Why i quit FFXIV

I have been playing this game for so many years now, waaay back before Yoshi P took over and made it ARR, so around 15 years give or take, had many wonderful memories but also horrible ones. I have seen the game evolve and develop into what we know it today. Unfortunately, I have made the decision to stop supporting it. The game is very unfriendly for people like me, I tried to endure and tolerate but I honestly just can't and i shouldn't have to feel like this while playing a video game, it's meant to be fun and relaxing but it just feels forced, awkward and unkind. From content being unplayed by the community, to awkward erotic role players, to huge muscle humanoid male tigers wearing a thong and heels. It's too much. The game has become a gateway for unkind people to judge you and report you for no reason just because you don't agree with their disgusting behavior and mentality. And the worst part is the developers agree with this kind of behavior. It's completely unacceptable. This game has become repetitive and boring, every class has a different name yet they work the same way, content has different aesthetics yet you're doing exactly the same thing from previous content (for example the crafting area in foundation, didn't we do the same in crystarium and now in the moon?) same thing different location. The game is trapped in a circle with "new content" being thrown in our face but it's exactly the same, it's a pattern and players are trapped in it. Unfortunately there are not many MMO's out there to scratch the itch so this is what we get unfortunately. You can disagree or agree with me I really don't care. But I'm talking from a personal experience seeing the game fully go downhill from the precious gem it was back in the day, where each class had purpose and unique abilities, to players being so friendly and outgoing and the party finder was thriving with running content and now you open it and it's filled with erotic role players inviting you to do inappropriate things in game, it's disgusting. Heard of a game called second life? How about go there and role play? I'm sad the game is in the condition it is right now, I became a solo player because of the community evolving into the most unfriendly community I have ever encountered. And the game is no fun without friends. I did get the best out of the game and it's the only thing I don't regret. I met my husband in FF 8 years ago and we married and have 2 beautiful sons together. So I walk away with an amazing husband but with and awful ache in my heart to leave a game that I basically grew up with, I had high hopes but unfortunately with the wokeness instilled into the game and gen Z ruining everything I no longer have any desire to renew my subscription. I wish you all the best and I hope this game turns around and goes back to being amazing. Much love and thanks for reading of you made it this far.

You're gonna find weird people on games no matter which one you play and if you're gonna let some person's glamour ruin your game mood then you might need to take a break. It's not that serious.

Account didnt achieve that much for "playing" like almost 10 years. But whining about anything - especially things u get triggered by - like Mitsuki said, take a break.

You complain several times about other players being too erotic or dressing in ways you don't like, and yet you openly admit to such fiendish behavior as having a real life husband in a heterosexual relationship, shoving your sexuality down our throats?
Total depravity.

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Originally Posted by ShadowPrincessD

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let me summarize.


You've been playing this game that had the same cadence and release cycle for a long time, but this was not, in fact, the main issue. The main issue was that you forced your views and beliefs on how people should dress/act/ be in the game, and started policing others, which led to your temporary ban.

Did I get this right?

Hoo boy it's one of these posts.

"Grabs popcorn"

As far as the "unkind players" thing goes, there is no difference between now and in the past. If anything, they are nicer, because back in HW you were far more likely to get berated in a duty for being inefficient. With the game not being as well known back then amongst more casual players, it had more of a veteran MMO player (FF11 and WoW) vibe and they can be more toxic to people who underperform.

I'm not sure what you mean by "content being unplayed". Maybe it's because you're on Primal and a lot of people travel to Aether to do content? The RP adverts are always there and not really a problem since they are right at the bottom of the list. Most likely you see the RP adverts a lot because of people making content PFs on other data centers or due to playing during the night time.

It is fair to want to quit over the problem of people traveling to Aether for content, though, or due to repetitive or homogenized classes, or content lacking enough creativity.

One example I could give is how a "Field Operation" could have involed diving underwater and hopping onto temporary boats or submarines to to reach CEs and then make use of the sea life to create unique underwater activities, like under sea battles, catching sharks, finding treasure or exploring sunken ships for it, escaping currents or living seaweed, outracing a sea creature to get to the treasure it's guarding, etc.

They did recently acknowledge that Cosmic Exploration feels the same as any other crafting/gathering and said they have 70-80 staff working on making it "feel" fun and unique, so we'll see if that achieves anything at all soon.

I think your point about there not being lots of other MMOs out there that can make everything fresh is mainly because that's challenging. Once you've got your base combat and crafting/gathering, no matter how unique the battle mechanics, people can just throw the "but the classes work the same still" card, or say the existence of the battles themselves is "predictable" because there is "always a raid in that patch". I think the only way they can really achieve it is with the gimmicks of the content itself, such as some of the ideas I put for Field Operations.

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Originally Posted by Grimforth

Hoo boy it's one of these posts.

"Grabs popcorn"

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can I have some? I have some soda to share if you want

It's just a bait post but

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Originally Posted by ShadowPrincessD

I met my husband in FF 8 years ago and we married and have 2 beautiful sons together.

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I'm hyperfixating on this, your husband isn't Squall is he.

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Originally Posted by Nero-Voidstails

can I have some? I have some soda to share if you want

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Yeah I got you.

"Passes popcorn"

This post is so weird. Like you almost have some good points in there, but it's laden with your weird erp opinions and judgments on how people should dress their characters. You have a problem with people judging you for your opinions, but you're literally doing that exact same thing here.

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Originally Posted by ShadowPrincessD

The game has become a gateway for unkind people to judge you and report you for no reason just because you don't agree with their disgusting behavior and mentality. And the worst part is the developers agree with this kind of behavior. It's completely unacceptable.

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Also this just makes it sound like you said something horrible to someone about how their character was dressed and are now mad that they reported you. Classic FAFO.

Next time just write this in your personal journal. You're not going to get any sympathy here talking like this.

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Originally Posted by Grimforth

Yeah I got you.

"Passes popcorn"

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-take some passing a soda-"man I missed commenting this on those post"

So correct me if I'm wrong, but it comes across as, I changed and now I want everyone to change too and meet my standards. And end wokeness ofcourse....

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Originally Posted by ShadowPrincessD

huge muscle humanoid male tigers wearing a thong and heels. It's too much. The game has become a gateway for unkind people to judge you and report you for no reason just because you don't agree with their disgusting behavior and mentality. And the worst part is the developers agree with this kind of behavior..

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How did you explain to your husband that you got temporarily banned by a group of huge muscle humanoid male tigers wearing thongs and heels ?

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Originally Posted by Sunhwapark

How did you explain to your husband that you got temporarily banned by a group of huge muscle humanoid male tigers wearing thongs and heels ?

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It's an open non-monogamous relationship. ;)

if you bait atleast format it right this is so annoying to read

This is an odd way to announce you were reported and got a temp ban for being a bigot in-game...

Well, goodbye. Good Riddance.

There are people who have the views that your bait post expresses, and while I disagree with them completely, I acknowledge their right to those opinions.

FF14 is more or less a reflection of the real world with a magnifying glass on it because people present behaviors that would have been suppressed or that they wouldn't have had opportunities to express in real-world situations. That's why you see the dudes in women's glams, or furry's, or people who have lots of simulated erotic encounters, or the plethora of everything else that would take a day to list. Those forms of "taboo" expressions are what lies in the heart of humanity for the most part, and yes, this does include the socially exclusionary behaviors you see in party finder, and even boring people who have done the same thing for the past 15 years. The game - like many online games, is an outlet where people can safely (mostly <.<) explore the way they really are without having to worry about their way of life being destroyed due to some form of prejudice, morality, or otherwise systematic obstruction.

And that's kinda it. You can form your opinion on the emergent player behaviors from this phenomena, and likewise we can disagree or agree as we see fit. I personally hate the 18+ shouts in every city-state and zone in the game, that's why I use term filters. Welcome to MMO's homie. There are safe spaces for people who are against all of that - they're called churches

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Originally Posted by All_Nonsense

There are people who have the views that your bait post expresses, and while I disagree with them completely, I acknowledge their right to those opinions.

FF14 is more or less a reflection of the real world with a magnifying glass on it because people present behaviors that would have been suppressed or that they wouldn't have had opportunities to express in real-world situations. That's why you see the dudes in women's glams, or furry's, or people who have lots of simulated erotic encounters, or the plethora of everything else that would take a day to list. Those forms of "taboo" expressions are what lies in the heart of humanity for the most part, and yes, this does include the socially exclusionary behaviors you see in party finder, and even boring people who have done the same thing for the past 15 years. The game - like many online games, is an outlet where people can safely (mostly <.<) explore the way they really are without having to worry about their way of life being destroyed due to some form of prejudice, morality, or otherwise systematic obstruction.

And that's kinda it. You can form your opinion on the emergent player behaviors from this phenomena, and likewise we can disagree or agree as we see fit. I personally hate the 18+ shouts in every city-state and zone in the game, that's why I use term filters. Welcome to MMO's homie. There are safe spaces for people who are against all of that - they're called churches

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Excellent post, Neo! ❤️

Live and let live. Personally, if I there is something I'm into, I'll take part; if there is something I'm not into, I ignore it and go about my day. I find that to be a lot easier than being angry and bitter. Inner peace is a wonderful thing.

I mean, if i had Fur all over my Body i wouldn't want to walk around fully clothed in the Summer heat. It kinda makes sense on Hrothgar. (Not even joking)

Yes FFXIV has changed a lot. From a Game that stirs every emotion making you laugh or cry, to a game that makes you skip half the Cutscenes cause you can't stand another Word from Woke Lamat. (SPEEENEEEEE LISSEN TO MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII)

Its just fast food for Raiders now, pretending to be hardcore but using forbidden third party software to make it much easier. (We do not need Hard content if no one plays it on the intended difficulty now do we?)
Normal players are left in the dust with nothing to do besides Expert and one Raid once a week.

The biggest issue is SE's president that pushes way to much stuff on FFXIV's team so the MMO doesn't get the attention it needs.

another bait post by yet another person stuck in the 50s. next

I'm quitting because I'm extremely bored. There's stuff to do, but I do not want to do it.

Well, that and my FC basically doubling down getting offended by me saying that if it's not an event like a map night or a mount farm nobody plays with each other which is 100% true and they kinda of Mean Girled me out by getting offended at me for telling the truth about that was happening. So it's a little of column gameplay with a dash of FC drama.

Formatting.

Have you heard of it?

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Originally Posted by TBerry

HJave

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Originally Posted by ShadowPrincessD

Why i quit FFXIV

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If you actually stop playing, then you've made the right decision.
Do what I did. I also canceled my subscription and only play when there's an event I want to play.
And when it comes to the most unfriendly community that has formed since 2016, you're right.
You just have to look at the replies to your post.
They probably think they're smart and funny. But in fact, they've revealed themselves to be exactly what you wrote in your post.

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Originally Posted by Glenfiddich

They probably think they're smart and funny. But in fact, they've revealed themselves to be exactly what you wrote in your post.

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Like who? Doing what?

Despite the giga 18+ players running around, nowadays you can block them and not have to see their characters. They also don't really approach anyone unless they are also p*rn addicted... It seems you actively provoked them. Don't do that!! The game still has a lot to offer and there are still safe spaces away from these players, just don't go looking for spaces with them ??

Calyx going "Those fools and their damnable heroics >:(((((" should be enough of a indication that the writing team is still vomiting all over the walls and not worth a revisit. We are legit getting ARR disney cartoon villain ascians again lol

These post always make me laugh. People could just say bye or good riddance to the person leave. (Real or not) But Instead drop books about their opinions lol love it

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Originally Posted by Vatom

These post always make me laugh. People could just say bye or good riddance to the person leave. (Real or not) But Instead drop books about their opinions lol love it

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Best kind of feedback there is. "THis is why the game is bad, and I am leaving" Even your god and savior Yoshi P said that the worst kind of leaver is the one who leaves quietly.

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Originally Posted by ShadowPrincessD

And the worst part is the developers agree with this kind of behavior. It's completely unacceptable. This game has become repetitive and boring, every class has a different name yet they work the same way, content has different aesthetics yet you're doing exactly the same thing from previous content (for example the crafting area in foundation, didn't we do the same in crystarium and now in the moon?) same thing different location. The game is trapped in a circle with "new content" being thrown in our face but it's exactly the same, it's a pattern and players are trapped in it. Unfortunately there are not many MMO's out there to scratch the itch so this is what we get unfortunately.

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That alone is the reason I'm closer to uninstalling this game than actually renew my sub, that ended past week. I'm so bored from all content being same-y. And there are no event to shake things off. And be boring is a sin that a game shoudn't ever commit.