Stop Complaining!

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WoW devs were also told by addicts that the game was perfect and they had some superiority complex. Then came Shadowlands with a record-low active player base, and mass migration to FF14, and other games. Sproutbringer happened for a reason.

Now after seeing Endwalker live and Shadowbringers on the last patch it's kind of obvious the game is somewhat stagnant and copy-paste of previous expansions when it comes to structure. The story was supposed to create engagement, a spectacle, and aside from a few moments (like with flying NPCs), it was the opposite of that. And when the story builds no engagement there is less incentive to grind expansion patches. Just wait for 7.55 before 8.0 or just ignore it until the actual change takes place. And that's on top of the FF14 player base being mostly plot watchers. Dawntrail started from a record high point and now the metric will be how many will stay for 7.1. Encounters are good but not everyone is here for savage.

They added 2 new DPS jobs, yet side quests or fates can't be used to level any side job. A simple change that could be retroactive. We have 2024 and voice acting is still very limited. And when 8.0 shows up the expansion zones will be like any other expansion zones - abandoned. The only "preparation for the next 10 years" is a key and probably more space and reflections, depending on what 7.X patches will tell. A Disliked acting ruler will be hidden from screen time like the previous one.

And from their interviews where each feature like job stones recently indicates anything they do is done from the perspective of money. They are for-profit company but its policy also limits work on game debt as it won't bring subscribers or new sales. New expansion, new job, mount, collab... that is what matters. They might push for a good product alongside the next release but that's the interest of only part of the company.