IS it just me... or is FFXIV boring?

[Ithilien]

Hey all,

I'm not writing this to troll, or to flame spray, but rather I am trying to see if what I am feeling about this game is what is also what is felt by the community at large.

Yes, the graphics are nice, and I like the idea that you can play any class from a single character - one of the points that drew me to the game in the first place. I also like how many of the dungeons are relatively short, there is rather minimal trash, and the boss fights can be fun and interesting some of the time. Perhaps one of the game's greatest assets is the FATE system, which was inspired by another MMO.

However, I find the game to be murderously boring.

[Ithilien]

Gathering and crafting have interesting 'mini-games,' but crafting takes forever - it could be just me, but it took a ridiculous amount of time to convert 200 moko grass into hempen yarn and undyed hempen cloth when I started out as a weaver; this is kind of demotivating me into pursuing other jobs. I had to individually click through each creation, I couldn't just say "create number X of said item;" which, might be something I am missing, and I'm open to the help. It was extremely tedious, and took me away from actually doing something in the world. I understand that there are macros, but none that I could find that allow you continuously create the aforementioned items for any length of time. It is awesome that gatherers have their own unique nodes, which virtually eliminates node thievery, leveling takes forever.

[Thorauku]

Every MMO that is on it's early content is boring. So suck it up.

[Ithilien]

I also find there to be a gross lacking of quests... true, you have levemetes and guildhests, but I find the rewards to be very lacking, and almost not worth the time to do. FATEs are probably the most time-efficient, but FATE groups tend to get so large that often times by the time you get there, the mobs are already dead and you lose out on XP rewards. The fact that you have often to travel across the zone to reach a temporary FATE that you might not get any XP reward from also adds to this problem.

[Ithilien]

Specifically speaking to the black mage class... the rotation is so mind-numbingly boring and simple I can't believe it. Throw down a lightning DoT, spam fire, then swap to ice, spam ice, swap to fire, spam fire, renew lightning... there are some fillers like convert, insta-cast, sure-cast, etc... but nothing that really adds to the spells you are casting. I'm still trying to figure out what real purpose a soul crystal serves other than as an ID card. It'd be nice to have an accessory that you could actively click and time with your other spells and abilities for increased damage or utility.

[Ithilien]

Don't be mistaken, I'm not one of those players who demands a game be nerfed, or shout out that the game is too hard, nor am I asking for instant gratification - I prefer a challenge, and I prefer heroic difficulty dungeons that actually offer heroic level difficulties, but I find this game to more boring than solo mining in EVE Online. :/ On a final note, has there been any word from SE about fixing the problematic lag that affects this game so frequently?

What can I do to make it more interesting?

[ShinkuTachi]

Hey all,

I'm not writing this to troll, or to flame spray, but rather I am trying to see if what I am feeling about this game is what is also what is felt by the community at large.

Yes, the graphics are nice, and I like the idea that you can play any class from a single character - one of the points that drew me to the game in the first place. I also like how many of the dungeons are relatively short, there is rather minimal trash, and the boss fights can be fun and interesting some of the time. Perhaps one of the game's greatest assets is the FATE system, which was inspired by another MMO.

However, I find the game to be murderously boring.

It depends on the individual. If this game is "murderously boring" to you, then I would just find something else to play. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't sit around playing a game I don't have fun playing. The whole point of gaming is to have fun, is it not?


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[Ri_ri]

I suggest you try changing to SMN. It is a typical debuff class, but still much harder to play than BLM.

About crafting, have you tried to "Quick Synth"? Not worth it, but if it's the materials you want, you don't have to synth them one by one.

As for dungeons... I'd love a "the Aurum Vale (even harder)", but people would just go over geared and call it easy, like they already do with AK and WP.

[Alhanelem]

Hey all,

I'm not writing this to troll, or to flame spray, but rather I am trying to see if what I am feeling about this game is what is also what is felt by the community at large.

Yes, the graphics are nice, and I like the idea that you can play any class from a single character - one of the points that drew me to the game in the first place. I also like how many of the dungeons are relatively short, there is rather minimal trash, and the boss fights can be fun and interesting some of the time. Perhaps one of the game's greatest assets is the FATE system, which was inspired by another MMO.

However, I find the game to be murderously boring.

If it's boring, feel free to not play. Obviously other people are here because they aren't finding it boring, but the question "is it boring?" is subjective and all a matter of personal taste.

[Trevor]

I don't think pace and repetition is subjective