This game needs to be harder

[Turtledeluxe]

Did you stop to consider that FFXIV is not trying to appeal to potential wider audiences?

Yoshi P has made several statements in general that make it clear he's trying to get "younger players" into FF.

You say changes drive away players as though I didn't just quote a post describing changes that have driven away players.

You think Duty Support is just being made for fun? The devs have made all kinds of changes to make the game more accessible (and soloable) that are clearly aligned with drawing in new players. By necessity that requires a wider audience because there isn't some infinite pool of MMO players waiting for SE to torch the next job identity to play XIV. Obviously when that happens it's continuing with the theme of making the game more playable, and that isn't to retain people but rather to get people to try and stay in the game who otherwise wouldn't.

Yes the game is old, and yet SE is constantly updating it instead of making a new one because like all live service games now, they want to just retain and grow players on this game vs spending the money on a new one. Please note the game literally has a free trial so this idea SE is just coasting is silly.

I also like that you're talking about WoW as though FF isn't potentially doing exactly the same thing. Time will tell. How long will the established player base tolerating the increasingly single player, two minute meta, dumbed down job strategy of XIV? When I say modernizing in quotes it means I am being sarcastic. FFXIV is doing what it thinks is modernizing and that's what makes it all the more tragic.