FFXIV is more appealing to casual players

At least, in my opinion. Dunno how many others may agree with that assessment. Yes you can.I always cite this game because it was a prime example of what an MMO can be with a bit of creativity: Guild Wars. The original, not the abomination that was Guild Wars 2.Guild Wars had grind in it, yes, but it wasn't a necessity to enjoy any of the content in the game. You had a max level of 20 and once you reached it, that was all you needed. Basic level 20 gear was the same as the gear you had to grind MONTHS to get.

Make that cool armor hard to obtain. Not because it was better, but because it gave you BRAGGING RIGHTS. Rather than unlocking skills through leveling you could do other activities to earn them; PvP, grinding skill points, or even going out and finding the skill on a boss enemy, then stealing it. Appeal to people's desires rather than exploiting them. FFXIV Gil Make it accessible to both casual and hardcore players. In its current state I'd say FFXIV is more appealing to casual players. What with the weekly limits. It's a cheap way to extend play time. Increasing ilvls to make players constantly feel burdened with the necessity of grinding to enjoy all of the content (such as raids or primals) instead of making the players feel as though they are doing it by choice.

Smart investments dictate not taking risks. Cheap FFXIV Gil If it works for wow it work anywhere else. That's why Warcraft is the blueprint/staple for modern mmos, And by the way, don't take my complaints as a way of me saying I DISLIKE the game. I don't.I'm just saying that there are ways in which you can ACTUALLY evolve and improve, creating an environment for all types of players. That said-- I am looking forward to the combat changes and hoping they bring in more new changes as well. Two expansions, content patches every three months, mechanics tweaks, it is definitively definitely evolving. Dictionaries are your friend.

 I definetly agree, this game hasn't evolved at all with HW. New content has been done exactly same as the old with just a new skin over it, I wouldn't call it evolving. Nico Fuentes And good luck with the fanboys, they will defend this game to their grave, no matter how bad things could go with FFXIV in future. I'm not saying it's a bad MMO, I played 1.0, I played ARR since beta, and I only quit after 3.3 patch because HW was a huge disappointment, not many people realize that this new HW "content" is just reskin crap in the big picture. I also felt like they went even more casual on HW content ( not counting savage/extremes ). But 24 raids, dungeons, story trials..