If could add anything with no restrictions to the game.

[Zakuyia]

If I could add anything to this game with no restrictions.... I'll name three if thats ok with anyone
-Bring back old astro, sch
-Better instance apartment options like large medium and small instance can be done like condos and pent house options but u have to pay over time is you want that upgrade
-Island sanctuary should have built in mini games and fates that offer currency and exp

[Fyrebrand]

The xp you get from MSQ is certifiably insane. Reduce the xp you get from MSQ by 25% or so, but have side quests give ten times as much as they do now. Playing through an MMO where all the side quests are obsolete trash content to be rushed past and ignored makes the overall experience feel cheap and sad. It just sends the message that every zone you're in doesn't matter, it should be skipped, it's old bad content, don't even look at it. Who wants to play a game that feels like that!?

Some of the side quests are pretty neat! They have cool story bits, interesting lore about the world, or else just make you feel more connected to the place you're in. It makes the game more immersive, and lets you feel like you actively EARNED your experience rather than were just given it by some fast-track progression path. Plus, it would make leveling alt jobs smoother.

Bump up the xp from Fates as well.

Also: when a player is still progressing MSQ, and they've reached the level cap for whatever content they're in (50 for ARR, 60 for Heavensward, etc.) lock their level progression and don't let them over-level the content. There's no need for it, and it leads to some ridiculous situations like players getting locked out of roulettes or else being way too powerful for solo and open world content. For ARR and Heavensward at least, they don't even get access to new spells and skills anyway because they can't do their job quests. There is no benefit. I was level 90 before I was done Shadowbringers. It was stupid, and it made me not want to play my main job.

[KageTokage]

Actual hard modes for ARR through EW dungeons with spicier mechanics on the trash/bosses.

Perhaps not quite on the Criterion "one mistake and you wipe" level, but enough to make you feel like you need to actually pay attention and use your cooldowns properly, have kill priorities on trash mobs, etc.

[WeebPolice]

If you could add one thing to this game without any veto from any of FFXIV staff, what would you add.

One thing only. What is your ultimate desire.

The Weeaboo Police Department, of course, complete with a Gold's Gym, a full-size swimming pool, and a rec room.




May your blades never dull.

[Remolia]

1) one datacenter.
2) extra high level dps spells for Conjurer, like Stone 4 idk, kinda dumb to have poor dps performance, and be forced to switch to annoying whm, with awful style and lore.

[Aniya_Estlihn]

Unrestricted glamour; excluding weapons.

The xp you get from MSQ is certifiably insane. Reduce the xp you get from MSQ by 25% or so, but have side quests give ten times as much as they do now. Playing through an MMO where all the side quests are obsolete trash content to be rushed past and ignored makes the overall experience feel cheap and sad. It just sends the message that every zone you're in doesn't matter, it should be skipped, it's old bad content, don't even look at it. Who wants to play a game that feels like that!?

MSQ exp is fine, it's been this way since 5.3 and the game is far better for it. Side quests are, for the most part, obsolete trash in this game and the few that are actually worth doing the game lets you know. If anything there should be less side quests as 80% of them are filler that waste resources and don't respect the player's time.

[Absimiliard]

Soulsborne-levels of difficulty in all content. By this I mean your classic curve where it begins down at Margit levels of difficulty and grows steadily throughout the game. By MSQ's end you would be dealing with difficulty at or near that of the Elden Beast. For endgame the scale would begin at around Nameless King levels of absurdity and scale right up until you're getting the full Orphan of Kos experience.

[Arkdra]

A glamour catalogue. Please for the love of Christ SE add a glamour catalogue.

It's this! But setting aside that extremely obvious answer, I'd like more content open to blue mage. Specifically, blues let into deep dungeons, exploratory zones (though I'd be fine with them being barred from BA/DR:S), and a blue roulette that functions like mentor roulette but for blue mages. Also let into VC/Criterion later on down the line when the cap goes up to 90.

[Zeastria]

Midcore content

[dasimBaa]

Im going to die on this hill for the sake of everyone playing this game,

a better netcode. Movement refreshrate/positionals etc. and castbars that are actually realtime. The whole nine yards.

Make this game the undisputed best on the market.