Ffxiv monthly sub isn't stretching & response to PCGAMER article

[VerdeLuck]

I mean, they definitely encouraged people to stay subbed for more then one month at a time by doing things like: Having housing auto-demo, having weekly lockouts on loot, tomestone caps that don't get turned off until like 2 weeks before the next patch, new content is often done in x.x5 patches which are conveniently spaced to be a month to a month and a half after the main line patch, and so on.

This is an impossible post to respond to because you read none of the context of the post you're quoting and went off on a tangent you wanted to go on. It's not even tangentially related.

[Aneshda]

This is what we get with the next Patch

Main Scenario Quests - Crossroads = a Handful Quests, more Wuk Lamat = more Skipping

New Alliance Raid - Echoes of Vana'diel - Jeuno: The First Walk = a small piece of the Raid like 3-4 Bosses

New Dungeon - Yuweyawata Field Station = just 1 Dungeon

New Trial - The Minstrel's Ballad: Sphene's Burden = just a Trial

New Ultimate Raid - Futures Rewritten (Ultimate) = Gaia and Ryne again

Chaotic Alliance Raid - Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic) = Cloud of Darkness for the third time

New Unreal Trial - The Jade Stoa (Unreal) = Byakko for the second time

Allied Society Quests - Pelupelu = sounds boring

Inconceivably Further Hildibrand Adventures = yeah no, 100% not funny, 100% skipping

Custom Deliveries - Nitowikwe = sounds boring too

Role Quests = any interessting in these quests? Don't think so.

Wachumeqimeqi Quests = same like the Role Quests

Hall of the Novice Update = Old Content

Housing Update = No content at all, just a small change

Doman Mahjong Update = guess a handful of Players will be happy about this

New PvP Gear = OH, let me guess, the ugly Craftable Gear we have now as a Level 1 Glamour Gear? Or will it be the 690er Gear?

New Mounts, Minions, and Emotes = yes 1-2 Mounts (my guess is from the Unreal + Ultimate Raid) + 1-2 Minions + 1 Emote

...and more! = Hahaha yeah right more next year or so!

* Some content will be made available via patch updates at a later date. <--- Rofl, like this "Content" has so damn much to offer that you have to split it.

I don't see much Casual Stuff in this Patch.

[NegativeS]

snip

Truncated, this is:

Approx. 60-70 story quests (3 hours of gameplay not counting cutscenes, maybe 4 if you drag your feet)
2 new 20 minute instances
4 hard modes of existing instances
The same crafting grind we've had for 8 years
Better new player experience (only thing in this list that didnt make me want to fall asleep)
Polish for a handful of side content

Great content release schedule, guys.

[RinaB]

Yeah...I'm getting tired of the game for all the wrong reasons. The gear grind for me is a big big minus. Yes mmos are all about the grind but in 14 there's no way to speed anything up with 450 weekly cap etc. It's ridiculous in a game that touts you can be all jobs on 1 character. Am I wearing the crafted stuff when I switched back to rpr? Sure but 7 weeks for a weapon, 4 weeks for chest and pants is just stupid. Im in this weird situation where I'm looking forward to 7.1 but am also dreading it....wuk lamat aside it's more about the same old formula and how many weeks it's going to take me because God forbid I decided to switch my main.

[MonteCristo]

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/final-...-stacks-value/

Myself and many others can agree all to well with the criticisms of this article
[*]content feels like 1 months worth
[*] gear doesn't retain value
[*]stale repeatable formula across ALL content
[*]dungeons are a predictably laughable conveyor belt
[*]Msq gameplay is 99% [press X]
[*]Grand Companies and older content completely abandoned
[*]Crafted weapons for SHADOWBRINGERS still not released 4 years after their trial
[*]Fates are a mindless brain numbing experience
[*]The WOL loosing story significance

I could go on, but there's no point. This game is mired with gaping wounds that Need adressing NOW. Not in 8.0. NOW otherwise people are just gona jump ship back to wow/gw2/d2/mhwilds or whatever else shinny remotely tops this game. That's the truth square. Most ppl who play ffxiv right now. Are only here until something better releases.

I already canceled my sub. They clearly want us to play other games...so be it.

[Tint]

I already canceled my sub. They clearly want us to play other games...so be it.

Same.

Monster Hunter Wilds open beta in a few days.

I am looking forward to it!

[BabyYoda]

Same.

Monster Hunter Wilds open beta in a few days.

I am looking forward to it!

Yes I am so starving for new RPG game

[Dante131]

Yes I am so starving for new RPG game

Metaphor is a great one

[sindriiisgaming]

I've been looking into wow : war within and tbh I will prolly quit ffxiv to move to wow after 7.1 lul kicks in. Then I will bimonthly subflick until 14 is anything like as good.

[HeyMcFly]

I've been looking into wow : war within and tbh I will prolly quit ffxiv to move to wow after 7.1 lul kicks in. Then I will bimonthly subflick until 14 is anything like as good.

I don't know if you have any experience with WoW but it has alot going on- both good & bad as with most games- there's a timewalking event going on atm to get past released cool stuff and experience old content - mind you, it can all be overwhelming at once
but one of the more unique races, Dracthyr now has access to several more classes
WoW has gotten really good about the drop-in-and out when it comes to gearing. The only thing I feel is fomo are the elite pvp set colors but luckily half of the raid stuff looks better

There's much yoshi-p could look at from WoW and adapt into xiv but I think they're too proud & it feels like they believe force feeding us wuk lamat will make us change our minds.
I'm waiting for 7.1 & intend to unsub until things get better in the challenging content area & casual content.
I'm tired of 8-player only hard content being the only real rewarding content in the game as far as real gear progression goes.
We need 4-player hard content that's also just as rewarding as 8-player when it comes to gearing our characters.
I'd like something like WoW's Delves into xiv - which can reward mounts, bis gear, crafting materials and gear upgrade materials. While the loot pool is abit random, you're guaranteed a single piece of high ilvl gear in Delves & the delves become very challenging- something worth repeating. Criterion's in xiv are a faint shadow of wow's delves because while criterions are 4-player hard content with a few scenarios, they're not worth repeating once completed. They do not offer any means to gear your character (unless you want a shiny weapon cosmetic)
Fates in xiv need a change and should reward high ilvl gear, crafting materials, mounts, cosmetics etc as well as bicolor gemstones.