Island Sanctuaries - End Game Only

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

It doesn't especially benefit SE either. In the end, game sales and subscriptions are what SE benefits from and not how players choose to play the game once they've made the purchase and paid their subscription.

As many have pointed out, Island Sanctuary has the potential to keep someone subbed who is reaching burn out from the length of the current MSQ and is looking for something more relaxing to do with their game time. Housing should be similar in that respect but with the hyper focus on house ownership, lack of availability and purchase prices being a bit of a stretch for new players, it doesn't work very well as a way to retain subscriptions when players want a break from MSQ.

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If anyone's facing burnout, that's on them. That situation is often brought about by poor time management or obsessing about reaching one point or another.

We don't even have the final product in front of us and expectations have been so inflated, it's likely to disappoint. If you want to avoid burnout, avoid the forums and social media. Play at a moderate pace. So many have gotten through it all without Island Sanctuary. If you still need something, there are so many options out there.

Eureka was gated behind Stormblood. Bozja was gated behind Shadowbringers. I believe the Firmament+Diadem required being at least in Heavensward. Heaven on High was locked behind getting to Stormblood. This is nothing new, they always put stuff like this behind expansions. I think the only things that didn't require a significant time investment to get to were POTD and Gold Saucer. Yes it sucks if you're newer to the game, but just chill and take your time. If you aren't having fun doing MSQ or are burning out, take a break or just play something else. (Rune Factory 5 did just come out recently) Island Sanctuary isn't going anywhere so there's no need to stress about it.

The thing with MMOs is there will always be stuff that will be gated behind expansions. I do end game raiding but I still took my time getting through the story when I first started. I knew the content wasn't going anywhere and there would still be an end game for me when I got through it. If I didn't want to work on the story at the time I just played a different game because FF14 is a videogame, if I'm tired of playing or don't enjoy something in it there's a mountain of other games I can enjoy.