CBU3 has abandoned us

[Jojoya]

Even if they are focusing only on new players, I'd argue they aren't really even doing a good job of that. The biggest barrier to entry for *retaining* a new player is the massive MSQ that you have to go through in sequential order. No matter how good the story, people are going to get burnt out and quit if they are doing it for dozens of hours.

I think many are either forgetting or didn't hear which type of new player they're trying to focus on.

The long time Final Fantasy franchise fan that has had no interest in playing a MMO. MSQ certainly wouldn't be a barrier to them.

Whether the changes they're making will attract those players, I don't know. I'm not a franchise fan. Certainly they can play through most of the MSQ solo now but they're still going to hit a roadblock on most of the trials unless SE does something else to handle those.

Isn't that what SE has already suggested they're doing for DT?

They had said in the past that they intended to create a new starting point. Some of the more recent interview comments seemed to have backtrack on that.

I'm not certain what their plan for addressing length of MSQ is anymore.

Today my 700+ days of subscription streak ended. Its not much compared to most players but to me its big. I started near COVID era where I found this game to be the only reason to get up because at the time I got sick.

Fast forward a few years later, my emotional attachment to the game can only help so far. There is no content.

What were you doing in previous expansions during the same "no content" or is this the first expansion where you've reached level cap before the expansion ended?

I've talked to a few people that are starting to feel bored and asked them what they would be doing in past expansions and they told me they would be leveling additional jobs. They finally got everything to level cap this expansion for the first time and so that's removed part of what kept them busy in the past.