Solutions for Content Drought during between Patches & other solutions for Gameplay

[Deveryn]

People like to crap on Island Sanctuary, but I bet it's going to have more hours logged per person than Bozja / Eureka. It's a more chill way to get glam and other items and a decent way for people to bank DoH/L materia. Every week, people are running those sheets and making that currency. It's a much needed break from the nonsense that went on in those expos. Don't get me wrong. I look forward to seeing that stuff again, but it needs to be better.

Just looking at how Bozja and Eureka pulled from previous expansions, I had a hard time seeing a coherent zone coming out, especially for what's the end of a whole saga. I'd like to see someone actually come up with a good theme and enemies for what could have been Endwalker's exploration zone. If you can't do it without leaning even more heavily on Garlean tech, which has been done to death, I'm not interested.

[Tint]

Just looking at how Bozja and Eureka pulled from previous expansions, I had a hard time seeing a coherent zone coming out, especially for what's the end of a whole saga. I'd like to see someone actually come up with a good theme and enemies for what could have been Endwalker's exploration zone. If you can't do it without leaning even more heavily on Garlean tech, which has been done to death, I'm not interested.

They could just have used island sanctuary for that. Let us travel to different islands, let us explore some central america inspired ruins, find pirate treasures, fight the wildlife and get new animals and materials for our own island.

Like the most generic pirate and caribbean themed stuff and tie in our own island somehow.

[Deveryn]

yeah, I see a lot of words, but you're not really saying anything. Are you happy? I'm not acknowledging, as you predicted. Far be it from me to make a liar out of anyone.

We both get different things from this game. I have a bigger list of boxes to check off than you. I don't know why you're so insistent that all this verbal diarrhea is going to change anything.

[sharknado]

They can add newer jobs to older relic grinds, then put a cool many-seat mount for getting multiple ones, and then grind for heirloom gear sets that follow your level to some good-ish ilvl

[Duskane]

I also have an idea:

Bring the relic quest earlier.

Back in ARR and HW we did not have to wait for over a year to finally get grind-content. Oh we already did get the relic quest? Sorry did not notice, but yeah, I think I have a weapon lying in my armoury, no idea how it got there, maybe I was standing too close to an NPC or whatever.

Imagine if they would release the savage raid only after one year in the expansion. That's how it feels for people who like grinding.

also this
it was understandable for the wait with Eureka and Bozja but because current relic is like HW so no real reason we couldn't have it from the start

[Absimiliard]

Pre-nerf ARR style relic grind? Sign me right the heck up. Extra points if the light farm forces people into EX trials like in the old days. Give'em the choice of doing content they normally wouldn't or spending the next twelve years working on the relic weapon.