dev1031 You are losing your main playerbase by making things too easy/fast/casual

[Kurokikaze]

ITT: A lot of butthurt, white-knighting and trolls trolling trolls trolling trolls.

[Ostia]

Why are people stuck in 1998 in 2011 ?

Really hardcore crowds are not the main crowd of any game, they are a large minority, casual gamers are the main crowd, the people that pay the bills, why should they take the back seat to the smaller community ?

[Cadaceus]

Hey, just because they make it more accessible to people WHO DON'T HAVE A TON OF TIME TO PUT INTO A GAME, doesn't make it less hardcore. All you others I.E. Most of you people who are complaining that the game isn't hardcore anymore are probably the people who have nothing better to do with their time and are also the ones that the note before you log in is directed at* (whew that was a mouthful) should calm down, same content and you still get there faster than the rest because you put in all the time you would have anyway. As for having a toggle-able rank/enemy icon feature doesn't ruin anything anyway. Turn it off if it bothers you. I've been taking on dodos in Thanalan desert that were higher rank than me all week. Just because i now know they're r19 to my r12 doesn't mean i'm not going to fight them anymore. >.>

[Kallera]

If this was the 80s, and ffxiv was on the nes, I assure you, no one would be complaining...

[Belial]

If this was the 80s, and ffxiv was on the nes, I assure you, no one would be complaining...

Lies. How many times have you cursed having to blow into the cartridge?

[Cadaceus]

If this was the 80s, and ffxiv was on the nes, I assure you, no one would be complaining...

NES games were all of a few hours to beat for the long ones if you knew what you were doing. However this doesn't apply here simply because all people want added in is senseless grinding, slow attack actions, waiting hours for a party, and to lose experience when you die so you have the chance to lose that nice shiny level you just got. :O see what i did there...thats pretty much all that was taken out of XI when compared with XIV.

[Alhanelem]

Abyssea didn't ruin FFXI, it's most of the reason I'm playing that right now instead of this.

[CrystalWeapon]

Lies. How many times have you cursed having to blow into the cartridge?

I always cheated and just used rubbing alcohol. ^_~

[Argh]

game too easy with no risk vs. reward system. i don't play the game. i would rather play ffxi than this if ever decide to get back into FF mmo.

[Shneibel]

Why are people stuck in 1998 in 2011 ?

Really hardcore crowds are not the main crowd of any game, they are a large minority, casual gamers are the main crowd, the people that pay the bills, why should they take the back seat to the smaller community ?

and from where do you get that info ? care to bring out the source ?

SE can make some NM with 12h+- spawm time and those with 4-5 min spawm, ofc the 4-5 min will get item with lower stat than the 12h+- , fair and no one will complain (there will)

Hard work get reward folk