I can't find the fun in this game any more

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Originally Posted by Mithron

I expect good content. I don't mind if the content is the same and predictable, so long as it's good. This game's content hasn't been good for a long time now. That isn't a "burnout" problem or a "me" problem, that's an objective loss of quality being consistently shown.

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I'll be the one to break the bad news to you...umm...this is a "you" problem, and quite possibly a "burnout" problem. There isn't an "objective" loss of anything, just your own personal opinions. For example:

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1. Compelling and interesting story
2. Announcement of and emphasis on removal of 2 minute meta and major combat overhaul so every job actually feels unique and fun again
3. Actual cool and good new jobs that reflect what the player base actually wants and pulls from FF history and tradition and classic theme

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Only the first half of #2 would be "objective" here. The rest is entirely what you personally think or want, random attempt to appeal to "what the player base actually wants" (which is a huge group of people wanting many different things, as evidenced by the many positive receptions we've seen to the Picto and Beast announcements).

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1. The most boring and least compelling story and trailer we've ever seen
2. Emphasis on nothing that matters, though this isn't uncommon from their past
3. Boring, uninspired and game worsening jobs that no one really wanted while insulting classic FF jobs

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Everything here is pure personal opinion. Not one single aspect of it is "objective" in any way, shape, or form. For example, look at the ton of interest and posts that have appeared in just the past couple days about various aspects of the graphics update. That matters to a lot of people. It just might not matter to you, personally. And that's okay. It doesn't have to. But you're only going to frustrate yourself further trying to believe that your personal opinions are somehow objective facts, because reality will get in the way of that.

That's unfortunate. I personally loved Endwalker, and it tied everything that's happened since ARR into what has become my favorite plot of the entire Final Fantasy series. I hope you find a game you like. (And I don't mean that facetiously.)

A lot of the things you describe do seem subjective and limited to your own opinions. MMOs change over time and those changes aren't always something that is our cup of tea. If you want to try to stay, then sit and think about what you enjoyed about the things you used to enjoy. And then see either if some of that is still there or if there are new things you can enjoy about current content. For instance, while they have simplified jobs, that seems to have allowed them to make fight mechanics more complex. So maybe you can find enjoyment in that new dance. That's one thing that's helped me keep my interest since I started in 2.2. Even if I lament something lost, I look to see what I can enjoy in the changed game. And I have certainly left MMOs in the past 20+ years I've been playing them when they just weren't my cup of tea anymore.

If you can't find enjoyment, then maybe take a break for a bit. Indulge in something else and then come back and see if something sparks. If you're miserable, continuing to mire yourself in the misery isn't going to change things. That's not telling you to quit or unsub if you don't like things. Just to take some time away and give yourself a breather. If it still doesn't spark, it may be time to move on. But you might also be surprised that if you get away for a bit, things may not seem as bad when you come back, or you'll find a new enjoyment your dissatisfaction may not let you see now.

@ OP and others: Can we say it for what it is?

Personal opinions are not objective (i.e. story is bad, job design and meta is unfun).
"There's nothing to do." No, there is, just not something you want to do. And that is fine.
Endwalker's issues is that it was mid af, formulaic, and brought us everything we already had before (minus an exploration zone, which for some reason now everyone loves, but hated when eureka was current)
Criticize EW for actual laziness: i.e. not making new weapons for old raids (like a GNB Weapon for UCOB or something), skipping a crafted primal weapon for 6.4, viera/hroth hats, that sorta stuff.

Saying there is nothing to do isn't accurate because there is almost always something that you have not done. In Endwalker, for instance, if you have not cleared both DSR and TOP, got EO solo + the tiger mount, cleared each criterion and their respective savages, farmed every primal ex mount, cleared every savage, then there is something for you to do. But you don't have to and that is okay, it just means you are bored with the game and have exhausted doing whatever you wanted to personally do, not that there is nothing to do. Same with every other expansion. I have not done criterion savage nor have I done EW big fish nor have i done the DD at all.... that stuff just doesn't interest me. I'm not going to go say the game has nothing to do and is objectively boring though. Just boring to ME.

It's something that often happens on games in general every 404 hours of playtime

Don't be a slave to this game (or any other game). If you're not having fun, then find other games that you might find fun. This is just a game, not your whole life.