Is there a point in caring about the game?

[Musashidon]

if you want the game to be something it isn't and has never been, then no there is no point.

if you are like me and are happy with the game and direction why would i stop caring? i mean i am not losing out on someone else not liking blm changes i have no real qualms with consistent and constant updates and patch cycles i can't say i always like the content but i dont know anyone who likes 100% of any game or anything that is released for a game.

[Hallarem]

They've come close to nuking the worldbuilding, but they haven't fully. If 8.0 steps over that line, then it's truly over for me at least. As the world and the story is my top concern in this MMO. But thats just for me personally, the gameplay isn't really good.

I'd love for the Scions and other characters to get story arcs, and not just be side characters. Or introducing new chara-... oh right we got them and their story arcs were rushed and dumb.

Can we get new writers please?

[Red-thunder]

if you want the game to be something it isn't and has never been, then no there is no point.

if you are like me and are happy with the game and direction why would i stop caring? i mean i am not losing out on someone else not liking blm changes i have no real qualms with consistent and constant updates and patch cycles i can't say i always like the content but i dont know anyone who likes 100% of any game or anything that is released for a game.

The game has been something players loved years ago.

They are catering to the lowest common denominator now, that is the direction you seem to be happy with.

It's not just about job complexity.

It's also raids becoming stale and recycled.

It's about the story going from mature, nuanced writing to Disney/Marvel/Pixar-ified "everyone is happy" slop.

It's about the world now becoming as shallow as a kid's pool, with new lore being invented on the fly to fit the plot and old lore discarded and forgotten, creating a plot full of worldbuilding self-contradictions.

It's about side content like crafting becoming neutered with all its former complexity gutted. Or deep dungeon being nothing but rehashed and regurgitated copy-pasted content iteration after iteration.

It's about the objectively much longer patch cycle with less content to boot.

It's about the slow removal of things people used to love like job quests or extra dungeons.

It is disingenuous to say that this game has never been what people want it to be. The reason there is so much discontent is because the game used to be something that had so much potential.

[Veritas-Ancora]

Occult Crescent coming out at the end of May really broke me.

I've lost all interest in these shenanigans. Are you kidding me? End of May?!

Are they twiddling their f@#$ing thumbs on content while people are voicing all of their concerns?

[AshtonCrowe]

Occult Crescent coming out at the end of May really broke me.

I've lost all interest in these shenanigans. Are you kidding me? End of May?!

Are they twiddling their f@#$ing thumbs on content while people are voicing all of their concerns?

What makes it even worse is it's in a playable state, They showed it has high functionality this is just intentional content dripfeeding so they don't have to haul aah and make new content. Guarantee they're goofing off right now instead of working.

CBu3 & Yoshi need to gooo

[AshtonCrowe]

The Content Creator shills are already trying to hype the update as "A move in the right direction" "A change in positivity for the game"!

Then you look at the same people couple hours later and they're playing or talking about WoW, This community is so messed up lmao. Why are you playing another game if you're so positive about XIV's state and future?

[User202503201232]

The Content Creator shills are already trying to hype the update as "A move in the right direction" "A change in positivity for the game"!

Then you look at the same people couple hours later and they're playing or talking about WoW, This community is so messed up lmao. Why are you playing another game if you're so positive about XIV's state and future?

I don't think it's intentionally deceptive or manipulative.

I think people, including content creators, just have too much copium for this game.

It's always weird to me how the live letters are so bland and dull, showing next to nothing, but people will get so hyped over it.

It reminds me of PS1 era graphics. The polygons were crap, but you get so excited and amazed because your imagination fills up the rest of the scene.

This is what it is with live letters. They give nothing, and leave your imagination to fill in the blanks.

[Absurdity]

I don't think it's intentionally deceptive or manipulative.

I think people, including content creators, just have too much copium for this game.

I'd say it's a combination of copium and justified self-interest.
They hype it up because they both want and need the game to do well, unless they're a variety content creator/streamer their livelyhood relies on it after all.

[Jojoya]

Why are you playing another game if you're so positive about XIV's state and future?

Because it's possible to play and enjoy more than one game?

Some players might like the look of what's coming in 7.2 but it's not here yet. Why shouldn't they continue to play other games until the 25th arrives and they can try out the new content?

[CNitsah]

The Content Creator shills are already trying to hype the update as "A move in the right direction" "A change in positivity for the game"!

Then you look at the same people couple hours later and they're playing or talking about WoW, This community is so messed up lmao. Why are you playing another game if you're so positive about XIV's state and future?

Well, I'm the first there to complain about the calendar, but it's kinda is a move in the right direction. Returning to content with shelf life has been one of the major demand of the past years : is it enough and will it achieve the wanted desire, we'll know when it's there. But it is definitely a step in the right direction. As much as some people are on high on copium that can't see the problems, some of you are terminali doomers, that don't see any difference between saying "it's a step in the right direction" and "game is fixed now". You read the first and understand the second. And that's coming from someone that regulary thash SE decision.