Boring Endgame

[SonTensei]

I beat all of the coils (t1-t13) before they got nerfed and will probably end up finishing alex savage before nerfing as well.. anyways it dawned on me and a few friends the other night..

endgame in 14 is pretty boring.
wish SE would have spiced it up with HW.

But .. seems like more of the same from 2.x..

would be nice to have something challenging to do.
Current game is like
1. grind tomes
2. learn raid
3. get weekly loot
4. grind hunts
5. repeat.
thats it..
on top of that, there isnt much uniqueness about the loot.
do something please SE

[LegendofMyth]

Although I personally don't mind the current state in which square is approaching the end game (taking from the 2.X patches) I do wish they would add a little more variety in the end game raiding. As cool as the binding coils was, I wish it would have ended a little quicker and they would have done something else. I'm hoping that Alexander isn't going to be the main raid throughout all of heavensward.

But as it stands, I don't really have issues finding things to do, mind you I try and take advantage of everything the game has to offer (crafting, all the side quests). With the amount of time I have to put into the game vs what they release in content patches I easily get my moneys worth. But that's just me.

I can see how it might be a little dry for those who just focus on the end game raiding.

[Hypie]

Sounds like a Themepark MMO to me...OH WOOPS! WE ARE in a Themepark MMO....

[BlaiseArath]

Sounds like a Themepark MMO to me...OH WOOPS! WE ARE in a Themepark MMO....

Funny I usually have fun at Themeparks >_>;

But frankly after understanding the definition of a "Themepark MMO", it feels more like an insult to the game than an endearment.

[Anty]

Sounds like a Themepark MMO to me...OH WOOPS! WE ARE in a Themepark MMO....

it always baffles me how many people just embrace the dullness of the content repetition in ARR. Themepark does by no means mean, short, simple and copy pasted content from 2.0, does it?
Hunts basicly didnt change, fates did not change, the whole system with roulette didnn't change. - which is very bad since having so few dungeons again in roulette for tomes is a huge turn off.
But its all 2.0 over again. The Alexander raid was fun but it's extremely short. 2-3 different endgame options like alexander would be more like it endgame wise, tome grind isn't. Stats also didn't change at all (just higher numbers).

[Eye_Gore]

1. Drink beer
2. Find someone to laugh at
3. Wander around some more
4. Get another beer
5. Get into dungeon run, tell everyone "come with me if you want to live"
6. BRB, restroom run before final boss
7. Get another beer
8. Kill it, laugh with everyone, "have a great nite all"
9. Repeat.

[nssixn6]

1. Drink beer
2. Find someone to laugh at
3. Wander around some more
4. Get another beer
5. Get into dungeon run, tell everyone "come with me if you want to live"
6. BRB, restroom run before final boss
7. Get another beer
8. Kill it, laugh with everyone, "have a great nite all"
9. Repeat.

Beer.
Fill.
Drink.

[IzzyData]

1. Drink beer

Why even play FFXIV then? I do half agree that this is probably more of a social game then a difficult accomplishment. You are probably going to have to make it fun in some other way or quit.

[Eye_Gore]

Why even play FFXIV then?

Why not play?

[IzzyData]

Why not play?

Because you are having fun getting drunk. You could probably be doing anything. Why FFXIV?
The idea of that doesn't really solve the point OP is making. If you have to be drunk to enjoy this game then I think there might still be something wrong.