So, who here has reached the rut?

play another game. everytime i feel sick of this game , i go hit up some LoL with some friends, get abused by teammates/enemies, then come back to this game again

Ik its an mmo, but to have been bored this fast after an expac is like wow.
After ppl start clearing alex savage what then.
I doubt the majority of players raiding will attempt 2 star crafting etc as they have been focused on raid progression.
They already missed out on weeks of red scrips = going to be rough easing in.

Im glad i dont raid as there will always be a content that i didnt do but should have.

If there was something else besides raiding & crafting/ gathering then i myself can see spending more time playing.

They butchered sight seeing in 3.0, something that i oddly enjoyed in the 2.x era.
Maybe i'll level other classes to 60 or something to tide myself over till 3.1.
Also aren't games suppose to make u feel like u have a false sense of accomplishment? I dont feel that in ffxiv anymore lol

I for one know I'm bored of this game atm. So I'm playing ds2 which to me is a very fun game. I'm waiting till 3.1 to get back on this game hopefully se will make it so you can get the eso upgrade items from other means besides just in savage by then.

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Originally Posted by ErzaScarlet77

play another game. everytime i feel sick of this game , i go hit up some LoL with some friends, get abused by teammates/enemies, then come back to this game again

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Haha lol ya i play LoL too.
But im pretty casual so i just play Aram to avoid all the try hards / toxic behaviour. If this game becomes even more grindy i'll probs unsub and just play MGSV till ffxiv becomes less grindy

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Originally Posted by Yumi_umi

Haha lol ya i play LoL too.
But im pretty casual so i just play Aram to avoid all the try hards / toxic behaviour. If this game becomes even more grindy i'll probs unsub and just play MGSV till ffxiv becomes less grindy

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The only way FFXIV can get any less grindy is if they go full blown WoW and have garrisons with your retainers bringing you "epics" . Ya no thanx!!! I think FFXIV needs to learn some things from earlier MMOs. The ones that withstood the test of time and lasted for over a decade each. Steer away from all this BS warlords of draenor super-casual stuff.

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Originally Posted by Whocareswhatmynameis

The only way FFXIV can get any less grindy is if they go full blown WoW and have garrisons with your retainers bringing you "epics" . Ya no thanx!!! I think FFXIV needs to learn some things from earlier MMOs. The ones that withstood the test of time and lasted for over a decade each. Steer away from all this BS warlords of draenor super-casual stuff.

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I dont mind if the grind actually was worth the effort but atm its not as only raiding eso grind is worth it.
We might not see results till early october = whats the point of trying hard to be better than the average joe lol.

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Originally Posted by Yumi_umi

I dont mind if the grind actually was worth the effort but atm its not as only raiding eso grind is worth it.
We might not see results till early october = whats the point of trying hard to be better than the average joe lol.

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Ya I think I understand what you mean. Everything except savage is easily beaten without esoterics anyways. I might have misunderstood what you were saying. The 24 man raid will prob be on par with Alexander normal too, so there's not much progress to be had until 3.2 if your not a raider.

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Originally Posted by Whocareswhatmynameis

Ya I think I understand what you mean. Everything except savage is easily beaten without esoterics anyways. I might have misunderstood what you were saying. The 24 man raid will prob be on par with Alexander normal too, so there's not much progress to be had until 3.2 if your not a raider.

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Yea and that what worries me, SE wants u to grind grind grind till like october but by then we'll have a 24 man raid that will drop i200 stuff+ so missing eso = meh unless ur a raider.
NOT everyone raids so y is it that only raiders get to have a sense of progression while the rest r in purgatory lol.

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Originally Posted by Yumi_umi

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Well time to broaden the view point then? It's just that the people who do progression race have their own thread/stuff about milestone.

If we're thinking about progression globally, then getting a lot of gold as a result from progressing your crafter/gatherer also counts as progression, no?

But that's just me, because progression in most people's mindset is about progressing through raids and people tend to overlook other things beside that.

Yeah im feeling it.
Working a lot so I got maybe 2 hours to play a day this month.
And well, 3 of my fc mates just quit becasue they were bored, and im thinking i might as well because without them the game is even more boring.

Time to look for a new game!

I already lost so many fc member before expansion that makes the system transfer the fc leader to me lol (And after expansion he back and he want the fc leader again lol). But I still can have fun in the loneliness by decor the fc house and private chamber, hangout with JP neighbor (even I talk with google translate lol). If I'm too bored I play other game such as GTA 5 and The Sims 4 :p

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Originally Posted by loreleidiangelo

I cap because I'm in a progression static, but about the only thing that interests me in this game currently is PVP (thank god I can cap while doing that, or else I'd go mad). If it weren't for the fact that I'd get replaced from my static permanently for doing so, I'd likely unsub until 3.1, and this is coming from someone who has been a loyal subscriber since launch.

I feel like this game has a dearth of interesting content ATM.

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I'm with you on that Lore, I'm starting to get bored; but unlike you I don't have the luxury of getting regular enough PVP pops to make it a pastime. I've seen so much Fractal & Neverreap that it is mundane. I have completed Alex now so the push to do that has gone & I'll just play it to get drops. As for crafting - 3.0 ruined it for me I'm afraid.

I am somewhat in a rut yeah.

Normally getting tome gear would have been my #1 priority (I have 0 interest in 8man raids...waiting for the 24 man one though) .

But anyway I just cant seem to dive into it, I dont feel negative about the game at all!!!..I just dont have that urge to get the tomes this time, I almost feel emotionless about it :eek: I have earned so few its scaring me lol

I dont feel like levelling any more jobs (yet), I do my company airship every day, retainer stuff etc...but beyond that I normally minimize ffxiv and log into another game O.o

I have spent a great deal of time crafting, (not concerned with the flawed red scrip design, I just cant support a bad design like that) but just to level them up and have them caught up and learning all the master books is fine wih me.

If housing was fun and engaging I could see myself redesigning a home or creating an entire new zone/theme, but sadly ffxiv has none of that to spend time on. Its so limiting and remedial its depressing :(

I have started another dimension in Rift though , absolutly the best housing and player creative design in any game, I can create anything my imagination can muster up, its the best and has been keeping me engaged and very satisfied.

But thats why I always have multiple games to keep me a bit busy.

Im sure I will snap back into the gear grind soon but for now having 1000x more fun designing a breathtaking zone with hidden treasures, a bit of jumping puzzles and a new custom home :o

Eh. Some days I feel kind of like I'm in a rut, sure. I'm kinda aimless and end up doing dumb crap like jumping around the housing ward or something. Other days, I'm laser focus and I know exactly what I want to get done. I do make sure to cap tomes every week, whether it be from running dungeons or from PvP. I do my daily and weekly hunts. I keep things for sale on the market. I do random silly things with friends like all black mages in an unsynced Aurum Vale (burning that place to the ground never gets old) and unsynced Castrum/Praetorium for newbies. I've been having a lot of fun leveling up various battle classes and trying out all the new changes to them. That also gives me something to do with all the excess law tomes I end up with. It also gives me new fun opportunities for glamour. :3

Im kinda in the same boat. I have a static and a lovely fc i belong in, love my DRK and NIN, but...

I miss making webcomics. I want something i can discuss with people, people cannot relate to an mmorpg they don't play.
Now that im done with obsessing over endgame, i think ill look into some other things that'll make me happy.