It's been 24 hours, Playercount is already cratering.

[Rithy255]

I did the raids and leveling in like 3-4 hours I guess I will do EXT this week to do but I'm not really in any rush to play ff14, Dunno I rather play other games right now ff14 doesn't really have much to look forward to.

As much as I like ff14 it's flaws have only got more large that I struggle to enjoy it as much, like the raids were cool but theirs now no reason to replay them, not like playing on healer would make the fights different or more interesting.. same goes for any other job and role.

Maybe once the game starts to embrace different experiences for different jobs the game might have some replay value but until then every patch is gonna be like 3-4 hours of content that not really have much replay value.

Of course savage will be a longer grind but even then once thats done I'm not really that invested into reclears.

[Catwho]

Most of the folks I know have done MSQ, base raid tier, and perhaps the Ex trial, in the few brief hours we had to play. I just finished MSQ myself last night, and was hoping to hit up the Ex fight after work today.

That's the casual's level of engagement with the game.

Some folks will peace out and return in 2 weeks for Savage. Others will be back in 2 months for Occult Crescent.

[Rithy255]

Most of the folks I know have done MSQ, base raid tier, and perhaps the Ex trial, in the few brief hours we had to play. I just finished MSQ myself last night, and was hoping to hit up the Ex fight after work today.

That's the casual's level of engagement with the game.

Some folks will peace out and return in 2 weeks for Savage. Others will be back in 2 months for Occult Crescent.

I don't know how long people think Occult Crescent will last, it will certainly be fun for a while but I think we will all get bored after a while and isn't it going to updated until until 7.5 comes out.

This game really struggles right now to keep me engaged, maybe if we had consistent occult crescent like gameplay where we had a lot of stuff to do and explore the game would have more longevity

[Kaurhz]

I would see how it holds up this weekend, but I don't really expect a significant increase.

7.25... I am not wholly confident will change much, and even if it does, that sort of content is the sort where you just completely switch brain off and do other things, e.g., Netflix... Eureka's slow paced design pretty much encouraged it, since you were hitting trash for a long amount of time, and then most were just... Along for the ride, e.g., AFK wherever the train is.

Bozja didn't really find that sweet spot either, train-driven nature of it pretty much has people on Netflix on a second screen.

Even if the content is healthy for the game (As it is one of the very few long-standing content types), it's still pretty bad to think the most hyped content for the expansion is likely the content where people will be more focused on Netflix etc.,

[ONLYSTEEL]

that sort of content is the sort where you just completely switch brain off and do other things, e.g., Netflix... Eureka's slow paced design pretty much encouraged it, since you were hitting trash for a long amount of time, and then most were just... Along for the ride, e.g., AFK wherever the train is.

Anemos on release was boring as hell but it did have an awesome community. It felt like an actual MMO for once and reminded me of Idyllshire chat. Bozja had none of that.

The community has changed so much now that you couldn't pay me enough to experience Shades' Triangle launch day chat. Probably gonna just be a lot of faux positivity and lame memes that people have used non stop since HW. Even the community is stale now.

[Tint]

Anemos on release was boring as hell but it did have an awesome community. It felt like an actual MMO for once and reminded me of Idyllshire chat. Bozja had none of that.

The community has changed so much now that you couldn't pay me enough to experience Shades' Triangle launch day chat. Probably gonna just be a lot of faux positivity and lame memes that people have used non stop since HW. Even the community is stale now.

The community has not much to do with it. Eureka's design encouraged teamwork, while Bozja's design encourages competition. You have to race to the Fates to get a good rating and the slots for the boss fights are limited. Spawning bosses will also mean you will miss out on Fates, which overall results in less exp for you.

I was just doing Eureka again earlier this year and the community is still nice and helpfull there.

[Bibine_Bine]

Turns out only adding 12 hours of content wasn't a good idea!

24h maintenance, 2 month wait since last update and all you get is 12 hours.

WOOOOOOOOOWIES! Unsub till 8.0 lookin real enticing.



Square Enix when slop doesn't get crazy numbers anymore;

-Surprise pikachu face-

You don't even have a single job at 100
You aren't doing the content, bro is complaining about nothing lmaoooo

[Tehmon]

Anemos on release was boring as hell but it did have an awesome community. It felt like an actual MMO for once and reminded me of Idyllshire chat. Bozja had none of that.

The community has changed so much now that you couldn't pay me enough to experience Shades' Triangle launch day chat. Probably gonna just be a lot of faux positivity and lame memes that people have used non stop since HW. Even the community is stale now.

No that's right, what we really need is constant negativity instead. Maybe throw some slurs in there too, because that's the true online experience!

[Kaurhz]

Anemos on release was boring as hell but it did have an awesome community. It felt like an actual MMO for once and reminded me of Idyllshire chat. Bozja had none of that.

The community has changed so much now that you couldn't pay me enough to experience Shades' Triangle launch day chat. Probably gonna just be a lot of faux positivity and lame memes that people have used non stop since HW. Even the community is stale now.

That was Eureka in general until Pyros, not the greatest content in the world, but the sense of community was great, But it at least had a nice sense of danger and wander about it..

Agree with you on the memes though, I'm sat here wondering how long it's going to take for me to hear the phrase "Is Pazuzu up"...