The Endwalker patch content has been a series of experiments (and that's ok)

[ZephyrMenodora]

I think XIV always tried new things one could consider "experimental" - the difference why they feel more experimental now is because most of these feel like failures.

I obviously like XIV, but the new EW systems are mostly duds to me.

Only thing I really like are adventure plates.

[Boblawblah]

Only thing I really like are adventure plates.

hah! It's funny what people like and hate. Personally I immediately disabled adventure plates/instant portraits in duties after first seeing them, it was obnoxious having to see people's characters like that. I'm actually surprised so many people like it, but that sums up a lot of the issues with games like these. There's just things that some people will hate and barely consider content and others really enjoy them.

[Rolder50]

I think XIV always tried new things one could consider "experimental" - the difference why they feel more experimental now is because most of these feel like failures.

I obviously like XIV, but the new EW systems are mostly duds to me.

Only thing I really like are adventure plates.

I liked the beta version of adventure plates, but then they released the "full" version and made them a clunky mess that breaks if you so much as hide a ring.

[ZephyrMenodora]

I liked the beta version of adventure plates, but then they released the "full" version and made them a clunky mess that breaks if you so much as hide a ring.

They can be frustrating but I like them enough to deal with them. I wish they just auto-updated as you changed outfits, or at the very least still worked as you made them even if you changed outfits.

[ChonkGoblinSuprem]

I liked the beta version of adventure plates, but then they released the "full" version and made them a clunky mess that breaks if you so much as hide a ring.

The portraits that show up in duties do break and need to be regenerated whenever you change your gear set, but the plate itself doesn’t. They are a lot more static and don’t need to be updated every time.

The only penalty there is that the duty portrait will show up as the default basic pose, so nbd.