv to release gameplay content evenly after is done.

[Poporito_Popoto]

People already do that in the form of reports, and trying to get others permabanned.

[Imoye]

Items that can be purchased for real currency that provide an advantage in the game (i.e. job & story skips which allow for players to skip content otherwise unavoidable, also known as "the grind") is considered P2W. Just making that clear.

P2W has to do with power. There's no power benefit you get from the level/MSQ boost. In addition, it only gets you to level 80.