Are you upset about new features/changes in patch 2.1?

[redisdrunk]

I said this in an earlier post(s), but this seems like an appropriate place to reiterate the sentiments I have.

With all the dungeon/token farming, recycled content being "remixed" as new, dungeon lock outs, and now item lock outs in CT; I feel like I'm playing a F2P MMO again. This is all stuff you see hidden behind pay walls in a F2P game, or to be onerous enough to encourage you to get a "gold" subscription to a game.

Except I'm already paying to play this game. And content is constantly being withheld. And it's being withheld for no reason other than to tease out it's longevity. That can't last. Just feeding us the same bosses over and over again, or by "balancing" difficulty by reducing the effectiveness of the classes, or just making goals exceedingly expensive in both gil and time consumption to reach isn't going to maintain a player base.

I'm not quitting. I'm tired of trying to find my 'next' MMO to play. I'm just super unhappy with the game, it's direction, and the apparent lack of both inspiration from the team and appreciation of their existing player base.

And just a short P.S., I'm not asking for easier content. I'm not asking to be handed anything. I want to play through difficult dungeons, that require team work and coordination, that require time and effort to learn and master, and ultimately have rewards that warrant the work. This isn't what's happening.

Edit; I'm honestly feeling agitated by this whole thing, so I'm going to vent more.

Why should I be excited about the addition of Crystal Tower, when I'm already being told I won't have any incentive to play it more than once a week?

Edit; Why should I be excited about two remixed lower level dungeons?

Why should I be excited about three recycled primal fights, which are already recycled once before?

Why should I be excited about PvP, when your PvE content is so unbalanced that you rely on 'step out of the circle or you'll die' for every major encounter in lieu of interesting mechanics?

Why should I be excited about FC housing, the thing you've been babbling about since you took over 1.0, when even with price cuts it'll still be a pipe dream for most groups?

I understand you're adding new story content. And that is exciting, in various ways. But I'm already level 50 and your story isn't that compelling, by my own standards of course. So where will my sense of forward progression come from? An achievement? A title?

This doesn't even deserve a "try harder".

Just start trying. Period. Seriously.