Dawntrail isn't 10 year plan that we expected it

[Tunda]

FFXIV is game that highly focus on story aspect

If story fail game will fail

10 year plan was so ambiguous with no clarity on how it will be implemented.

As Yoshi has argument that this expansion is a "test"

Dear Yoshi P expansions can never be test environment

We had 5 big patches that we could test.. not a major part of the story.

If we got writing team that is "new" let them create side stories like how ShB creates dark knight story before shadowbringers

"New" should not be jumped into expansion story and do some ice cream ark with sphen and wuk Lamar.

Writers have potential but they are not ready for expansion yet.
We have to trust them on side stories first.

At the end want clear plan on what to become next

10 years plan should be clear

Story should be able to build up to next expansion not selling expansions like separate stories that have no purpose of world building

Gameplay and combat system need a clear plan of what will be implemented at 1 to 2 year from now

Side activities and social aspect of that like housing

We want to be part of 10 year plan as a players who invest time and money and love for this game

[Palladiamors]

I was thinking about this, about how Dawntrail was supposed to lead in to another grand adventure. Then it just... doesn't. There's no interconnecting tissue, no lead up. It just...stops. No hints, just... frustration.

I have no faith in the 7.X lead up either. 6.X lead up to us helping restore a shard and then took a hard left turn into fanfiction territory while dropping that entirely.

[Supersnow845]

I was thinking about this, about how Dawntrail was supposed to lead in to another grand adventure. Then it just... doesn't. There's no interconnecting tissue, no lead up. It just...stops. No hints, just... frustration.

I have no faith in the 7.X lead up either. 6.X lead up to us helping restore a shard and then took a hard left turn into fanfiction territory while dropping that entirely.

Ehh while I don’t think that DT sets up “enough”, the Azem shard key is definitely more of a setup than anything to do with zero and the jaunt through the 13th

[Bellybell]

we'll be starring in the Lion King for the next 10 years. this is the plan

[Astronema]

Dei and special friends forever is the future it seems.

[Praesul]

We literally only have the base expansion story to go off of and not any of the patch content and you people are already complaining that there's no setup for future story/conflict.

Because in base ARR after we took down Ultima Weapon we totally knew all of the wild rides we'd be on.

[Asari5]

there is no 10 year plan

[GrizzlyTank]

Only thing long term this brought to the table is that deus-ex portal stone.

[Vandi]

Lol…you guys get this emotionally tilted about stuff irl too? Story’s barely out and you’re crying enough to publish violin music. Zero appreciation and patience, 100% woe is me. …laughable.

[DaveFishnomer]

I dont think there is any plan, endwalker pretty much proved that they are just blindly writing w/e comes to mind at each moment while trying to build on past xPacs, I promise you evil little bird girl did not exist back in ARR.