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Final Fantasy XIV Patch 2.1 Will Be Like “Buying a New Game”, Can Take 300 Hours to Play Everything

The 2.1 patch coming on the 17th to Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will be a veritable monster, with multiple new dungeons, housing, PvP and much more. But just how much time will it take us to consume all that juicy content? Quite a lot, if we believe what Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida said today.

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GamerSciz4217d ago

I for one am stoked. My Group is still working on Coil T5 so to add this much content is quite exciting and overwhelming at the same time.

Lovable4217d ago

Couldn't pass Coil T4...damn Dreadnoughts kept on one shotting our tanks...Ridiculous.

GamerSciz4217d ago

For the tanks T4 is a bit of a gear check. A couple i90 help out a lot. Tell them to start with a flash to blind the dreadnaught and help gain some hate. Also, cool down rotation is my biggest problem and the most important thing to worry about.

joab7774217d ago

Now...please get this to the ps4...april is so far away.

rdgneoz34217d ago

Yah,. waiting myself for the PS4 version to come out before I hop back into it. Was fun, but trying to do some of the open world events with a large number of people would bring up the "fun" experience of getting killed by mobs you can't see or instances bugging and teammates being "out of range" when you try to heal or res them.

Tdmd4217d ago

This will be the first ps4 system seller for me, I just have to see how gorgeous and smooth it will get on ps4! Hopefully it'll run just as smooth as the pc version!

Toman854217d ago

Is it April worldwide release or US release? I want the game myself for the Playstation 4.

Jubez1874217d ago

Worldwide. PS4 ain't even out in Japan till at least Feb so

Toman854217d ago

Cool! That is gonna be my first experience with a MMO on a console.:)

XiSasukeUchiha4217d ago

Holy damn Square Enix I'm giving guys a big around of praise for turn on my excited button

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Square Enix is “aware” of Final Fantasy XIV player numbers dropping

Square Enix president Takashi Kiryu discusses the dropping player count of Final Fantasy XIV and the numerous projects of YoshiP.

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jznrpg2d ago

It’s really old now. All great MMOs decline.

PRIMORDUS2d ago

Also who wants to keep paying a monthly fee every month, there are other options like Guild Wars 2 😁with no monthly fee and while not that many people overall compared to FF XIV, it did increase to about 21 mil now.

Sephiroushin1d 21h ago (Edited 1d 21h ago )

I prefer to pay since i do not like guild wars and it keep kids away, but FF14 decreased on quality since they started to make it "more accessible", tried throne and liberty and while it was okay it has so many issues, same for dune awakening... Its time to start making a new FF MMO

kaewcha7342d ago

Looks like Square Enix is self-aware but still stuck in place, they see the player drop and apologize for the bugs, but nothing really changes. Shame, FFXIV used to be the gold standard

Servbot412d ago

My entire free company has stopped playing. The writing has consistently gotten worse and the content is sparse and lacking; unless you are a hardcore player there's very little for you to do. They are over-catering to the people who will grind three+ times a week on a single fight for multiple months when the playerbase by large doesn't want that sort of content. Square needs to dedicate more resources to the game instead of wasting them on mobile and other live service slop.

Miraak82 2d ago

The biggest factor for me is the way they butchered job design over the years , the casualization and over simplification really hurt a good chunk of enjoyment I used to have . Jobs lost any form of complexity and just became " press glowing button" DDR style for fighting where the gameplay loop is a about the 2 minute burst window . They removed most DoTS, timer mechanics , cast times, pets, RNG ect and all around homogenized everything . When you try and can cater to everyone ... you cater to no one .

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FF14 lead apologises as the “quality of service has declined recently” as they fell into complacency

YoshiP, the director and producer of Final Fantasy 14, has apologised for the state of the game at the time of writing.

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CrimsonWing696d ago

Do you not see this happening during development? Like, why are we apologizing after the fact instead of stopping it during development?

Stopac6d ago

Criticism and reflection occur after the fact. The apology acknowledges the past criticisms with the new expansion and they're keeping transparency with players about it. Now that they've acknowledged it - it will be interesting to see what kind of cycle we'll get with a new expansion and I wonder if they're planning something special with beast master since they didn't mention it in the last live letter.

anast6d ago

It's all good, as long as the price of the product decreases.

Stopac6d ago

The base game and expansion go on sale all the time and doesn't stay full price for very long since a new expansion is on the horizon.

If you're stating they should reduce the price of new expansions or the sub fee, no, that's not gonna happen lmao people aren't even complaining about that. They are criticizing the same old pattern of content that releases and how it is devolving into mediocracy.

anast6d ago

"They are criticizing the same old pattern of content that releases and how it is devolving into mediocracy."

The product should be cheaper then.

PapaBop6d ago

I was unhappy with DT and have spent far less time in it than any other expansion but it's things like this that makes me respect Yoshi P. It's rare for such a high profile developer to be so candid in his assessment on a live game.

Stopac6d ago

Same, i've found my self resubbing every two patches instead of keeping it up. Don't own a home in the game so there's no point in keeping a constant sub going. The post story is getting interesting though.

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Final Fantasy XIV Releases Patch 7.25 Screenshots Ahead of Update

Square Enix released new screenshots of the upcoming patch 7.25 for its popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, including the Occult Crescent.

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