Jesus people. You pull the I don't have time for that card, I have family, work, stuff all the damn time. Games, MMOs, they have always been a TIME commitment. Do you remember yourself when you didn't have all these responsibilities and would spend hours beating that optional boss in the game? That's because the game required hours of gameplay! You complain you don't have the time to commit to a game, then why the flying chocobo are you playing? You want everything accommodated to you, why not play a game specifically made for your type of market? There is PLENTY of them. The market is saturated with all those crappy games. Just like you tell people to go play other games why don't you take your own advice then?


MMOs are not like in the past because players got used to the eased gameplay, there is no one to blame but devs who started doing so and players who started getting spoiled. That's what happens when people get spoiled, they will whine about being too hard or tedious to do because they are used to the nowdays market that started *devolving* thanks to them. It's like if you were forced to stop using your smart phone and had to revert to a normal cellphone. People would complain about not being able to type on the screen, not being able to use whatsapp, not being able to play 3D games. People would complain about the lack of color variety, the resolution, etc. Whatever it is, people would complain about something, because they got used to the ease. Did people complain before when phones didn't have these things? No, because they didn't know it was possible. They worked with what they had, The market itself has made people believe that they NEED all these new shinies.

Except that's a tool. Tools are made for convenience, to make life easier (and lazier) for people. A game is not a damn tool, it's entertainment. You don't like exploring a ROLE PLAYING GAME, a genre that's been all about developing your character AND exploring the world your character lives in. Then why are you playing this?! Why not go watch a movie instead, you just have to sit down without having to move a finger?

Well great, games have reached a mainstream audience and they are probably doing much more money than before. Good for the Devs, bad for actual gaming. Then people complain that all MMOs are the same now and there's nothing creative or innovative in the market, well to whom do they owe that to? MMOs are in decline and they don't have a very brilliant future(and no, Oculus Rift isn't exactly a brilliant future, specially when people don't want to have to move even ingame) exactly because of this.

You find everything tedious, you just want to sit down there and not have to move your fingers much. Why can't a MMORPG have exploration?! Some people actually like that! Just like you like not having to walk anywhere, there's people that like that and it has nothing to do with "staying in the past" the hell people? Is it the age? You've grown old physically and therefore you have to grow old mentally, too? Games are supposed to be fun! The games you played before were about the fun, exploration, danger. That's what made them fun. And don't tell me it isn't because then why would people have complained about FF13 being too linear with no open world to explore? Why is FFXV now completely the opposite and open world? Maybe because of the FF13 complaints? Would you have found games fun back then if they were easy pie? Could you imagine the same fun with a super easy Mario? Honestly, would you have? This game is so watered down already that it's bland. Do people telling others to "go play FFXI" even care about the game or the game industry at all? That's the worst possible way to grow a community.

There's people with a lot of responsibilities (yes, work, family, etc) who still make time to play and don't whine about things being tedious because god forbids you actually have to PLAY the game. If you can't manage your time that is your problem, but don't make it a game's problem.

You have your very convenient teleports so you can have your own "fun", let people who want the game to be more interesting by letting them have exploration too, as long as you don't have to do it, it doesn't affect you in ANY way. They are customers just like you.

The more I read the OF, the more I want to bang my head against the table. I love the game and want to see it become better, but this community leaves a lot to be desired. I am not a rude nor aggressive person but I've just had enough of people bringing gamers down because they'd like something implemented, telling them to take off their tinted rose glasses, telling them to go play other games, telling them to stop being in the past, belittling them for wanting something different to spice up the game. What you do is very offending, so don't feel offended if you get posts like mine. How you treat others is the way you will be treated. Have some damn respect towards others if you want respect back.

I already know what kind of excuses people are going to post towards the subjective "fun" because they sound like a broken record "fun does not equal tedious, therefore it is no funnnn (funny enough the current dungeon grinding is tedious as well but these same people don't complain about that, eh? Why not?)", so I'll just save myself a headache and leave it as it is.