Is there a point in caring about the game?

[Llamalass]

Coming from someone who began in ARR alpha, quit before 2.2, returned sometime in 6.0~, and I doesn't even own EW or DT... and has just finished Shadowbringers...

Yeah this game has gone in the opposite direction of up.


More fanservice and weeb-favoring than actual worthwhile content the last so many years.

[TeresaFortell]

The MMO genre as a whole is just screwed. Rotted from the inside out by terrible developers, greedy corporate decisions, and stupid short sighted players who wouldn't boycott the bad shit when there was still a chance to turn it around.

But man I'm digressing hard. MMOs are screwed. Every studio realizes that it's easier to just half ass a mobile game and make way more money. Enjoy what you will, but there's no future here. Even WoW, on a long enough scale, will get comfy again and start sipping breastmilk like nothing happened.

While that is quite true, the whole MMO genre is in decline, partly because social media has supplanted MMO as the primary place of social interaction. Initially, MMOs were the only places where one could virtually interact with each other, because there were no other avenues. Nowadays, with the widespread use of platforms like Facebook and Twitter, the importance of MMOs has substantially shifted and reduced. MMOs these days focus more on gameplay and story than the social aspect it once championed.

[Avoidy]

While that is quite true, the whole MMO genre is in decline, partly because social media has supplanted MMO as the primary place of social interaction. Initially, MMOs were the only places where one could virtually interact with each other, because there were no other avenues. Nowadays, with the widespread use of platforms like Facebook and Twitter, the importance of MMOs has substantially shifted and reduced. MMOs these days focus more on gameplay and story than the social aspect it once championed.

Yeah I could sit here and talk everyone's ear off about how things have changed since 2004 or whatever. You're right about that part though, absolutely. Back in the day, MMOs felt really exciting because online communication was still very novel and fresh. Now, though, we just sort of take it for granted. Hell, we do it for our jobs. It feels like work.
There are probably 1000 reasons the genre is cooked. We could make a whole new thread about just that. I'd be down for it tbh. I love this kind of discussion. MMOs are my favorite genre of video game, so it makes me sad to say it, but I've gotta just call it what it is: Absolutely doomed.

[bic12]

While that is quite true, the whole MMO genre is in decline, partly because social media has supplanted MMO as the primary place of social interaction. Initially, MMOs were the only places where one could virtually interact with each other, because there were no other avenues. Nowadays, with the widespread use of platforms like Facebook and Twitter, the importance of MMOs has substantially shifted and reduced. MMOs these days focus more on gameplay and story than the social aspect it once championed.

The thing about MMOs is that it's a nice place to enjoy the feeling of successful teamwork. That's just been shredded over the last decade.

[kentribal]

There is a video with a guy who goes to Yoshi and thanks him for the game and the ultimates etc. content because it helped him get back on his feet after a difficult situation in his normal life. Imagine how many others there are out there who might have approached Yoshi at some event and told him the same thing. That is, from the above alone, he doesn't see, he doesn't feel,What good has the game done for anyone out there and then comes back and tells you to go play other games? Very selfish of him.
I left WoW 5 years ago because I was tired of the same old thing and nothing changed, and I came to FF because I found a game that improved my psychology (I should note here that I suffer from generalized anxiety disorder) and calmed me down without medication. Then came Dawntrail and I was blown away because I felt like I was playing WoW in an anime version.

[Ephremjlm]

7.2 is the last chance i'm giving the game till 8.0 and if 8.0 is bad i'm not coming back.

Already at point where i'm gunna be watching 8.0 instead of playing cause they ain't seeing a dime till i know it's good after the rugpull of dawntrail.

Those 7.2 new contents better be SSS tier, Especially since my server already dead so even less incentive to stay if its garbo

Yeah, I promised myself that I wasn't going to preorder 8.0. This is going to be one that I am actually going to watch and get reviews of first before I buy it. I refuse to support something that is simply looking to extract from me with the bare bones investment, or if it's simply not worth the value. I've put a lot of time and money into this game, and i'm not letting it take anymore unless I see a major change. Maybe ill give the .5 or .55 patches a try depending on if they try to stagger content again, but its time the message is sent the only way companies understand.