Is there a point in caring about the game?

[CNitsah]

Why does Yoshi P say, over and over again, that there are games out there to play?

"14 isn't going anywhere, so don't forget your monster hunter life"

This is the thing that frustrate me the most. XIV always had respect for the time to spend in the game, to not force you to spend a lot of time if you didn't want it. BUT it always gaves things to do to people that actually wanted to spend more time.

FFXIV respected your time, while giving you the possibility to engage further, dive deeper (which is something MMO players are known for).

Now, they transformed their "we give you possibility to go do other things if you want, and it's not gonna hard to catch up when you come back" into "we give you very little to do, so go play other games". The game design mentality that we all respected has become an excuse for the limited content - or rather, devout of shelf life (whatever the reason is).

Everytime I hear Yoshida say something like this, it feels like an insult to mmo player in me : I'm just asking to engage a little more than the current content allow me too. I've been a mmo player for 20 years, and seeing the guy that once achieved the perfect balance between being an mmo and being playable by adults with an active life is maddening. Sure the 7.2 will at last try takle the some of the problems, but please, stop saying that : it only shows you don't understand the core of your playerbase, the people that once stayed when the game was at its worst and litterally carried you to the position where you are today. Stop spitting in the face of your core players, because you now have enough other type of players to survive without them. It's litterally one of the time where saying nothing is better than opening your mouth.