Will Relics create the same problems that they did in FFXI?

[fusional]

Basically the problem is Elitists have to grasp at straws to feel entitled to content in this game because there really isn't that much in-game that is so time consuming it doesn't boost their ego or make them feel better than everyone else for obtaining it. It's the problems the Elitists are going to have to deal with, SE has ALWAYS stated that FFXIV is more designed for casual gamers.

you're projecting. really, really hard. so hard i'm afraid you may burst a vessel.

and do quote where SE has said what you claim they said. if they've always said it, this should be an easy task.

can i predict the future really quickly? you won't. but moving on-

TA is gone

wrong. TA as a required condition for loot is gone. TA remains alive and well in the form of leaderboards which will show the best clear times per server (perhaps also across all servers).

Relics are 'too easy'; maybe these Elitists need to learn how to play a GAME

if we find relic too easy to obtain, it would appear we've learned how to play the game quite well.

...without having to feel they are entitled to content

you're projecting again. you should really relax with that. crying your eyes out about how content should be easier so it will cater to YOU, as a more casual player, when yoshi and devs have commented several times about relic being designed more with the hardcore base in mind- smacks of entitlement. trying to pass it off to the hardcores while flipping the script just makes you look desperately delusional.

hardcores have no disillusions about who they are, what they are, what is theirs and what isn't. do we cry about av/cc difficulty? no. do we cry about skirmish difficulty? no. do we cry about quest difficulty? no. do we cry about storyline difficulty? no. do we cry about leve/faction leve difficulty? no. do we cry about primal difficulty? no.

because none of that is designed with us primarily in mind, and we understand that.

but then yoshi and the devs threw us a bone. we got relic quest, ifrit extreme and rivenroad hard. they were sufficiently challenging in the short term, and while we were generally pleased with what the team was able to deliver with such a broken engine- in the end we lamented that the difficulty was either gimmicky (latency) or simply passing (rivenroad), and that maybe relic quest was a touch short.

twist it however you like, but that's reality.

but how about the casuals? well, i give you general forum. take your pick of entitled bitching and moaning threads about wanting every last thing in the game to cater more to their gaming preferences without leaving anything at all to their hardcore counterparts. ifrit extreme? impossible. rivenroad hard? nearly impossible. relic quest? way too long, way too expensive, way too dependent on RNG, and speed runs are a sin against god himself. hamlet seals? impossible. hell, even garuda... which is 100% casual-friendly leaning on the side of difficulty to give them access to a challenge- next to impossible.

and apparently all this is supposed to change based on what they want. that's apparently not entitlement, but if the hardcores ask for even ONE SINGLE THING regarding content yoshi and devs already said is for them- apparently it's they who are entitled. apparently.

except not.

speaking for myself- i don't look down on you because you haven't had the same progress as me in game. what you do with your time is your own business and progress is progress. an accomplishment is an accomplishment. beat garuda recently? good for you. just beat rivenroad hard days before final save? awesome, congrats.

no, you conjure a wonderful straw man but it simply isn't the case. i look down on you because *you* are an entitled crying wanker and *you* have the audacity to then project this onto others. it's truly pathetic.

get over yourself. we do pay the same subscription but the only person i see here asking for handouts, asking for just as much and all of the same without equal effort, asking for things to *only be* the way *they* want it to be and *not* to cater to *anyone else* is YOU. only YOU. THAT is entitlement. THAT is ego.

so it would appear in the end it's *you* thinking you're better than others, *you* trying to assuage your own fragile self-esteem... and your method of doing this is to take everything wrong with yourself and blame it on anyone else.

i get that we're playing a game built on fantasy, but it seems like you've constructed a fantastic new reality of your very own.