There are free games with larger and more frequent patch content

[Doki]

I mean, don't get me wrong, I don't want gatcha MTX nonsense either, but 25 minutes of (at this point) cut & paste quest design once every few months is gettin old.

[Johners]

Go and play something else then? Nobody is bound to playing Final Fantasy XIV forever and there's plenty of other live service/MMO titles that'll meet your desires. I can't say I'm a fan of how Square Enix communicate everything, but it's clear they've got a primary target audience in mind and a lot of forum complainers seemingly aren't in that group.

[Reimmi]

Go and play something else then? Nobody is bound to playing Final Fantasy XIV forever and there's plenty of other live service/MMO titles that'll meet your desires. I can't say I'm a fan of how Square Enix communicate everything, but it's clear they've got a primary target audience in mind and a lot of forum complainers seemingly aren't in that group.

yes lets dismiss valid criticism
I don't know why people can't ask for more from the 2nd biggest mmo on the market...

[NaoSen]

Subs: 132 Euro per year
Cash Store: Yes
Second most popular MMORPG

I think it's fair for a person to want the game to be a "All time game" especially since "We want you to play other games" / "It's ok to unsubscribe and come back later" only really applies if you dont mind your house being demolished and / or leaving behind friends made along the way.

Yes there are server costs but even if they were half your monthly sub, that's still a lot of money being put out.

Edit: The only thing that explains this to me is Square Enix not giving the Final Fantasy 14 team enough resources, being happy with the current model of income and seeing no need to upset the cart potentially by changing anything, they know full well there is no alternative.

[PyurBlue]

Are frequent patches even a good thing? I want less maintenance days. Make the patches count and we won't need more of them.

[Doki]

I'm fine with less frequent patches... but is 2 very brief quests, a new time-gated, cut & paste delivery NPC, and another holiday quest really all we get? Unsub and miss out on YOLO PvP mounts\minions that "eventually" never return for worthless trophy crystals. Next week we get a single fight as a patch. People will grind that out well before the weekend is over. Then NOTHING til March at the earliest. Kinda dumb at this point to be honest.

[sindriiisgaming]

There's allways a catch to free games. Either they're paid like osrs and basically bully you into subbing by giving u nothing or they're just empty with 1 dimenal content cycles

[NegativeS]

SE's shareholders don't even remember that they have MMOs anymore, it's just one guy in the broom closet of their HQ. Yoshi has to pay out of pocket for any events.

[Larirawiel]

I mean, don't get me wrong, I don't want gatcha MTX nonsense either, but 25 minutes of (at this point) cut & paste quest design once every few months is gettin old.

B-But ... if they put more money into the game, who will then finance their NFT projects?




Cheers

[Connor]

How dare you have *checks notes* a reasonable expectation of competency and consistency from a multi-million dollar company. Those guys in Yoshi-P’s basement work hard to bring us more raid content every 8 months!