Why aren't you subbing to Final Fantasy XIV now that the trial period is over?

[Brakkis]

I'm not subbing because...well, the first post summed it up pretty well. I jumped over to this game from WoW because I was tired of grinding the same daily quests each day.

I get to this game and ya, leveling to 50 the first time was fun. The main story was engaging, aside from the hour or more queue times each time the story reached a dungeon, I threw in Fates between quests. Once you hit 50?

- You can endlessly grind Fates to level another class, following the lag train from point to point.
- You can grind leves to level crafting classes.
- You can grind 2 dungeons over 50 times between the two to get Darklight Gear.

There is nothing fun about any of those choices.

[makii]

There are several f2p updating everyweek with better success on stream. Pay 1 month and wait 1 year for a false promise of decent PvP content with oganizated frontlines is just frustrating

I don't see why anyone would play FFXIV for PvP.

PvP almost always drags the main game down anyway, just for those 5% that find it fun.

[Itachi]

when are those people, who claim to not sub, finally gone?

[Krackjack]

i did pay for another month but i have now canceled the recurring payments.

just not enough to do in the game, the world is tiny and very linear, just doesnt feel like this game should have a sub imo.
i have had fun getting up to 50 and killing titan, but knowing the next patch is more of a step backwards then forwards makes me feel i will not have much to do in the near future.

[Deusteele]

I subbed for 6 months to get the veteran rewards, but removed the automatic renewal from my account. Why, there just isn't a lot to do at endgame. Farm the same 3 dungeons over and over, farm the same 3 primal over and over all the while not getting burnt out and dying to the myriad one shot mechanics.

And that's all before we get in to the server lag or RMT spam or overly complicated crafting mechanics. I'll probably check in from week to week to see how the hotfixes change things, but mostly I'm going to back to WoW.

[Azazela]

No offense to WoW people, but this game was never going to keep you unless you wanted a console MMO, and a Final Fantasy game.

WoW has much tighter combat, larger enviroments, much better design choices etc. WoW is objectively a better MMO. There are other things that keep people around here.

[Haredin-Hunter]

Honestly I'm torn, I love the game and enjoy playing it. Well I did before 50. My issue is that it's hard as tits to get them my money AND they fucked over multiple friends with not allowing their legacy accounts to merge with non legacy accounts. After support ignored them and ended up saying, oh fuck we don't know we can't help you bye. I live over seas and the way they process cards is if anything is remotely wrong it doesn't go through. Now I have a card that is still attached to the states but if that one doesn't make it through the process then they can just enjoy not having my money. Getting to level 50 shouldn't be easier than paying them to play the game.

[Myleus]

I don't see why anyone would play FFXIV for PvP.

PvP almost always drags the main game down anyway, just for those 5% that find it fun.

becasue it's part of any mmo , i like both (pve/pvp) well implemented and not a bad extra for a false 5%(source?),if not go back any offline game and say devs "dont waste time releasing pvp in 2.1 becasue it's just for those 5% that ruin my carebear single rpg experience ever!"

[Sfarzoso]

I a fan of Final Fantasy. XI veteran and XIV legacy. It's just awesome for me and the stuff looks great. YOU are the hero in this game, alongside of your companions. You do not get role stolen by some Traheane Sylvari (GW2) or some Thrall (WoW) that you barely see or interact with.

All is said for me. This is my game. No need for making alt, just working my own reputation.

[Brakkis]

No offense to WoW people, but this game was never going to keep you unless you wanted a console MMO, and a Final Fantasy game.

WoW has much tighter combat, larger enviroments, much better design choices etc. WoW is objectively a better MMO. There are other things that keep people around here.

This has nothing to do with A Realm Reborn being a "console MMO". In fact it has nothing to do with the size of the zones or the combat either. It's all about the grind. No one likes a lot of grinding, and the idea behind preventing that is engaging long term end game content through frequent updates or just one large content update that adds a ton of content.

The idea is not to have the players grind so much that grinding in other MMO's looks tame by comparison.