No exploratory content

[CStrife912]

I wouldn't expect it, but here's to hoping at least what they have in mind for 7.0 is more substantive than what we got with Island Sanctuary.

IMO, the problem I don't think is that we didn't have exploratory content, it's just that Island Sanctuary wasn't substantive enough to fill that void lost.

The expanded free trial and xbox release is likely going to bulk up the numbers and gives xbox users enough of a window before 7.0....this could domino well for them IF done well.

[Kaurhz]

The expanded free trial and xbox release is likely going to bulk up the numbers and gives xbox users enough of a window before 7.0....this could domino well for them IF done well.

It could, but I don't think it will. Projects will have been initiated way in advance, so if it's going to domino, it'll domino far late into the expansion cycle of 7.x.

That being said - The only real grace of positivity is that if you were to look at exploratory content as a whole it actually took several iterations of Diadem: Trial of the Fury, and Anemos and Pagos before exploratory was actually more substantive than just FATE farming in another zone - Exploratory content wasn't really much substantive until much much later on in its development, outside of the EM, and BA. So there is a sliver of hope for it, really.

Whether that sliver of hope actually amounts to something is entirely different.

[Fourbestintoner]

Please understand, they must spend all their budget pandering to graha fujos.

[vetch]

Please understand, they must spend all their budget pandering to graha fujos.

By giving him a grandma face?

[Kazhar]

They didn't announce exploratory zones in shadowbringers first fanfest either? Its too soon to say but would be a shame if they didn't do it again or at least better incorporate it into variant and deep dungeon at least

I remember that exact same excuse after Endwalker fanfest.

[CStrife912]

I remember that exact same excuse after Endwalker fanfest.

Im not saying it as an excuse...just a comparative is all, its fine it didn't happen with EW...but until otherwise we can't really comment as it follows the trend they themselves set.

[Teraq]

I remember that exact same excuse after Endwalker fanfest.

I am reminded of WoW and the player base's "It's just alpha! Stop complaining, this isn't the release version, obviously it isn't finished" (the point, however, is to voice complaints so that devs are aware of problems), "It's just beta, they'll fix it", "It's just PTR, they'll fix it"…

(Spoiler: they did not.)

[Nezerius]

I remember that exact same excuse after Endwalker fanfest.

Difference being that all three Endwalker Fan Fests had to be merged into one single digital Fan Fest, due to covid-19 restrictions.

[TomsYoungerBro]

The most comedic thing is we are getting Island Sanctuary 2, a sequel to the laziest piece of content this expansion

[Raim]

They didn't announce Bozja in the NA fanfest for SHB either.