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Thoughts of a Player

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I don't know who will read this or if I am wrong or naïve and misguided. I don't know, but I'm needing to write this down, and voice my thoughts.

As I write this I am currently and previously have been watching Asmongold play FFXIV, and recently I have found myself really enjoying watching him play the game. I enjoy watching his adventure going through MSQ and his enthusiasm for the content within the game, and the presence he is bring to FFXIV.

I love the fact the game is bringing in more people, every person getting to enjoy the game that I have played for so long, and the community growing larger each day. I am not even bothered with the ideas that were getting more toxic players because there were plenty of toxic players in FFXIV before the new players. And as the game continues to grow more people of all kinds of personalities will join. Each person has their own individual ideas or many people have similar opinions.

However these opinions are where I feel the most concern about.

Previously the community could more or less have the same ideas. The the majority of ideas that were wanted by the community were given to us because the developers were listening to the community. The community wanted Flying for a realm reborn and the developers gave it to us. We wanted a less grindy Eureka, and we received Bozja. We wanted more challenging content so we were given Ultimate Raids. New Players wanted to watch Castrum and Praetorium so they required cutscenes. We wanted Bunny Girls, and we received Bunny Girls.

What I'm concerned with now as a Final Fantasy XIV player is which voices are going to be heard now.

Will the developers be listening more to these new players versus veterans? Will they start prioritizing the opinions of larger streamers now since they are bringing players? Will they be eventually like Blizzard and just ignore the community altogether?

It is this uncertainty that I find myself the most scared of what is to come. Will veteran players opinions and voices be drowned out by the sea of newer players? Will I feel ostracized by a community that was once felt so welcoming in the beginning? Will we see a more divisive community? I wish I knew to help quell my concerns, but in the end I know its futile to worry about the uncertainty of the future

In my final thoughts on this, I come to this conclusion that change is inevitable and players will continue to leave and join. I realize now as I write this that I find it funny and ironic that as the world is changing within the FFXIV MSQ, so is the actual worlds and communities of FFIXV Online.

I can never know what will come to happen in the future. My hopes are that the developers will continue to listen to the community as a whole, and that every opinion can at least be voiced. I hope in the end more players find a home in Finaly Fantasy XIV too, and that this game will continue to thrive and flourish as it is now.

Thank you too all who read through my thoughts and concerns.
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