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YoshiP, the director and producer of Final Fantasy 14, has apologised for the state of the game at the time of writing.
Do you not see this happening during development? Like, why are we apologizing after the fact instead of stopping it during development?
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.
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.
"They are criticizing the same old pattern of content that releases and how it is devolving into mediocracy."
The product should be cheaper then.
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.
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.
Still one of my favorite games
What are they talking about? They completely retooled everything from the ground up since cataclysm. Before that the game was at its peak. It's not that the added layers it's that they completely ruined what made the game fun.
This game needs to rot, it had hold so much potential from Blizzard, so much time spent on this instead of new games from them, pff
Thing is right now that's making the game unfun right now is that they don't know who they want to listen to: the hardcore elitists who believe difficulty means taking away any quality of life upgrades anyone ever earned (you'll NEVER convince them that flying mounts aren't Satan like they do for whatever reason), or the lazy people that want everything handed to them (assuming they exist and aren't just another anti-QoLer). The people who are just wanting to play a challenging game that doesn't just hand things to them but doesn't make them have to run through five or six low level zones just to get to something that actually threatens them because it somehow increases the zone's population are left out there wondering what the hell, Blizz? It's really odd how Blizzard continues to go to one extreme or the other, and never allow the middle ground to even have a say.
Meanwhile, there is one other problem that Blizzard has: Final Fantasy 14, ARR. The main competition to them when it comes to sub-based MMOs (if you want to count non-sub based ones, Guild Wars 2 is a worthy competitor). The game continues to show how much a game can improve from what it once was. It teaches newbies and encourages veterans to help newbies out, it has a REALLY FREAKING AWESOME graphics engine (as in, I've yet to see that game drop below 60FPS, and it has some stellar character models), the story, while not without its problems, is captivating, the classes are easy to learn and to get a hang of yet have enough depth to keep you on your toes, and mounts are never something people complain about. There a ton of things that FF14 is doing better at that WoW is right now, in my eyes, and they have continued to give people new things to do. Not to mention that it has the same advantage from its name that WoW does (who HASN'T heard of Final Fantasy?). With enough care, FF14 could be that game that doesn't kill WoW, but gives it the needed competition that will be very healthy for the genre down the road.
Just give us Warcraft IV already