Why IS the savage lockout system the way it is?

[Colt47]

Is it really "new content" when you're running the same fight, over and over and over and over?

People who really care about this content rushed through it in a month or so and ran out of things to do a while back.

Thing is that's speculation rather than an actual answer from the FFXIV team. The only thing that we can comment on our end about it is the effect the system has on how we play the game. The system causes a lot of social problems among players that doesn't seem to get talked about much. It can and has forced people to choose between playing with friends and playing with those that are more about completing the content, and the system also negatively impacts the quality of life being provided by the party finder tools. It definitely feels like the devs haven't given it much thought if they haven't even bothered to talk about it.

[Oizen]

Thing is that's speculation rather than an actual answer from the FFXIV team. The only thing that we can comment on our end about it is the effect the system has on how we play the game. The system causes a lot of social problems among players that doesn't seem to get talked about much. It can and has forced people to choose between playing with friends and playing with those that are more about completing the content, and the system also negatively impacts the quality of life being provided by the party finder tools. It definitely feels like the devs haven't given it much thought if they haven't even bothered to talk about it.

Do you honestly, truly expect the developers of this game to say "yeah this is in the game to eat up your subscription time"