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    lotlizard's Avatar
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    Candy Claws
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    Cactuar
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    Dark Knight Lv 99

    This game used to have a fun playerbase. What happened?

    It was over a decade ago that I made some of my most lasting friendships with some of the most interesting people online. We were bound by a thread of whimsy and a love for all things final fantasy. The social engine of an MMO with the foundation of one of the best RPGs of all time? FFXIV was a mecca for people like me. The seasons breezed past us as balance changes went up and down and expansions came and went. That last part gets kind of fickle though. With new expansions comes a new playerbase, and by the looks of it..... yikes. These days, it feels like like those who want to enjoy the worldbuilding and gameplay mechanics of the final fantasy universe were put in the backseat. Instead, all you have to do is take one look at limsa to see where we've landed. People who have trouble asking for extra ketchup packets are now making cliques over funny numbers on the bad website or acting like this is second life with catgirls. All I'm saying is you don't need to go to Gridania to touch grass. Feel free to step outside, that doesn't cost a monthly subscription.
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    MistakeNot's Avatar
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    Auriana Redsteele
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    Zodiark
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    Paladin Lv 83
    What happened is that the game got popular, and that meant that "everyone" wanted to play it. Just wait a few years, and much of the locust horde will have moved on to the Next Popular Thing.
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    Gridania
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    Cylla Lightfall
    World
    Goblin
    Main Class
    Reaper Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by MistakeNot View Post
    What happened is that the game got popular, and that meant that "everyone" wanted to play it. Just wait a few years, and much of the locust horde will have moved on to the Next Popular Thing.
    I don't think that means much honestly.
    XI had the most amazing community back during it's prime years. You met the most amazing people and made lasting friendships. However, when XI fell out of it's prime years and people started moving on to different MMO/games, the community got smaller and quieter. You don't find as many amazing people anymore, even though the horde of people are gone. You will find a good person here and there, but not so much as it was in prime years.

    I see XIV being much the same way. Once it falls out of it's prime, people will move on, the community will shrink and become quiet. Finding people to play with and or connect with gets a lot smaller.
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    "Everyone has something they hold dear, something they never want to lose. That's why they pretend. That's why they hide the truth. And that's why they lie."

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    Rhysati's Avatar
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    Madeye Moxie
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    Balmung
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    Bard Lv 70
    Quote Originally Posted by MistakeNot View Post
    What happened is that the game got popular, and that meant that "everyone" wanted to play it. Just wait a few years, and much of the locust horde will have moved on to the Next Popular Thing.
    This. The community as a whole is still better than other popular options, but the whole things has degraded one way or another. Even as a hardcore roleplayer, the roleplaying community has devolved and degraded in quality of content. I've just moved on at this point.
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    Ghael Rehw-setlas
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    Excalibur
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    Dancer Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by MistakeNot View Post
    What happened is that the game got popular, and that meant that "everyone" wanted to play it. Just wait a few years, and much of the locust horde will have moved on to the Next Popular Thing.
    They've been saying this for three years...
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    Katarina Malaguld
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    Shiva
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    Machinist Lv 100
    "I don't like the players of this game anymore so you all need to touch grass" Great thread, my friend.
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    GrizzlyTank's Avatar
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    Livia Bloodletter
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    Phoenix
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    Dancer Lv 100
    The fire nation attacked.
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    V'alyn Sun
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    Spriggan
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    Carpenter Lv 100
    most of what I see/experience actually in game is still okay, forums/social media/anything "outside" of game seems a lot worse lol
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    Larirawiel's Avatar
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    Larirawiel Caennalys
    World
    Shiva
    Main Class
    White Mage Lv 100
    The WoW refugees went back to WoW. xD




    Cheers
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