Quote Originally Posted by Heavenchild View Post
I also was very disappointed, that the 'new Gold Saucer content' they announced a year ago for 6.3, is just a another jumping puzzle. That's nice, but not really 'new' content. It's another version of already existing content.

For me it feels like that it gets less and less. And it seems like that 7.0 is going to be very late, too. The 2-year cycle would be in December 2023. But the Japanese Fan Festival is in January 2024. I don't think that they release 7.0 before they had the Fan Festival in their own country.

For new players, there is really a lot to do. But for the people who play it for a while it gets more and more boring. There is nothing to do. And not everyone wants to farm something time-consuming just because there is a lack of new content.

FF14 is their moneymaker. I really wonder why SE treats it so bad in the last time. As someone said before: Playerbase won't wait forever. <ò.ó>
Well covid pushed 5.3 back and everything followed suit there onwards...endwalker was pushed 2 weeks...but then you have to put the weeks on top for the new content patch cycle being 2 weeks longer each time and then an additional if landing on a holiday...so it makes sense it would fall around Feb/March for 7.0 I have no issue with this as it fits in line with what they discussed back in Feb 2022. There are lots of things to do but granted like you say are time sinks for things you may not like the look of like hunts or fishing etc....I am not saying the game doesn't need more stuff it does but I think a lot of resources has gone to making the game on a foundational level better. The new player experience changes from 5.3 to 6.3 is drastic to say the least, removed trials and made solo duties, reworked prae and castrum, shortened ARR, flying in ARR, reworked crafting and gathering and collectible functions, lots of QoL on a systematic level... to just name a few things.

In regards to the gold saucer I am sure they are doing more there I don't think the jumping puzzle was the 'new' thing because its actually expected content each year that they add a new gate etc. It is their money maker but what you have to also take into account they are spending money elsewhere...data centers...world servers...visual upgrade overhaul...that's without stuff being announced this year. This isn't copium there is a lot I would like changed, added and expanded but it is ignorant when people don't take in the wider picture.