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

[Sixmp]

I think the game needs more different things to do. More choices so to speak.
We have the usual level a job, gather, craft and kill, dungs and collect better gear.
The crafting and crafting are not really that different from each other so gaining levels in any one of them feels pretty much the same.
For instance WoW had the pet battle system which was fun. Lots of pets to collect. No i am not suggesting we make the game more like WoW.
There will be the Saucer to look forward to which will have mini games but atm when i get bored i end up logging out when i would actually like to stay logged in.

The most fun i have had is with fishing. Nice and relaxing, watching people run around me, looking at the scenery etc.

[Keyblade]

Its kind of funny (sad) im only just logging in now on mondays just to cap mythology so I can 'dress up' my characters in their ilevel 90 class specific gear.

I was doing the same , then my Sub ran out . And i realised. Im not going to pay for a game . When all i do is login on Monday . Cap my myth then log off and have no reason to come back. Maybe on the weekend to try coil . But why bother . I mean the accessories are nice. But not nessessary as no content really requires them yet. It just makes AK/WP the painful dungeons i loath doing OVER n OVER again slighly easier.
I also had what you have the full Trinity and + 1 so i gave FFXIV the chance . But was let down again.

[Jonny_Tapas]

So many players, absolutely crashed this game without taking any of it in.

Part of this is SE's fault... They did say they would make it easy so that other's could catch up with the Legacy players.

If you smashed your way through FATES and did the minimum that you have to do to get your Relic and now you find yourself with nothing left to do other than farm Tomes or weekly coil... Then of course the game is boreing.

You should try a game where there are 9 different classes to level all with specialized jobs... each having it's own unique questline.

Then the game could have several unique crafting or gathering classes again each with it's own quest line and 100's of recipes each.

And of course this game should have like 20-30 dungeons to explore on the way to leveling up all these different classes, and maybe a main story line of like 150 quests or so to complete.

Tons of side quests... special faction quests all of these things would be a game that has tons of content that would offer so much to do you'd never get bored.

And of course an achievement system that tracks just how much of the game you've completed to remind you that there's still tons to do out there just when you think you're getting somewhere.

I think I've heard of a game like that... what was it called again? Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn! You should check it out.

Honestly I totally blame the FATE system for giving away way too much exp... If this wasn't the case, maybe more people would have actually played the game, and we'd see way less topics like this. I'm so glad I'm Legacy and got to level up my toon under different terms.

[SnickleWhiskers]

20-30

Yeah I wish XIV did have at least 20 dungeons.

[Jonny_Tapas]

Yeah I wish XIV did have at least 20 dungeons.

Mah bad... I count 16 on my DF which doesn't include coil. Now I'm just trying to think of another game I've played that had 16 dungeons at release.

I'm glad that's all you got out of the post. I'm assuming you found that boring as well.

[Conkers]

The combat is just another WoW/Rift/LOTRO job, which is pretty stale these days, which is then made worse by the fact it is slow paced, lacks depth / complexity and there is zero build diversity.

The OP claims the FATE system is a great asset, how? Lots of games have dynamic events, Warhammer (who I think were first), Rift, GW2, etc, and guess what other games do it better, e.g - the Zone invasion/ world events in Rift offer more complexity with points you have to defend, whilst having multiple points to simultaneously assault, etc, which adds a bit of teamwork, reduces zerging, etc.

The dungeons are pretty unmemorable, and it is the same old tank and spank with gimmicky "simon says" boss mechanics on the side to try and make up for a lack of decent AI and outdated combat system, that we've seen in numerous other WoW like MMOs for the last decade.

It basically offers nothing new and does some major things worse, so of course it is boring.

[CatofNineTails]

So many players, absolutely crashed this game without taking any of it in.

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have whm blm gsm min to 50 have 4 other jobs over 25 and bsm to 42 since launch its not from lack of trying other stuff in the game or rushing to 50 the game is soooolacking in even low level content after the first job that you either fate or grind (DoH & DoL) to level up the lack of post first pass quests is seriously retarded.

[bobosaur]

Agree, lack of stuff to do.
Not going to subscribe until 2.1 patch which is who knows when.

Think of it as a $35 rpg game!

[DubstepNinja]

I gotta admit, I am struggling to find a reason to login <.<

Not for any major reason, its just dead quiet during my timezone.

Only really login to level my chocobo.

[Kosmos992k]

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.

Um...It's just you...

I gotta admit, I am struggling to find a reason to login <.<

Not for any major reason, its just dead quiet during my timezone.

Only really login to level my chocobo.

A server change might help, if you can find a group that play at your time of course....