People are all so bored of the game and playing BG3

[Mcg55ss]

FF 16 is great, to be fair, or at least it is to me. But it came at a pretty significant cost as far as FF XIV is concerned. SE's priorities are all over the place nowadays.

well hopefully they don't end up pulling a Ubisoft, where they chased too many trends then it puts them in the predicament of forcing the cancellations of most their upcoming games because none of the trends they tried to chase working. I do say 16 probably hurt what EW was suppose to be and Yoshi wanted for 14 but will have to wait and see where Dawntrail goes to know really.

[Theodric]

I have never been less impressed by post launch content than I have with EW. So yeah, I agree.

Likewise. I wasn't overly fond of the MSQ's in either the base game or the patches...but the majority of side content being based around Hildibrand style 'humour' only further eroded away my interest in the game.

I'm just using it for housing at this point, since it's one of the few aspects of the game to be consistently updated in each new patch and I'm lucky enough to own a large mansion in the Lavender Beds.

[Ivtrix]

I think it’s commonly agreed that FFXVI development took away from XIVs development. I really do hope that the developers are aware of the feedback and that CBU3 can stick to XIV only moving forward. I think it’s a dangerous precedent for SE to try to divide the teams attention again.

[NekoMataMata]

Yep and yep.

But, many of the other posters are correct in their assertions that the dev team is releasing less engaging content while the significant patch cycles are getting longer. FFXIV appears to be in low maintenance mode. This is a shame because, as a casual player, I really like the MMO. The attitude S.E. is taking, that we could always play other games, strikes me as complacent and a little arrogant. It's shooting them in the foot.

Disagree with the last part.

Those of us that want more engaging content are in the minority. SE knows exactly what they're doing. They know that they're profiting immensely because they can put less resources into the game and that the vast majority of the playerbase will continue to play regardless. What more could any developer ask for besides knowing that regardless of the quality of your product, people will likely proceed to buy it anyways?

It will take something like a decade before the issues within the game build up to the point where people give up, and even then, because cash shops extras exist a small group of credit card players could keep it going. The rest of the leaving players will also never agree on when or where they felt the game went downhill.

[TaleraRistain]

really it's just a reflection of the devs attitude to their own game. remember when the director couldn't be bothered to put his switch down and played zelda the whole time like a couple live letters ago or something? even the people making the game don't care anymore.

That isn't remotely what happened. I was there watching it. Yoshi-P was playing Tears of the Kingdom before the stream when they were testing things and he was on the test stream with his Switch in his hands. And then the Live Letter proceeded like normal when it was time for it to go live.

[Hyperia]

The post EW story content really feels like anime filler content to me, yea it moved the story forward but does not feel essential.

Post EW content for the last two years and the longer patches are really hurting the game. Even Yoshi is not thrilled with the patches as shown by him playing his switch in a live letter. I was taken back so hard when I saw that…

So much is riding on 7.0 with me that it’s really starting to worry me. It really is Ride or Die time because if 7.0 flops, my sub will probably go idle for the first time ever in 10 years.

[TaleraRistain]

Post EW content for the last two years and the longer patches are really hurting the game. Even Yoshi is not thrilled with the patches as shown by him playing his switch in a live letter. I was taken back so hard when I saw that…

And again since it sounds like you just saw some random no-context screenshot.

That isn't remotely what happened. I was there watching it. Yoshi-P was playing Tears of the Kingdom before the stream when they were testing things and he was on the test stream with his Switch in his hands. And then the Live Letter proceeded like normal when it was time for it to go live.

He's got flaws like any other human so call him out on those, not lies.

[Rolder50]

He's got flaws like any other human so call him out on those, not lies.

Nope sorry, Yoshi-P only gets blind praise. Criticism is verboten.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Nope sorry, Yoshi-P only gets blind praise. Criticism is verboten.

Nope, can't praise, Yoshi-P hates us and everything he says is terrible.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Nope sorry, Yoshi-P only gets blind praise. Criticism is verboten.

YoshiP is just a human Being like the rest of us, he is nothing Special no more then me or You
Ultima Thule is full of alot of Tear-Jerk Moments, that immediately go away as soon as you use the Azem Crystal after "The Walk"

Just proved you wrong on Both Fronts.