Quote Originally Posted by Lilapop View Post
Not disagreeing with your points, however, FF14 is not wearing an MMO skin. It's an MMO wearing an FF14 skin. It's a Final Fantasy first and foremost presented as an "MMO." Do they need to innovate? Absolutely. Will they ever get the idea something is wrong? Probably not. Square is a company, they respond to loss in profit. How do they lose profit? Lack of subs. Everyone's happy to yap and not do the one thing that'll get their attention because "but muh house." Not defending it or saying it's right, but that's just how it is.
I keep hearing this. What does "It's a final fantasy foremost" mean in the context of MMO's. I get the stories, the themes and callbacks? I don't see turnbased combat nor some "Final fantasy" specific system at play here that stops innovation within the MMO-system.

But I do agree with the fact that its CRYSTAL CLEAR (there's a final fantasy theme for them) that they are coasting on goodwill. I gave WoW multiple years to course correct, but if 8.0 is another lackluster expansion. It's time to move on, house or not, at least in my case.

It's better to "Yap" then just silently watch from the sidelines or PRAISE them for doing nothing. Then after that it's up to just stop giving them money if thats the language they understand.