The real reason there are even subscribers in 2024

[Vensaval]

Modern FF14:

Why have you subjected us to this?

[Sivante]

Yush.
I said before many times, like 80% of the player base (PC players) are""""""""""""" playing""""""""""""" this game like Skyrim with 25000 mods installed, dedicated plugins / addons that leave clients like Second Life in pampers. Those are the whales that keep SE happy and doing the minimum effort.

I mean, I don't know about 80% but I will say a cursory meandering through Limsa Lominsa on Crystal makes me inclined to agree.

Then again, whatever makes them happy. Not like I'm some kind of puritan. I do wish the game was updated more closely in alignment to better mechanics and gameplay over story and crutching on RP, but RP keeps games alive so I'd say CS3 is damned smart to appeal to those types of players. The players get to enjoy themselves, CS3 gets money, and I can always go play something else when CS3 can't put out the same way Limsa can.

That's right, CS3, I hope you're listening. I expect you to pack as much work as those miqo'te wearing nothing but belts with aspirations of being clothing. That's the bar. Ain't no reason that Au'Ra should be packing more interesting interactions than a world-reknowned game dev studio. You have inspiration on tap from the folks who aim to tap.


(I'll see myself out.)

[Sivante]

Modern FF14:

[localareanetwork]

80% huh, Ima need a source for that. No one I know plays for that reason.

it's a common jaded take, the game has problems but people saying that mods are the only reason it's not dead are pure coping. no one i know plays only for mods. mare(the zone i promise) only has like 26k users online at the time of writing this, compared to.. what is the active player sub right now?

[VoidsentStatus]

compared to.. what is the active player sub right now?

I've always been curious to see the number of console users on this game considering every cross-platform game that I knew in the past, PS dwarfed PC in population. Like my last MMO, the PC side had died on its own, and they had to merge with the PS server just to stay alive and a bunch of us got pissed off because we got introduced to speed hacks and modded duplication stuff. CoD I know is majority console as well dwarfing PC.

[AvoSturmfaust]

As a Consoleplayer with no acces to Mods, i clearly need to say yes, you are right, nah just kidding.

I like the Classes, i like the Raids/ExTrials/Variant Dungeons there is so much fun stuff, yea not everyone likes it but i still think FFXIV is great

[sagacious]

I assume u think all ppl in ff14 erp...well ur wrong sir...I simp for honey b im beyond the measures of erp.

Did someone say honey bee? Ask her if she wants to get married because i am available .

[Gwen_Lavellan]

Playing on ps5 too, so yes, mods can’t be my reason to play.

In my case, I’ve been playing since March 2016. I met my husband on this game. I’ve made some friends too.
I rerolled my main char 2 times because I had to change my psn account 2 times. If I put together the playtime on each of those accounts, it exceeds 18k hours.

In my case I think it’s mostly nostalgia, and that Eorzea make me feel kind of at home.
Unfortunately DT is slowly ruining that.

[Aword3213]

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.

I agree. RPG element of this game has gone down over the years. The combat related content are all about doing the dance the dev want you to do, and the strict rotation the dev want to you to perform

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

I personally don't mind the formula people keep complaining about. I actually kind of like it. However, the thought of unsubscribing has since occurred to me after seeing the quality of the game plummeted in 7.0.

[hynaku]

Thank you for asking, I am actually playing Shadow of the Erdtree and am finding it fun (much more than the baby-fied base game). I stick around because FF14 drama is hilarious and ERPing in FF14 is very accessible and better than any MMO out there.

You should check out Black Desert Online it took the number one spot for being best MMO out there. FFXIV ranked 5th last time I checked. I only sub now one family account after how bad Dawntrail was and now my money goes to Black Desert Online and ESO. Only keep one account going for FC and private house.