Relic News - 6.45

[Gullis]

Should just mail them to you on patch day, and save the trouble.

[Sacae]

There are a lot of people paying a lot of money to complain about a game they don't like on the forum, seems like.

[Skivvy]

There are a lot of people paying a lot of money to complain about a game they don't like on the forum, seems like.

Free login, baby!

But on a serious note, a lot of people do truly enjoy this game, and it's hard to see something you've enjoyed in the past going in a bad direction. And so complaints are made. While I'm not a fan of how a lot of people here voice their complaints, they are at least providing feedback that could possibly get back to the devs at some point for review and consideration.

Hope can keep people around for a long time.

[caffe_macchiato]

There are a lot of people paying a lot of money to complain about a game they don't like on the forum, seems like.

FFXIV excels at one thing only: it’s a social game that’s easier to set up than VRChat and Second Life with just as much player-created content. For many people, this is their first “metaverse” and it’s far more immersive than Discord. The experience is even better when you combine the two.

But it’s obvious that no one here (you included) actually likes the gameplay in this tired old horse of a game. If you did, you’d be upset that Square Enix keeps dropping the ball. But many people (me included) don’t play for the gameplay. So, if you’re not like us, and you’re fine with FFXIV turning into dust…why are YOU here?

[Denji]

[EorzeaWanderer]

Really hoping that's a mistranslation. As much as I don't mind just getting tomestones, it's also a bit...well, boring.

If that original Japanese text is accurate, then I’d say the translation is correct. (I’m a Japanese translator, for what it’s worth.)

Just a hunch from what he said, nothing more, but I get the feeling that the “no major changes” part means “poetics instead of astronomy” and “causality for the next step”. He seemed to want to be coy about the exact currency you would use but not about the process being similar.

[aveyond-dreams]

I don't believe at this point we should be entertaining people who unironically favor getting relics via roulettes. They can go buy a crafted weapon or the actual tome weapon on their own time. Those of us who wanted a relic first got laughed at in our faces when we went from Bozja level storytelling associated with it to Hildibrand and that set the pace for every letdown that came afterwards.

[Rufalus]

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Totally agree! The devs are so thoughtful and inclusive, they balanced it so we can still finish the story with a severe degenerative cognitive disease. And they don't add things that might surprise or scare us; we can take as much time off as we want and trust that the familiar anachronistic gameplay will still be waiting for us when we return like a warm blanket. <3

[Saraide]

I don't believe at this point we should be entertaining people who unironically favor getting relics via roulettes. They can go buy a crafted weapon or the actual tome weapon on their own time. Those of us who wanted a relic first got laughed at in our faces when we went from Bozja level storytelling associated with it to Hildibrand and that set the pace for every letdown that came afterwards.

Not sure that's entirely true, part of why you get laughed at is because you unironically have people saying things like 'if this was a fate grind it would be more engaging'.

[Deo14]

I don't believe at this point we should be entertaining people who unironically favor getting relics via roulettes. They can go buy a crafted weapon or the actual tome weapon on their own time. Those of us who wanted a relic first got laughed at in our faces when we went from Bozja level storytelling associated with it to Hildibrand and that set the pace for every letdown that came afterwards.

That's good point. All past relics had some kind of story. ARR was recreating this fabled, legendary weapons. HW had all the Anima and linking soul to a weapon or what was it exactly. SB and ShB had you explore new lands with new story and getting new cool weapons while you're there.

Now what do we get as a substitute? A fucking Hildibrand, Tom Bombadil-like character, minus the good parts. Character which breaks all the immersion that's left and makes no sense in a lore. Or at least I think so, the last hildibrand cutscene that I've watched was that truly hilarious one where there was 10 minute build up, just to point out how hilarious it is when a man wears woman dress. Truly a peak of comedy.