I want to play *This* game

[VirusOnline]

Amended to exclude content with little staying power for the average player and added a few notes here and there. Italicized dead on arrival content.

The list was meant to be objective and factual.
Your amends are highly subjective as what is "average" and what is "staying power" varies from player to player.

In my view, EW has focused on providing the base experience of an expansion (MSQ, Alliance Raids, Dungeons, Trials, Dungeons, Savage, Ultimates, PVP, etc) while allocating resources for revamp on older content, updating infrastructure (new DCs & Worlds), DC Travel, Male Viera (which took 2 years after player feedback), VC Dungeons (though not impressive, it was based on player feedback was it not ?). GFX update is also pretty big thing. I've only worked on the more AI aspect of game development, but I imagine a GFX update with the amount of articles in XIV will take at least a few years to do and won't at all be a once over sweepover. These are some pretty big systems that ask for hefty resources. If we were to be asked for a lesser experience now in order for infrastructure update to support the game for another 5+ years, should we take it ?

And on a more personal experience the only real thing I can remember about SB was Eureka. It was the only real reason it consumed most of my time and brain space. Bozja even more so.
Eureka was a new idea, a new type of content. I enjoyed it, sure, but personally if I were to go back and have to grind out my 3-4 main jobs I would not do it.
I would greatly prefer if SE came up with a new inventive way that possibly involves the biggest and most ignored exploratory zones we have: the overworld.

Edit: We also have female hrothgar in the mix which is based on player feedback running on 4+ years now.
Compared to say the amount of content in ARR/HW, there's a lot of new content that gets tacked on each expansion and then requires updating periodically alongside maintaining the game itself.

[Minarisweet]

The posts from this op make me kinda sad cuz he is really passionate about the game and people just come here to dunk on him and anyone else that wants to show some kind of care for the game.

[Bladedance87]

You really have the gall to criticize people\\'s "vanity" while ego-driven monstrocity is under every single one of your posts, hm?

Yeah damn ugly and its kinda triggering me to dismiss his opinion just because of this hideous creature he is displaying under. every. damn.post....

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

The posts from this op make me kinda sad cuz he is really passionate about the game and people just come here to dunk on him and anyone else that wants to show some kind of care for the game.

Honestly if he was less abrasive and didn't claim all of his opinions as facts, I'd agree with him more. He does make good points... Sometimes.





But then he goes off on hamburgers, and saying stuff like people he thinks aren't attractive shouldn't be able to go against the will of people he thinks are attractive.



Makes it real hard to support him when he says women shouldn't start strong, they need to be damsels and build up to strength, but it's OK for men to start strong. Things like that just make it impossible for me to support him.

[4clubbedace]

The posts from this op make me kinda sad cuz he is really passionate about the game and people just come here to dunk on him and anyone else that wants to show some kind of care for the game.

yeah the guys opnions arnt really anything to give a lot of respect to. He doesnt understand nuance and believes his own opinions and feelings to be widley held and the norm. The bigest issue is that there ARE things to do just;

-He doesnt like the rewards
-Dont wanna

Thats why people clown and jeer at him.

I feel similarly. FFXIV as of late as had an issue with pushing subversive nonsense forward as opposed to more traditional tastes. We're supposed to pretend like femroes are attractive yet they're the least played race/gender combination. Male character design and mannerisms are another issue entirely. G'raha Tia will forever look like an annoying school girl to me with the way he looks and behaves. Doesn't seem like that will be remedied anytime soon either.

[Elissar]

Damn i agree with Graha stuff...my biggest disappointment with FFXIV lore.

[Ransu]

The posts from this op make me kinda sad cuz he is really passionate about the game and people just come here to dunk on him and anyone else that wants to show some kind of care for the game.

He doesn't come off as passionate about the game to me. More so comes off as a troll.

[SassyAssassin]

The posts from this op make me kinda sad cuz he is really passionate about the game and people just come here to dunk on him and anyone else that wants to show some kind of care for the game.

Oh my sweet summer child…

[Hurlstone]

The posts from this op make me kinda sad cuz he is really passionate about the game and people just come here to dunk on him and anyone else that wants to show some kind of care for the game.

I used to give them the benefit of doubt, but its become increasingly clear that either their passion comes from a singular, very narrow version of what the game ‘must’ be or more likely they are just trolling us all. It would be great if we could accept everyone as being honest in their intentions, and I do like to give people said chance, but like any public space their are bad actors here preaching civility but acting with different intentions.

[BaconBits]

Normalize causing chaos, being deceitful and spreading misinformation on purpose.