The real reason there are even subscribers in 2024

[BakoolJaJa]

Same as every MMO. Every noticed how all the top MMOs are ancient? It's sunk cost fallacy, nostalgia and inability to let go. I'm not even criticizing or anything, that's partially the case for me too. At least I still play new single player stuff, so I find my relationship with video gaming is still relatively healthy.

Know some people who play games like LOTRO and such, exclusively as well, who are just... stuck? There's about zero enjoyment they even get out of it. There's hardly any content they have left to do, sometimes legitimately NOTHING left to do. They know every inch of the game, too tired of criticizing legitimate issues that the devs ignore for 10s of years. Log in out of habit. Run around out of habit. Do a crappy seasonal event out of habit for a crappy reward nobody will use, out of habit. Say hi in guild chat out of habit, other people reply out of habit. Log out an hour later out of habit. Some vegetable level gaming.

Applies to all these MMOs and to many of their players. Not to all though. Nothing you can do about it either. Just make sure you're not one of those people and move on.

[Shibi]

Find some new recipes to grind out HC, the endless cobalt ingots have gotten to your head.

You were making sense, as sad as it was to say But this is the start of a slip back towards your normal habits.

[Stasya]

And it's also because you can find your e-girl or e-boy on some steamy Discord and get dating while sitting on each other's lap (both catgirl ofc) on the Limsa Lominsa Lower Deck Plaza bench under a tree right to the left of the marketboard. But really it's all just Discord and using FF14 to heat up your room.

Where? Just. WHERE?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Where? Just. WHERE?

He's just talking about what he does, that's all.

[Teno]

The troll is not even concealed this time.

[Hallarem]

Housing plots, illegal mod QoL, roleplay and community/friends. It sure as heck isn't the gameplay

[SigmaOZ]

Let's be really honest why there are people even subscribed to FF14 in 2024:

It isn't because it's a video game, or because it's an MMO. It's not even a good RPG anymore. Go play Divinity Original Sin 1&2 or Baldur's Gate III if you actually want to play a good RPG. And if you want fun JRPG combat? FF7R has that. Story? Lol. For the first time it's actually worse than WoW's.

Let's all be honest. The reason why people are even "playing" FF14 in 2024 isn't because people are "playing" the game. It's because FF14 has the best suite of third party, ToS-violating tools that help you look your best in screenshots. Or the best in different custom poses. Or the best while they're all unequipped and you're doing gods know what down there while staring at those unequipped characters.

It's also because FF14 has the best drama. Desolance? Xeno? Arthars? Healer strike? Wuk Lamat? Need I go on? It's always a fun time to be in the FF14 community because every other day some human interest story will organically pop up that lets people get a huge whiff of what absolute human depravity looks like.

And it's also because you can find your e-girl or e-boy on some steamy Discord and get dating while sitting on each other's lap (both catgirl ofc) on the Limsa Lominsa Lower Deck Plaza bench under a tree right to the left of the marketboard. But really it's all just Discord and using FF14 to heat up your room.

Who actually subscribes to FF14 for a video game after all?

Because players are lazy and conformists.


I completely oppose mods but Yoshida is doing nothing to prevent them which is pretty unfair. The game looks like 10 years old crap but players are still happy with it, they don't seem to complain that we only have pretty faces but PS3 bodies.


Personally I want much better body models, I don't care how the dev team does it, I don't care if all NPCs look like shabby FFX characters as long as my character looks great.


I could use mods to have my characters look great but they are illegal under ToS. Mods are also mediocre since the ones that create them do it however they want and they are too different from the "vanilla" models so an official solution would be better, that is remodeling all character bodies to conform to current standards and not old PS3 stuff.


MMO games should NOT live more than 10 years but while they continue to make money the developers will continue to milk players.

[ZephyrMenodora]

MMO games should NOT live more than 10 years but while they continue to make money the developers will continue to milk players.

You have the freedom to apply this rule to yourself and just not play older games.

[sagacious]

Because players are lazy and conformists.


I completely oppose mods but Yoshida is doing nothing to prevent them which is pretty unfair. The game looks like 10 years old crap but players are still happy with it, they don't seem to complain that we only have pretty faces but PS3 bodies.


Personally I want much better body models, I don't care how the dev team does it, I don't care if all NPCs look like shabby FFX characters as long as my character looks great.


I could use mods to have my characters look great but they are illegal under ToS. Mods are also mediocre since the ones that create them do it however they want and they are too different from the "vanilla" models so an official solution would be better, that is remodeling all character bodies to conform to current standards and not old PS3 stuff.


MMO games should NOT live more than 10 years but while they continue to make money the developers will continue to milk players.

You don't need mods to look great not anymore the new graphics update has improved all. The bikinis look good and flat assed like they use too. Taffeta shawl is not a small chested bump, but a full figured breast now. The Thavnairian outfit is wonderful and the tights look much better I could go on but needless to say don't need mods to look good. Omg i forgot to mention 2bs, the bottoms make big booty and girls put 2bs with all bouses, tops, and bikini tops it will make them look like the eye candy you need

[Rekh]

Modders make better hairstyles. Just look at the hairstyle contest and what the devs chose and it shows you why people mod. The devs only choose hairstyles that a boy band in japan would use.