Wondering if I'm the only one feeling this way...

First let me say I love this game a lot for numerous reasons:o... along with FFXI (I have active both subs)... with that said, I do have some concerns regarding game longevity and keeping me interested...

I've played the most recent patch... content that I generally play (minus PvP and savage mode) and loved every challenging minute.:o The stories are fantastic... but after raising my jobs to 60, getting il 225 on my dps jobs and my loving ast... getting all hand/land (except fish >.>') to 60, making decent gil... I'm bored.:confused::confused:

There I said it.:( So I leap away back to FFXI... to my puppetmaster to continue grinding job points with my i119 III Verethragna.

I'm playing other games (PS4), waiting for a future announcement for the next patch... I did start the anima but realized pretty quick (after 2 Zetas)... there was no real point (due to how quickly the anima becomes outclassed/dated:mad:)... :(

Maybe I'm the only one feeling this... :confused::(

Well, there's nothing wrong with being bored to be honest. Play something else for a while to prevent burnout (then you'll be bored AND hate the game...that's no good).

Though I'm not sure why people keep saying the anima is useless. Since I don't raid, it's been the only weapon I've needed...? I upgrade it and it's literally lasted me since they released it.

In an MMO like this, you have to make your own goals to have fun! Also, play other games, maybe take a break for a month or so. That always makes me miss the game a little.

I get burned out often. I think the problem is that we do get on here and we play it so much that just like anything else, we get tired of it. It's totally okay to take a break, and its totally okay to play other games, or even do something other than playing games. When Heavensward came out I took 5 days off to level to 60, beat the MSQ, and get all of my tome gear and upgrade it so that I maxed my gear out before Alex came out. When Alex came out, I cleared every single floor in one day. The next week, did it again. and then after the third week, I dropped my sub and took a two month break. Now when I play, I take my time. My crafters will get to 60 some day. It will be a while before the cap is raised (possibly to 70) so I have time to get them there. It takes a while between tome sets to be released, and so we have weeks to get all of the gear. If you don't cap that week, its ok. I was still healing new content in nothing but partially upgraded Esoterics gear, and Gordias stuff. It was fine. Take your time, take your breaks, and don't feel like you absolutely have to grind. They give us plenty of time between patches to get things done.

Must have a lot of time on your hands! A few hours a night is all I can spare and this game fits perfectly for my lifestyle. Endgame crafting and gathering is enough to keep the ball rolling if like others have stated, you set goals. I'm not good enough to be a pro raider but it's fun to do weekly runs and just top off what I can. Own a house? Redecorate, after wandering aimlessly through the various wards seeing what other's have come up with.

Yes OP, this game has longevity issues. They really ought to start addressing them.

With FFXI I never, ever had that issue lol.

I can agree with you there, I do a lot of things in this game but this expansion the amount of time content has lasted has been dreadfully short. I mean, the latest patch it, what, a week ago maybe 2 and I am already out of things to do.
That being said, I tend to stay far, far away from the mini-games and savage content so maybe that is where they hope we would go? Perhaps Palace of the Dead will remedy this situation.

Taking a break from a game is a pretty common thing and one I tend to do too (and yes I take breaks from FF14 every now and then) and after a while I'm ready for more FF14 and I'm enjoying playing this game again. Have a nice break and take the time to recharge yourself with other games and come back whenever you feel like you'd enjoy dome FF14.

Many my friends took a break from ff14 too. They never came back.

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Originally Posted by Iromi

Yes OP, this game has longevity issues. They really ought to start addressing them.

With FFXI I never, ever had that issue lol.

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Its funny... I just was thinking about that. I'm a PUP person in FFXI and looking at spamming Alluvion Skirmish Y to start creating a Automaton Magic pup nuking set...since I'm approaching 1200 job points. That alone will take awhile to create... in addition, there are some specialized rings I wanna work on getting to enhance my automaton's enmity gain when tanking... etc. So I don't get bored like this with FFXI and I've been in endgame for more than a minute. HA! Funny that... and kinda sad.

Once you realize that this game is built on planned obsolescence, you can make and set, just like the guy few post above me said, the goals that you care about. Most of stuff in this game is just fluff and has no real lasting purpose. That's how I deal with it. Heck, I haven't even touch Alexander 2. Sure I can't get a 240 lore weapon cause of it, but I don't need it for any content.

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Originally Posted by Iromi

Yes OP, this game has longevity issues. They really ought to start addressing them.

With FFXI I never, ever had that issue lol.

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I feel the exact same way. I've played XI and never came across this problem. With XIV, it's very monotonous and extremely repetitive; rinse and repeat style equates to boredom for me after awhile, especially when you do the same two dungeons for expert roulette over and over again...

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Originally Posted by Iromi

With FFXI I never, ever had that issue lol.

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Well, yes and no. I can play XIV for about 90 mins per evening and get more done than I could in 5-6 hours of 11. Heck, on DPS half my evening in XI could be spent simply trying to get/form a party.

It felt it had more longevity because everything took longer to do.

Personally, I love that an hour or two on XIV is sufficient to achieve some stuff and I can then go play something else for the rest of the evening.

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Yes OP, this game has longevity issues. They really ought to start addressing them.

With FFXI I never, ever had that issue lol.

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Yep ;;

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It felt it had more longevity because everything took longer to do.

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Not really just that, there was also a lot more to do. In fairness, it took a few years for the game to reach that state... but that was also a different sort of game altogether, where up until the level cap was raised, stuff didn't just get replaced every 3-6 months.

In response to those saying that playing too much will burn you out, this is an MMORPG a genre defined by immersive games and worlds that (infamously) consume the lives of its players due to their addicting gameplay, interesting mechanics and rewarding meaningful content. I feel that if someone gets bored there is an issue. I too am bored of the game and its formulaic content and SE's lack of attentiveness to those who want a change. I feel that many consistent players are being alienated instead of rewarded for their dedication for the game. In an MMO, it is not healthy for a patch to launch only to have people unsub or stop playing due to lack of interest after 1 week of playing (in my case 3.1 and 3.3 I was only interested for a week before feeling bored).

XIV ARR was only good starting out because it was new. Everything was somewhat challenging. To be honest, XIV lacks a interactive community and a immersive world. These are the two biggest flaws of Eorzea I see in truth. The game -does- have longetivity issues too because there's no incentive to do any of the content once you beat it until Square decides to force it as a step in relic progression. Once you miss that boat, it's irrelevant again. I don't even see Palace of the Dead lasting long because you can't get anything out of it but glamours. Lo' and Behold, will probably be sold on Marketboard, thus killing the point of even going in.

It's a week into 3.3 and I am ready for 3.4.

The dev team has a serious lack of creativity and there would be TONS to do if they didn't just render everything obsolete patch by patch. That is why xi had so much to do. Years after content was released it was still worth the time to do it because no matter what there was something you needed from that content. On top of that the simple fact that the gear was still good 5 years later made you want to do it too, even if it was the 50th time because those stupid thf gloves just wont drop in dynamis /rage.

Sure Tanaka released a game that was no where near what it should have been. But Yoshi is taking a game with tons of potential and killing it with the speed of this treadmill. We need more interesting content that stands the test of time over higher and higher and higher ilvls that last nearly no time.

I've been with this game since beta v1, never left, never unsubbed. but I am seriously shopping around lately because not only the treadmill speed but this #&%($ story hasn't ended since 2010 and I'm over it.