Cosmic Exploration progression is poorly handled

[Alenonimo]

Probably everything got scaled for JP servers. As you know, there are 4 datacenters full with 8 worlds each for a little insular country with, let's be frank, not that many people playing in it.


Meanwhile the 80% of the world gets shoved into just 4 datacenters with only 8 worlds each. They have nowhere enough housing and now Cosmic Content stuff gets done in 3 hours while your ass is still sleeping because you trusted the developers to know what they're doing. :P

[ServerCollaps]

cant you rewatch all the cutscenes in the videolog?

[FuturePastNow]

didnt they say you can experience the progress no matter when you start with it?
they wanted to make sure of it because missing out of it was always one of the largest feedback points?

In the datapad you can view the cutscene that plays for each progression step. I'm guessing that's what they meant

[Fawkes]

I thought they said the progress was going to be personal so you didn't have people walking in for the first time to the whole thing being done?

[CVXIV]

I thought they said the progress was going to be personal so you didn't have people walking in for the first time to the whole thing being done?

That's what I recall too, but that doesn't seem to be the case if this is anything to go by
I just got home from classes, so it's a bit disappointing that the progress most likely is already done

[Daralii]

nah they just don't listening to anyone other then JP

Wouldn't JP be one of the most affected regions given their work culture? It'd be very easy to miss stages because of gaijin on their servers or NEETs.

[Havenchild]

Cosmic Exploration is a mess progression wise.

I remember the devs saying they didn't like how people were locked out of the Diadem/Firmament stuff and wanted it to feel more community driven, but they are still actively punishing people who cannot be glued to their games and need to work.

The devs are obviously able to cap/timegate content, they do it with savage which is played by a small section of the player base so that it is not over and done with too quickly. So why not cap the content that is literally accessible to the entire game populace

Forums: "We want to have long form content to keep us entertained for longer periods of time"

SE: Cosmic Exploration

Forums: " Why are you punishing people who can't play all day?"

- and the wheel continues to turn.

Anyone who defends the flipfloping of these forums is a joke. SE can only farm L's at this point.

[Ukina]

'longer periods of time" is not "play all day"
The contents we pay for monthly have to keep us entertained for the period we pay for, whatever the time we spend playing during that period.
Pointless grind with rewards gated with gambling, that's all we had on this patch. Is it worth the sub? I don't think so...
This is just Yoshi-P making fun of the playerbase: "XIV is not meant to be played 24/7, enjoy (our) other games", then they release this already-dead-in-2-weeks content...

[CNitsah]

Forums: "We want to have long form content to keep us entertained for longer periods of time"

SE: Cosmic Exploration

Forums: " Why are you punishing people who can't play all day?"

- and the wheel continues to turn.

Anyone who defends the flipfloping of these forums is a joke. SE can only farm L's at this point.

Those are not as opposite as you pretend. I mean, we achieve to miss several steps in less than 12 hours. To me that a proof that the "long running part" is not well designed. Also, we were promised we could see every steps. People starting in a couple of month will see the zone already finished. If you want to make something long running, you have to leave the possibility for players to engage with it anytime down the line, not only in month after release.

[Raim]

Forums: "We want to have long form content to keep us entertained for longer periods of time"

SE: Cosmic Exploration

Forums: " Why are you punishing people who can't play all day?"

- and the wheel continues to turn.

Anyone who defends the flipfloping of these forums is a joke. SE can only farm L's at this point.

The problem is people who grind are taking away experiences from people who aren't grinding since its shared. The way its made its 'basically' FOMO.