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...

[Menriq]

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

I don't think it's so much dismissing as most companies primary concern is the bottom line. If people complain, but still stick around, what would make the company change what they are doing? People leaving in droves is what will drive changes.

[Nebelheim]

I don't think it's so much dismissing as most companies primary concern is the bottom line. If people complain, but still stick around, what would make the company change what they are doing? People leaving in droves is what will drive changes.

A company also shouldn't wait until a mass amount of people leave in droves before they scramble and implement or fix things that people have been asking for years. That's the dumbest way of doing business is waiting until you are in the red and 90% of your customers leave to make changes.

[Menriq]

A company also shouldn't wait until a mass amount of people leave in droves before they scramble and implement or fix things that people have been asking for years. That's the dumbest way of doing business is waiting until you are in the red and 90% of your customers leave to make changes.

I don't disagree, just saying that is how things seem to work.

[RaideDuku]

A company also shouldn't wait until a mass amount of people leave in droves before they scramble and implement or fix things that people have been asking for years. That's the dumbest way of doing business is waiting until you are in the red and 90% of your customers leave to make changes.

C-suite aren't exactly known for caring for long term issues. Only short term profit. If people are complaining, but are sticking around, they're still getting their money. Why would they care? But if the subscription numbers become gutted, that's an immediate problem, and they might have to actually extract their heads from their asses...at least enough to stop hemorrhaging subs. Welcome to modern capitalism.

[waruvi]

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.

I tried, but western MMO characters are so ugly and unaesthetically pleasing. I tried a Korean MMO, they got good aesthetically pleasing husbando, but holey moley p2w shenanigans. In the end, where did that bring me? Back to FFXIV... Sad.

[Mistress_Irika]

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.

Done that already for a month. I don't regret the time spent there.
I nearly got sucked up completely over there because of the housing system that is vastly better than what's here.
I ended up running back here, because they do not have pvp in their game whatsosver.

[Kaurhz]

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.

How long exactly do you want people to play something else for?

They don't have any target audience whatsoever lmao. Literally none... They are constantly yoyoing between demographics, you could almost turn it into a sport. Right now it's casual and midcore players biting the dirt, but just wait and in 7.45 it will then be the raiders getting absolute breadcrumbs for nearly 12 months.