Why the big rush, friend?

[Vaen]

"Why does it seem like so many people are sacrificing fun in a mad dash to level 50 and the best gear?"

I stopped reading after this because this assumes that everybody thinks rushing to 50 and getting the best gear isn't fun, which isn't at all true and therefore devalues the remainder of your post.

Hey, if you have fun spamming fates and doing dungeon speedruns, more power to you. (As long as you don't force other people to skip cutscenes on their first time. And as long as you don't berate the game too much for having gil/gameplay problems when you play in a way the devs didn't intend.)

I didn't say no one could have fun rushing. That's great if you enjoy it. It just seems like certain very vocal players are having all these unfun issues related to rushing, and maybe if they took a lil chill pill and enjoyed some other parts of the game, these issues would be alleviated.

Because the 1 month trial is running out.

Hah! That's a sad truth, I guess. Why not support this great game that they worked so hard making, at least for another month? Plus, a lot of great new content is coming up after the trial runs out, anyway.