As we are all aware (I think) Dawntrail has and most likely will continue to have massive issues.
Those were extensively talked about on other threats before, so I'll just skip over it.
These things caused a decline in population, but even more pressing I think is that it heavily damages the image of FFXIV and devs.
People turned more critical and are not longer willing to ignore most issues (unless Reddit and Social Media of course, those people are beyond help).
All in all a lot of goodwill and trust was lost.
And that's where the importance of 8.0 comes in.
8.0 Can not be lackluster/bad like Dawntrail is. It also can't afford the luxury of being mid.
They keep saying 8.0 is going to be the expansion where they plan to rework all classes.
Frankly I don't trust them to actually commit to that.
Their recent changes to jobs have been either lazy or destructive to fit them into the 2 minute Meta.
So that's one point that is very important they manage to do well.
Then there's the usual content an expansion brings. MSQ.
They need it to be a hit. No way around that. If that fails flat on its face they are in for a very rough time and given how long one expansion lasts nowadays I don't think another bad MSQ is something FFXIV will survive in a healthy state.
Finally they have to throw their release cycle formular in the trahs and finally adapt and adress the issues that plagued it.
So I'm gonna say it:
8.0 is most likely gonna be FFXIVs breaking point
If the devs screw it up I don't think FFXIV will be able to recover from it. FFXIV isn't WoW, I doubt it can take 2 bad expansions back to back.
The devs really have to strap in and deliver on their claims and promises.
My following take now is completely subjective and only speaks for me, but:
I don't think they will be able to. I think they will stick to their formular and screw it up.
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Those were extensively talked about on other threats before, so I'll just skip over it.
- Lack of non-raid Content
- Bad MSQ
- Bad depiction of characters
- Very formulaic
- Stretched Patch Cycle
- Devs turned tonedeaf
- EN localization group taking too many freedoms
- Lack of long-lasting content
These things caused a decline in population, but even more pressing I think is that it heavily damages the image of FFXIV and devs.
People turned more critical and are not longer willing to ignore most issues (unless Reddit and Social Media of course, those people are beyond help).
All in all a lot of goodwill and trust was lost.
And that's where the importance of 8.0 comes in.
8.0 Can not be lackluster/bad like Dawntrail is. It also can't afford the luxury of being mid.
They keep saying 8.0 is going to be the expansion where they plan to rework all classes.
Frankly I don't trust them to actually commit to that.
Their recent changes to jobs have been either lazy or destructive to fit them into the 2 minute Meta.
So that's one point that is very important they manage to do well.
Then there's the usual content an expansion brings. MSQ.
They need it to be a hit. No way around that. If that fails flat on its face they are in for a very rough time and given how long one expansion lasts nowadays I don't think another bad MSQ is something FFXIV will survive in a healthy state.
Finally they have to throw their release cycle formular in the trahs and finally adapt and adress the issues that plagued it.
So I'm gonna say it:
8.0 is most likely gonna be FFXIVs breaking point
If the devs screw it up I don't think FFXIV will be able to recover from it. FFXIV isn't WoW, I doubt it can take 2 bad expansions back to back.
The devs really have to strap in and deliver on their claims and promises.
My following take now is completely subjective and only speaks for me, but:
I don't think they will be able to. I think they will stick to their formular and screw it up.
Continue reading...