Thread: 4.5 month patch release is NOT a problem

I pay 155,88 Subscription per Year + 109,20 Retainers per Year + 49,99 Dawntrail = 315,07 Euro for 1 Year but each Expansion is always 2+ Years so it would costs me 265,08 for the second year of this Expansion. Overall it will be 580,15 Euro till the next Expansion. + 1-5 Months extra. SE needs to find a way to make a Bank or whatever, the cost for Retainers is to high. And while they at it, they should remove the FC Workshop from Houses and place it by the Grand Companies. FC's should not start Airships / Submarines by 0 again if they loose their House and none can loose a Grand Companie Workshop. This will clear many House Spots. Players have so many ideas but we get ignored.

I sub when there is high end pve stuff (savages or ultimates, dont really care that much about extremes-criterions or the new chaotic raid)

since DT release i've been unsubbed for 4 months (been back since 2 weeks for FRU prog with my static), I will most likely take a 1 month break before M8s and then probably another 1-2 month break before 7.3, usually taking a 1 year break before every expansion (X).4 -> (X+1).0

It really amaze me how casuals (high end pve stuff is the more "time demanding" content) can stay sub for so long, if I would be a casual I will sub 1 month/expansion (3 weeks before an expansion to do all of the (X).1 -> (X).5 content and then do the (X+1).0 MSQ for the remaining week) otherwise the value provided by FF14 is way under the value provided for the same price by other solo/online games

-> take for example 7.1, for a casual there is MSQ (3h), 1 dungeon (20mn), 24 man raid (1h) + some other stuff, so 5hours of "fresh content", let's say 15hours with the weekly stuff until it gets boring

15h for 10€ x 4 + 40€/5 (expansion price divided by 5 patches) = 48€
48€ is Silent Hill 2 Remake / FF7 Rebirth / MH Wilds / 4 month gamepass

Originally Posted by TaleraRistain

It's a valid argument and it does need to be factored in. Even with content that is intended to last, people will burn through it. You would see people linking the latest relic step in Idyllshire first day back in Heavensward if it was something that wasn't limited (like a resource tied to a daily roulette) because they no-lifed so they could be first. There were people I saw who had everything you could possibly get from Chaotic the first week and they were happy because they were done and could stop burning through it to get what they wanted.

Nobody is talking about those people though. I specifically cited how even at a slow pace, content simply doesn't last. Sure, some people will have grinded out Chaotic within a day or two. Just like a couple got max rank in Island Sanctuary in three days. They're the extreme just like the hypercasual who can only play for an hour a week max. What about everyone else? If you have 4-5 hours a week, you already exceed the longevity of every non-raiding piece of content 7.1 offers. And this patch is supposed to last until March or April.

Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

It won't. Because this "10 minutes here" and "20 minutes there" builds up to where you've then spent a few hours. And guess how long an average person has after work? Some of those people also have to juggle looking after children, maintaining their house and preparing food.

Naturally, the people who can spend all day for weeks will burn through it faster.

I'll speak anecdotally to this. A friend of mine has a two year old and works 8-10 a day yet can still dedicate hours to XIV if she wanted to. In fact, she completed everything 7.1 offered over a weekend because she no longer raids and that's literally all it takes if we're generous. Most people have more than a "couple minutes here and there" for their hobbies. Those who don't, aren't playing XIV to begin with.

Stop making excuses for a multi-million dollar company who hasn't once managed to even meet their own four month deadline in three years.

for me, the 4.5 months IS a problem. and i want them sooner, because the PPl provide a useful gauge on how things are going and developer > player interaction. if those pll were any longer appart i would feel like the devs were alien creatures and id loose touch with them. I want 3.5 months again because at least back then yoshiP was very involved in XIV and its community

Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

Speaking of which, in 2 days, Yoshi-P will be visiting a server to hang out with players.

cant wait to hear about his Fav flavour of sandwiches...