What are you hoping for/expecting from 7.0?

[Hyperia]

I'll probably be gone by then considering the game refuses to course-correct.

We have a full year before we see any new raid content so a lot of my friends are going into extended hibernation once the farming is over.

I don’t include the 24’s in the raid category as it’s more of a 24 player dungeon.

I’m investigating other games right now as I expect FF16 to take around 60 hours and be done. Each remaining 6.x patch can be done in a few days.

If only we had a relic to keep me busy…something something journey more important than the destination…

[CelestiCer]

When, and if, I need or want your encouragement or advice, i will ask you for it. I also note this is a nice handwave of my earlier question.

" Losing customers by being difficult = losing revenue = losing staff and creative resources = less content = less customers - less revenue... " Got an answer for me?

Sure I'll answer.

" Overall Skill-level of players drops if you make everything easier "
This remains true because a Game that doesn't encourage players to become better? does just that vs the opposite of encouraging players to be better by rewarding them for improving, usually in increased performance of any kind. It's just common sense. You lack statistics that you demand of others to proof points, yet we do not need it. We know what happens when people are encouraged to be as lazy as they can be, specially when environments supports that mentality, game or no game. The Irony? is that EW's story is about making mankind overcome adversity to make them resilient to any future hardships. Having players request optional depth with Job nuances and complexity, does not affect your ability to clear casual content as it lacks any difficulty. Meaning?

" You can still play however you want "
Optional Job depth means Optional. You can continue mastering nothing and not do Raiding that we are not forcing anyone into either with increased optional Job difficulty. If you want your floor-licking dead body be dragged by Duty Support NPC's through the finish lines? Power to you. But having an environment where everything that is made of pillows be made even more comfier? does nothing to improve the games gameplay, because it conditions players to find everything to difficult, to which they will complain on the forums up to over 2000+ posts on making the cakewalk content even more boringly easier.

" Making the Game more Difficult costs Square revenue "
This is your final stance... Nothing in your posts states anything about what you hope to see in 7.0 to improve gameplay. Optional Job depth is not forcing players to Raid btw... You clearly want to defend a billion dollar ( indie ) company's revenue... thinking that will make Square create content for you. As you believe players requesting optional Job complexity/nuances is going to cut in the budget ( lol? ) of Square's wallets standing in the way of content being created? Look if that's the hill you want to /playdead on, then yes as you put it " do what suits you indeed " xD

[Asari5]

since the grafical update needs man-hours too, i kinda expect less than normal. dont know what less is exactly. its just a bad feeling xD

i like the update, but i can already see all the people getting upset for getting less playable content. especially since ew had like 30% more story than normal which makes the normal amount feel less.

just a hunch though

[GoatOfWar]

A new approach to tanks.
Different forms of utility. I don't want my favourite job to just be a downgrade from Warrior in every piece of content except for TOP.
War is better in every other ultimate, it's better in savage, it's even better in casual content...
Loud axe big man, hurr! Very cool. I'm not into it.

[KitingGenbu]

Hoping the new caster job doesn't suck.

[ElysiumDragon]

The FFXIV of ARR/HW is LONG dead at this point, and people need to accept that. Every design decision the devs have made has resulted in more players and more revenue, there's no incentive for them to rip up everything they've implemented to satisfy a handful of people.

Now, with that out of the way...

Fewer bodychecks in Savage, but tighter DPS checks as a result.
More Midcore content like Unreal and Extreme.
More fashion accessories of different types. We have enough parasols for now, maybe some scarves or tails?
Healers having slightly more complex DPS rotations.
Either delete positionals entirely for the sake of boss/arena design, or make uptime relevant again with smaller hitboxes.
Another Exploratory Zone for Relics, but inspired moreso by Eureka than Bozja.

[SassyAssassin]

Oh I have another one! I hope dnc will share armour with monk or something, tired of dancing in a coat, looks too stiff

[Asudurga]

Time Mage for casters, revamp it from being a niche and honestly pitiful support in past iterations into a full on menace. Something that basically channels Alexander for their spells, maybe even give us a unique mechanic revolving around setting up your cast bar to overlap so you can truly multicast using past and future versions of yourself. God... I would be blaring "Rise" mid-raid using that, on top of all the Jojo references, my lord.

[Coatl]

Absolutely nothing.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Besides the graphical update? Honestly just more of the same while having more QoL stuff added in.

I stopped expecting the game to actually change in its MMO design ever since I got to Heavensward when I had numerous people telling me the game gets so much better. Like I mean the actually game. Questing didnt get better, story got more interesting and the already established raids got better but the hype didnt live up for what people kept gushing about.