Quote Originally Posted by Azurymber View Post
I love all the troll posts.

The op has a legit question

This game lacks clear goals or milestones that successful MMOs have
It seems like it will be lacking those for quite some time.

It is a grindfest. pure and simple.
XIV and its community is in such a bad state that questioning the games state is instant troll badge around here. People troll other people who they think are trolling, then throwing hypocrytical posts "Why do you post OP?" why do you post to the OP if you dont like him, same fking reason he posts about the game.

Its Lafabel really.

As for OP

Grind, seems to be a routine to progress. All MMO players have it stuck into their head that their grinding means something. It does not, you're slapping the same monster you were 1 hour ago, you've gained some extra numbers, you're not pro now because the monster does the exact same thing and you do the exact same thing.

If I flicked a lightswitch on and off 5000 times an hour, does that mean im better in light flicking skill because i grinded that switch?

Grinding, previously was ment to be there for the purpose of extending players time, but a lot are tired of it, especially when theres no final result to it.

You grind in checkout job, doing it over and over doesnt mean much unless there was some goal such as promotion. XIV needs a promotion other than "You gain another skill that you probably wont use", though thats different depending on the job, in my head right now I have Flare/Flood, etc in mind.

Right now, the player, has no goal. He is to just "Live" in a "Working" world, where there is nothing higher than the number 50. And that doesnt mean increasing cap fixes things for those confused, it means currently in XIV the only time consuming goal and real progressing achievement is hitting that first Rank 50, then some enjoy it and hit their X rank 50.

Even such things as building a house will not pull in a meaning for the player because then what is the meaning of the house? Invite friends over and talk? Does this activity provide your character more life and purpose of striving through levels or other such content in order to achieve something they can already do but in a different environment.

You could look back at crafting up a Dodore +3 or w/e +3 and think "I have forfilled my life", so could the question be:

What is your purpose?