Quote Originally Posted by WinterSolstice View Post
Modern gamers who rush through content, don't read text, and just focus on progression progression progression end up playing too much due to lack of self-control.
I focus heavily on progression, and play quite a lot. However, none of this has to do with a lack of self-control. Just a matter of time availability. Next to working 46 hours a week, sporting 20 hours a week and sleeping roughly 50 hours a week there's still 52 hours remaining for other stuff to do. And when there's nothing else of interest to fill that time with, FFXIV gets to do it for a sizeable portion. If something else comes by, it's very easy to let FFXIV pass by. And I know numerous players for whom this is very similar.

Not reading text in this game also has nothing to do with simply being progression focussed. I am progression focussed in every game I play, MMO or not. Skipping on text has all to do with the quality of story. And as SE was sending me out as an errand boy for the Sylph still as I was closing in on endgame, it was enough for me. The story in this game has been utter crap straight from the start and all way through to that point, it is very unlikely to get any better beyond that. So I stopped reading.

If SE wants their story to be enticing and worthy enough to read, they should actually have given a damn about it.