Goodbye Endwalker

[Striker44]

As the final week has approached, i wanted to create a little bit of a goodbye thread in this otherwise run over forum by negativity.


Thank you, for the expansion. Especially the mainstory 6.0. Goodbye Endwalker!

Thank you for making this, and apologies on behalf of the negative echo chamber that can't stand people enjoying the game.

I had a blast with EW. Loved the story, loved the music, leveled to max the most classes I ever have, got into classes I had shelved completely before (mainly NIN and AST). Fun times with hunt trains, actually got into crafting. First xpac I was actually already max level in at least one class at the start instead of playing catch-up, and still have some things I won't get to before the xpac is over in a short moment. Looking forward to the next chapter with DT!

I don't feel people are very hyped for dawntrail after the suckage of ew. It feels to me dawntrail is the last leg for 14 and I'm not sure the devs understand that.

Be wary of echo chambers (i.e. most of this forum). They can end up giving someone a very false impression of what's really going on. Heck, the hunt trains running this morning were as packed as ever with a lot of "hype" running through the chat, same with the FC. Take a spin around places like YT and for every person here who comments or "likes" a comment naysaying the game, you'll find dozens of people doing the exact opposite. The playerbase data says the same - even once the "WoW exodus" ran its course, EW still had the highest player population at every single point along the way compared with ShB (just as ShB did compared to SB, and SB compared to HW, etc.). The game is actually still on an upward trajectory and will be going for a long time to come.

I think Destiny 2's recent xpac is a good lesson. Check out those forums - the toxicity there leading up to their recently released xpac made this place look like a paradise in comparison. Then the xpac launched...and it's been enormously popular, widely praised...all while the same group continues their negativity on the forum. I expect the same will happen here - a massively popular release of DT, with the forum community that's buried its head in its own echo chamber wondering how it could be.

[caffe_macchiato]

Goodbye Endwalker, you let me play a lot of other games. I will never forget how you respected my time by letting me play other games. I had a blast with Elden Ring and Tears of the Kingdom! We like FFXIV because it lets us play other games, despite us also playing it for 10 hours a day for the past 12 years with no breaks, and even if we do take breaks that's okay but let me be clear, it does NOT force you to play other games there's plenty of content to do, where are your clears and your logs and your Big Fish/Necromancer? And at least FFXIV isn't like WOW, don't you remember Shadowlands? WoD?? Torghast and garrisons?? And don't you remember the allegations? Yikes, Blizzard is just so bad and I hate WoW so much.

Anyway, I think you all need to remember that FFXIV isn't just a game, but a movement. Remember that we all stand on the right side of history against evil naysayers who oppose us and who we are as individuals. An attack against FFXIV is an attack on us all. We will NOT allow them to insult us. So THANK YOU, YOSHI-P! THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS MOVEMENT! To celebrate, I'm going to have Yoshi-P's face tattooed on my chest just so that whenever I'm doing "nightclub activities" in FFXIV I'll look down and see my savior looking up at me proudly. THANK YOU SIR!!

[Voidmage]

Be wary of echo chambers (i.e. most of this forum). They can end up giving someone a very false impression of what's really going on. Heck, the hunt trains running this morning were as packed as ever with a lot of "hype" running through the chat, same with the FC. Take a spin around places like YT and for every person here who comments or "likes" a comment naysaying the game, you'll find dozens of people doing the exact opposite. The playerbase data says the same - even once the "WoW exodus" ran its course, EW still had the highest player population at every single point along the way compared with ShB (just as ShB did compared to SB, and SB compared to HW, etc.). The game is actually still on an upward trajectory and will be going for a long time to come.

I think Destiny 2's recent xpac is a good lesson. Check out those forums - the toxicity there leading up to their recently released xpac made this place look like a paradise in comparison. Then the xpac launched...and it's been enormously popular, widely praised...all while the same group continues their negativity on the forum. I expect the same will happen here - a massively popular release of DT, with the forum community that's buried its head in its own echo chamber wondering how it could be.

Not saying you are wrong (there is a bit much doom and gloom here) but it really seems, I don't know, quiter then for the expansions before that (weird to put into words).
I look kinda forward to DT with careful expectations just because Yoshida really seemed genuine with his promises of more multiplayer stuff evenso I maybe sound annoyed by this game on some points.
It's kinda strange how quit DT hype seems though. Maybe because there is no real build up to it's story or many players really are more down to earth with their expactations but I wouldn't call it an echo chamber to be honest.
It would be an interesting discussion on itself I guess.

Also to be a bit off topic. Destiny 2 was allready dead when the announced it for some of us who liked Destiny 1. :P

On topic again:
I missed one other positive point about EW.
The PVP update was great and makes me kinda hopeful for job identity in 8.0.

[Sorimachi87]

Thank you for making this, and apologies on behalf of the negative echo chamber that can't stand people enjoying the game.

Thank you very much for your statement. I knew what i was in for, but yeah it has to be said. Condemning an expansion is easy for us as we are the paying customers. Others need to realize how much work and effort is put into each and every expansion.
Yeah okay, a lot may be rehashed and some mechanics repeat more or less and some clothing has a different color palette. This feature should have been in since ARR, this should have been there. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

Lets enjoy Dawntrail together.

3 more days till maintenance start ^_^