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[TaleraRistain]

I really wish they would put more energy overall into encouraging players into harder content, giving them the education necessary to actually succeed there from earlier on and deconstructing the perception of Savage and the like as this impenetrable bastion of gaming skill that only the top percentage of players can try. They're shooting themselves in the foot by putting the time into developing this content without attempting to up participation, and if they insist that players bored with the game should be turning in that direction, the least they can do is bring it to the fore and make it less of a niche within the game.

Where is the game itself perpetuating that idea? That seems to come more from the community. The game puts the unlocks out there. It puts them into a separate Duty Finder for a time, yes, but there doesn't seem to be anything in the game itself that says only the top percentage of players can try it. Maybe there's something they could do with DF on JP servers but, for instance, NA uses PF for that content, so what could the devs do there? If they restrict it so it can only be done in DF then NA would most likely only run with statics and the ability to PUG Savage would either be incredibly limited or die off.

There's no good narrative reason to have the story split between Labyrinthos and Thavnair at the beginning of Endwalker, it's only done because the other expansions did it. This wouldn't necessarily be a terrible thing if it wasn't so obvious when it was impacting things.

Narratively, no, but it's not just because other expansions did it. It's so we don't have a repeat of Stormblood Early Access and everyone getting stuck on the Raubahn instance because the instance servers were overwhelmed and everyone followed a single path in the story.

As to the OP, the game is very alt character and alt job unfriendly. Especially for a game that encourages you to play everything on a single character. If you need to have alts for one reason or another, they can't share in anything from the main character that would make synergy between the two characters easier.

[Lunaxia]

Where is the game itself perpetuating that idea? That seems to come more from the community.

It does, but the game/ devs do insanely little to actually refute that notion and actively draw in players to high end content.

[TheMightyMollusk]

The forums are a mess of people taking shots at each other with very little actual discussion being allowed to happen and few to no moderators to actually deal with the problem.

[Carin-Eri]

The forums are a mess of people taking shots at each other with very little actual discussion being allowed to happen and few to no moderators to actually deal with the problem.

This.

Between direct insults resulting from my purchasing the new outfit on Mogstation, and indirect insults around how players who use 'Very Easy' to complete anything in the MSQ should just quit, this forum often feels quite hostile lately.

[Luluna]

Not enough character creation options along with flat arse syndrome...need more hair physics and more variety of hair for all.

[Mimilu]

I think the MSQ peaked at ShB. EW and the 6.1+ storyline are a lukewarm attempt at trying to chase what people enjoyed about it. ( ；´Д｀)

[Jojoya]

Lack of a proper instanced housing system (single rooms don't cut it)

Lack of 3-axis free placement in housing (short of using tedious floating and storage glitches)

Lack of 3-axis rotation in housing

Lack of server wide opt-in housing directory to make it easier to find houses and apartments to visit

Lack of corresponding updates to friends list (so if someone removes a friend from their list, they are removed as a friend from that other player's list)

Lack of a content unlock mode for players not interested in the story but that would otherwise enjoy much of the game play

2.1-2.3 (I'm fine with 2.4 and 2.5)

Expert crafting still needs a more engaging reward system

Too much fanservice that ends up detracting from the game instead of adding to it

Probably a few more things I can't think of off the top of my head

[but I'm still enjoying the game overall despite the flaws, no MMORPG is perfect]

[xbahax92]

Capes are overrated and should be turned off on multiple sets. Clipping through tails and being static.

[Jamini]

Lack of moderation on the forums

[Roshidon1]

Spell effects are a bit to flashy for me. The problem is, putting it onto "show limited" basically shows nothing at all, so it's all or nothing.