Anyone Sad about the games Decline

[Shadowgloom]

Why am I bored running Fates? As a DPS trying to get into an instance takes ages. So I get into a Fate Group to speed it up. Which is really boring. I try to watch movies on my other monitor but then I just think, why even play the game?

Why do I do these things? I had 5 buddies start the game with me. I am now the only one that plays. One moved back to GW2, 2 went back to WoW, another is playing a ton of Steam games and the last one plays most of everything except for FF. I got into an FC but it was horrible. Left it and tried another one and there was nothing interesting going on. Mostly stupid conversation and people insulting people. My experience with the game has been degrading daily. After I completed the main story, there's no direction or focus. I feel I'm playing because I already paid and, somewhat, invested in the game. Maybe this post is my wake up call to just let it go.

[Ri_ri]

Why am I bored running Fates? As a DPS trying to get into an instance takes ages. So I get into a Fate Group to speed it up. Which is really boring. I try to watch movies on my other monitor but then I just think, why even play the game?

Silly, you don't need a group to FATE if you're at the appropriate level or above.

But let's blame the game, heh.

[Hyrist]

Why do I do these things? I had 5 buddies start the game with me. I am now the only one that plays. One moved back to GW2, 2 went back to WoW, another is playing a ton of Steam games and the last one plays most of everything except for FF. I got into an FC but it was horrible. Left it and tried another one and there was nothing interesting going on. Mostly stupid conversation and people insulting people. My experience with the game has been degrading daily. After I completed the main story, there's no direction or focus. I feel I'm playing because I already paid and, somewhat, invested in the game. Maybe this post is my wake up call to just let it go.

Sounds like you had some bad experiences with the community. That's understandable seeming the endgame scene is pretty heavy with extreme players right now, and a lot of the more casual or social groups aren't exactly caught up, or are doing what you're doing right now - leveling up support classes.


You are on Gilgamesh, however. I note it specifically because it is one of the two servers designated by the Roleplayer communities are hub servers. I know it's odd, but perhaps you can talk with some of the Roleplayers and get into a group with them. In my experiences, they tend to be more helpful and laid back on average. They play more slowly, but are fairly more invested in the long term with the game than most, as they tend to generate their own content to entertain themselves in periods of slump of gameplay.

That's not to say that you have to roleplay to get buy in the game. It just seemed like you could use a different tone of community to hang out with, and I've had good experiences with them, to the point of joining them in roleplaying myself.