Difficulty of normal content.

[Kiurt]

This entire thread is just a hivemind at this point.

I said that endgame content was the good part of Dawntrail, and that's why it's going to have trouble attracting new players. Because when they see this mess on the forums, Reddit, in-game chat, and elsewhere, do you think they'd want to deal with this? No one's going to put up with Wookie Lamat for 40 hours just to be barked at by everyone online. This attitude is why new people avoided WoW like the plague. You realize this has an actual, real-world impact, right? This makes FFXIV look bad.

The % of players, and especially, new players, going to check reddit and EVEN MORE the forums is incredibly low. People won't randomly bark in-game to someone unless that person doesn't care to learn/doesn't want to or gets defensive with poorly made comments or arguments like OP.

It's a god damn MMO. It's supposed to evolve.
Besides, every game isn't for everyone.

You seem to talk about WoW a lot, have you played it ? Do you really know why it lost popularity (and gained it back with Dragonflight) ? Also yes, the population in World of Warcraft PUGs is toxic af, that's one point I can agree on (other than netcode).

Also, journalist opinions isn't something you can use as a fact. It has been a while since they're not trustworthy anymore.

[BradyWard]

The % of players, and especially, new players, going to check reddit and EVEN MORE the forums is incredibly low. People won't randomly bark in-game to someone unless that person doesn't care to learn/doesn't want to or gets defensive with poorly made comments or arguments like OP.

It's a god damn MMO. It's supposed to evolve.
Besides, every game isn't for everyone.

You seem to talk about WoW a lot, have you played it ? Do you really know why it lost popularity (and gained it back with Dragonflight) ? Also yes, the population in World of Warcraft PUGs is toxic af, that's one point I can agree on (other than netcode).

Also, journalist opinions isn't something you can use as a fact. It has been a while since they're not trustworthy anymore.

this is true , no one since like the 2010s has trusted mainstream with reviewing games, in a world of you tube and easy accessable media , you can find a reviewer who shares your personal tastes more and will be a much better barometer if a game will be to your style (example is how you would not go to a videogamedunkey channel for a review of an FPS shooter)