Cosmic Exploration progression is poorly handled

[Neoyoshi]

As much as I kind of knew all of this was going to happen, the silver lining is that because we are getting multiple planets in this content, the feedback (if they listen) might give them what they need to improve on this and build out the progression differently so high-pop servers can't just burn through these progression phases so quickly.

[Shyxx]

As much as I kind of knew all of this was going to happen, the silver lining is that because we are getting multiple planets in this content, the feedback (if they listen) might give them what they need to improve on this and build out the progression differently so high-pop servers can't just burn through these progression phases so quickly.

Spoiler alert, they won't listen. This game needs a change of guard yesterday, Yoshi-P and his team have done wonders for the game over the years but everything they've done and released for a long time now has gotten a bad reception and the player count keeps going down.

[Daralii]

As much as I kind of knew all of this was going to happen, the silver lining is that because we are getting multiple planets in this content, the feedback (if they listen) might give them what they need to improve on this and build out the progression differently so high-pop servers can't just burn through these progression phases so quickly.

Their response to the negative reception to IS was "We aren't getting the praise we deserve, so we're not going to bother trying." I'll be very surprised if they actually iterate on CE and don't just write it off and go through the motions.

[xbahax92]

Their response to the negative reception to IS was "We aren't getting the praise we deserve, so we're not going to bother trying." I'll be very surprised if they actually iterate on CE and don't just write it off and go through the motions.

That's what I'm afraid of yeah. Just because there are vocal players, doesnt mean they should drop it forever.
Does it have flaws? Yeah. Still doesn't mean there aren't people who appreciate this style of content.
Honestly, I dont need a new map to explore for this type of content. They could bring a new system and integrate it all over Eorzea. Continue further and create a community event, where everyone can participate and enjoy. No need for speedruns.

[ViinaS]

As much as I kind of knew all of this was going to happen, the silver lining is that because we are getting multiple planets in this content, the feedback (if they listen) might give them what they need to improve on this and build out the progression differently so high-pop servers can't just burn through these progression phases so quickly.

SQE and the devs listening to feedback?
Now that's truly something out of this world if that happens.

To me the new dyes and them being exclusive to there sceams of desperation to make people do the content.
And like many others who craft or gather casually and not.... Savage Level this content is something I cna stomach 1 hour per day at most.

[ZephyrMenodora]

So it's boring and those of us that have jobs simply can't see the beginning stages due to this progressing within a couple of hours on the first day.

How nice.

[Rinoa_353]

They should make it where the base updates at the end of the week so that everyone has a chance to contribute. I was disappointed in missing out after being really excited and I woke up mid morning (8 AM US Mountain Time) and they were completed in both Exodus and Seraph

[Exmo]

I'm disappointed that base progression is global, so because I logged in more than 3 hours after the weekly reset I did not get to enjoy any sense of that progression nor can I ever realistically contribute to the group project because I work when the weekly reset happens.

I was expecting it to be more like bozja, where "base progression" projects spawn once every 90 minutes or so, procced by global completion of stellar missions. Participating in your first base progression project each week should net you great rewards and give you a high contribution to the communal project. You should be able to then participate in more base progression projects that week for lesser rewards, so you could grind out your job if you wanted to.

Once the communal goal is reached, the base should only appear to progress when the player picks up the quest to watch the cutscene. The base's current appearance should differ from player to player, so there's no FOMO (not on day 1 and not 5 years later).

[LennyKava]

Adding my thoughts to the thread. I had practically the opposite experience to the big pop servers in Zurvan, OCE. We weren't even able to get past the first stage at peak hours.

People were hopeful the progress would carry over to the next fate so we might have a chance to finish, but it looks like we'll just be stuck at level 1 unless SE changes the way progression works.

I think the best way to fix this for both low pop and high pop worlds would be to scale the time it takes to progress with the amount of people in the fate. This is already done with difficulty levels for fates in Eureka and Bozja, so why not here as well?