This game is just way to hard...

[Lillia]

All that stuff you mentioned I find fun and enjoy doing though. Leveling subjobs to improve your versatility, having things to look forward to buying on auction house, certain skills needed or makes battles easier, etc. FFXIV right not is pretty bland and rigid. Just look at gear like say for whm. The secondary stats don't matter much at all and there's nothing unique about them. There's nothing to look forward to except gear that add more of the plain stats.

I agree, a lot more is straightforward here and jobs aren't as flexible as a dps class being able to tank because one skill/spell avoids dmg. :x

I also agree some of it was quite enjoyable but I do like FFXIV and some of it's straightforward ways as well.

I like that I don't have to spend hours collecting 200 necklaces or 100 ores to get a single spell... I mean back then it was fun but now? I can't really find the hours to spend like that so I rather be bland and straightforward, using some of my hours than to use a ton of hours to get anywhere really.

I also didn't like feeling the need to subjob a certain job to do endgame because that was the more common method but thats a different topic and a rather more personal feelers subject there that I won't get into.

(Yeah I know theres 'one path' normally for healers and other classes but least you could go 30 vit w/ all mind gear or hybrid sch/smn bonus stats with gear you need.) :/

Edit: Nope I won't say then quit the game if ffxiv is bland btw, I personally feel we are having a friendly debate on different views about two different games and well you like one more than the other. (Just felt like pointing that out seeing the more likely comment would be "then go back to ffxi if you like it so much" or something like that?) I really respect your opinions and personal feelings, I just see it a bit differently is all.