World of Warcraft died because the developers only catered to casuals and world prog

[Skiros]

Guess what, the majority of your playerbase is midcore. Not casual players who have a panic attack when they need to use more than three buttons on their hotbars. Not hardcore players who clear the tier in 16 hours.

Square Enix is on the same trajectory as Blizzard. The sad thing is that the playerbase refuses to see this because of all the blind hype, and this same thing happened in WoW - people couldn't fathom the thought that WoW could be getting worse.

I believe most midcore players will be happy with healers that can do more than two button rotations, for example. People do have brain cells in this game.

FF14 is clearly not catering to the world prog players. So the problem really is the incessant catering of casual players. This will eventually lead to FF14's decline, when you adjust content schedule and delivery to cater to the lowest common denominator, making the traditional midcore crowd dissatisfied and leave. Only reason this is obfuscated is because of all the influx. This game right now is full of new players that have no understanding of the game and have barely participated in the game for more than a tier. And even then I know plenty of WoW players who have quit after literally just one tier because the drought is even worse than in WoW.

People mock WoW's peaks and falls between expansions, but FF14's drops are bigger, sometimes by 50%.

[Poporito_Popoto]

This will eventually lead to FF14's decline, when you adjust content schedule and delivery to cater to the lowest common denominator, making the traditional midcore crowd dissatisfied and leave. .

[AmpelioB]

[Iaito]

The fundamentals of the game haven't changed since Heavensward and it's been doing just fine. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Don't like it, don't play it. I see more threads of WoW players trying to turn this game into dead-game WoW and saying "durr this will kill FFXIV". No. It killed WoW. Do not bring it here. Period.

[Skiros]

I see more threads of WoW players trying to turn this game into dead-game WoW and saying "durr this will kill FFXIV". No. It killed WoW. Do not bring it here. Period.

Except I have been playing FF14 since Heavensward and I probably have played way more of FF14 than you ever will.

[RobynDaBank]

Except I have been playing FF14 since Heavensward and I probably have played way more of FF14 than you ever will.

I think they may pass you in playtime soon given the fact you're playing Lost Ark a ton more nowadays.

[Vahlnir]

I think they may pass you in playtime soon given the fact you're playing Lost Ark a ton more nowadays.

But are they playing it femininely or masculinely?

[LaylaTsarra]

Except I have been playing FF14 since Heavensward and I probably have played way more of FF14 than you ever will.

Not more than me you can be sure. You don't even come close but really you're just here to stir the pot.

[Alacran]

Except I have been playing FF14 since Heavensward and I probably have played way more of FF14 than you ever will.

That's cute



Besides, aren't you so busy with Lost Ark atm, what are you even doing here?

[Skiros]

That's cute



Besides, aren't you so busy with Lost Ark atm, what are you even doing here?

That's cute: legacy players who haven't even cleared the tier trying to tell people they played more FF14 than everyone else. Shocker, but, you don't have more experience with the game just because you're a legacy player who hasn't engaged with more than half the content that exists in FF14. Go get a fully upgraded Eureka weapon or clear a Savage or solo a deep dungeon before talking more.