Worth getting back into??

I played this game during the summer and got to Level 50 with my Bard. I tried leveling up some other classes to enhance my Bard but got pretty bored doing it. I did enjoy the end-game raids, however.

With patches, expansions, etc, has anything been significantly added to the game? The new expansion and Dark Knight thing look cool, but that doesn't come until Spring 2015?

Will the new area be big? I hated how "small" FFXIV: ARR feels because of the "entrances" and "exits" to each zone...and all the invisible walls....it kept reminding me I was playing a video game when the immersion broke.

And flying mounts are great--but we can only fly them in the new areas?? Lame.

That's really up to you to decide. Ninja is coming out on Tuesday, along with Shiva and new dungeons/ Final Coil of Bahamut. The patch notes are already up, so you can check it out and decide for yourself.

Subscribe again for a month and see for yourself.

You'll probably find a ton to do, but a lot of it is just sort of higher quantities of past content.

IE, more primal battles, more dungeons for tomestone grinding, more coil turns, more equipment/ilvl grinding. With some additional stuff like personal housing, hunts, beastmen dallies, 2x 24 man raids, etc.

I always personally find something to do that I enjoy, but it's really up to you.

The feel of the game is the same, there is just more stuff. If you got bored once, you'll probably get bored again, even more so if you only got Bard to 50 and were bored before getting cross-class skills.

It's your choice ofc, can't hurt much to re-sub for a month and see how it feels to you. Worth is subjective after all.
I can tell you all day about how "worth" it is to come back, however I've played the game since beta and have never gotten bored. Best to just see for yourself.

They are nerfing Atma drops! seriously, that alone is worth coming back for, but I agree with previous posts: if you got bored that quickly, it will happen again. My advice? sub a month at a time, when you feel like its lost the sparkle, unsub and move to something else, then come back. I have yet to get to that point with this game, which has surprised me. Will it happen? meh, probably somewhere down the line, plus there are some awesome games coming out in November, so it really is up to personal preference. Are they offering free playtime yet? Seems like the game hasn't been out long enough to have to do so I think, I know WoW wants me back BAD lol, but I am so not going...

Now would be a great time if you're interested in Ninja & want it prepped for expansion (Spring 2015).

If not, I'd wait til 2.5 (3.5mo'ish) to prepare for Golden Saucer in 2.5x & the expansion as well.

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Originally Posted by Darkdrover

They are nerfing Atma drops! seriously, that alone is worth coming back for, but I agree with previous posts: if you got bored that quickly, it will happen again. My advice? sub a month at a time, when you feel like its lost the sparkle, unsub and move to something else, then come back. I have yet to get to that point with this game, which has surprised me. Will it happen? meh, probably somewhere down the line, plus there are some awesome games coming out in November, so it really is up to personal preference. Are they offering free playtime yet? Seems like the game hasn't been out long enough to have to do so I think, I know WoW wants me back BAD lol, but I am so not going...

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They are not nerfing atma drops, they are buffing them as in increasing the drop rate. Nerfing implies lowering the rate which might give the OP the wrong impression. :p

my mistake