FFXIV's Future

[R041]

But doesn't M+ still have the problems with bad combinations of affixies can make runs overly punishing? Or how affixies can be counterintuitive to boss mechanics like getting one where the party needs to stand away from each other right when the boss does a mechanic that requires stacking. Also of how players purposefully deplete their keys to get potential takers. Also how if one person leaves during a run, then the key gets ruined.

Totally, but at least it changes. Nothing will be perfect, but I'd rather have the CHANCE of content being better or worse on a weekly rotation, than it just being bad overall.

I don't think the key is ruined, just downgraded? Haven't done them in current cycle.

That's the difference between WoW and FFXIV these days, WoW takes more risks at the micro-level. It feels comfortable with itself letting you be OP sometimes, or making you suffer. Makes you feel like it respects you as a player.
The systems it provides overall could be abused by bots, but prefers to make sure the player has more fun than preventing a bot from not having fun.

[ReynTime]

Here's XIV's future:
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...bfedf5eac09b64

The awkward modern glamour is the gift that keeps on giving.

[Chasingstars]

Totally, but at least it changes. Nothing will be perfect, but I'd rather have the CHANCE of content being better or worse on a weekly rotation, than it just being bad overall.

I don't think the key is ruined, just downgraded? Haven't done them in current cycle.

That's the difference between WoW and FFXIV these days, WoW takes more risks at the micro-level. It feels comfortable with itself letting you be OP sometimes, or making you suffer. Makes you feel like it respects you as a player.
The systems it provides overall could be abused by bots, but prefers to make sure the player has more fun than preventing a bot from not having fun.

Yea that is what I meant with the key, it getting depleted. That aspect just has created a very unpleasant time for people who just want to enjoy the content and wish that part would just go away.

What Criterion dungeons need is horizontal gear progression. Gear that doesn't invalidate savage or ultimate tier, but provides options for those who want to get into that content. As M+ itself is mostly meant as a means to gear up so you can do the harder difficulties of raids.