Is anyone else burnt out?

[StrejdaTom]

I am glad that I finally have time to finish stuff I always wanted to do - chocobo racing, more TT cards, more minions, more mounts and job levelling, but I understand that this is kinda meaningless content and grind, which doesn't cater to everyone.

Hopefully 3.1 will bring lots of fresh air, otherwise I can see many people (even my friends and FC mates) leaving for good, as they already took break from the game..
SE really needs to go trough the feedback they got since Heavensward came out and wake up a little bit, but I think that's already happening.

[Gamer3427]

I got burnt out for a bit a few weeks back for the first time since I started playing seven or eight months ago. I took a two week break to play other games. After playing a patched AC Unity that was still by far the most broken game in the series, and having to deal with whiny 13 year olds, (literally), in Warframe that I had to carry through runs, I came back to XIV as happy to see ESO grinds as a child is to see presents on christmas day......

[Nestama]

Burnt out for a bit, yeah (haven't capped Esoterics for two-three weeks now). Just waiting for my sub to run out, now.

[Jonditaru]

I'm asking because I feel as though playing FF14 to max out my weekly ESO is more of a chore, then fun. I know that 3.1 is just around the corner, but it's difficult to being myself to run though another Neverreap or fractal, and I'm probably going to go on a hiatus. Does anyone else feel the same?

You aren't the only one. Numerous people have been talking about this. The game as it is now is nothing different from what we've seen in up to the end of ARR which is the most upsetting part. The same exact content type we've seen where the raid even is a copy past of how coil was in terms of fight mechanics(ie: alex1 and coil t1 with splitting the boss.) The only new content that's coming is in a patch which they delayed about 2months from the original time frame of patch releases. This brings up more questions than it should. Some might assume that they wanted to wait to release new content one a major content release in hopes that people would retain their subscription for a couple months. A reason for them to just take money from people that are willing to sit and wait for something new. Not to mention after people spent money on an expansion they thought would provide new content.

No. So much to do so little time!
In about 14 month of me playing the game each day for 5h on weekdays and 10+ on weekends I had never been able to even remotely catch up to the current patch. How people can complain that there is nothing to do here is completely beyond me!

There really is something wrong if you spend 45+ hours in game per week for over a year and you haven't finished the ARR storyline before the release of HW. There are people with way less time to play that have gotten multiple types of content done.

No.

For example, I'd like to have the time to thoroughly explore the game world, which is double the size now.

The sad truth is that many of us are asking for a continuous flood of content and no-stop 24x365 entertainment, for some dollars a month. That's simply impossible.

People aren't asking for continuous flow of updates. What people really want is content that lasts and doesn't get pointless after the next patch rolls along. Within 2.1 and beyond it wasn't as big an issue as it is now. Especially with how quickly things were made pointless from launch to 3.1. People worked hard to get that ravana weapon and now it's garbage. It's a beautiful weapon, but useless with how easy it is to get the eso weapon. Alexander normal is such a joke that there really is no point to get the law gear for other jobs, cause it's such a raceroll and getting items to exchange is easy and fairly fast. Now that the top tier gear is either from alex savage or eso, they both have become a chore. For some alex savage is something hardcore to do, but as we've seen from coil, only a small percentage of the entire game population actually does it. Now all that's left if grinding roulette and capping eso for af2, which is incredibly dull with only two dungeons for expert.

[Ryaz]

Burnt out for a bit, yeah (haven't capped Esoterics for two-three weeks now). Just waiting for my sub to run out, now.

I'm in the same boat. Playing Destiny now while waiting for Fallout. Couldn't stomach running Fractal or Neverreap again.

[Jonditaru]

I'm in the same boat. Playing Destiny now while waiting for Fallout. Couldn't stomach running Fractal or Neverreap again.

I'm stuck on The Phantom Pain. The sad part is, a good MMO would still occupy my time while I'm stuck on a single player game. I logged into FFXIV once since I started playing TPP and I sat there for 15 mins and logged out.

[Iromi]

I'm in the same boat. Playing Destiny now while waiting for Fallout. Couldn't stomach running Fractal or Neverreap again.

I can't believe they think that 2 dungeons for ESO is acceptable for 5 months. Who is making these bad choices here? Yesterday I was taking screen shots of all the popular zones on my server...and they were all dead. Not just like slightly empty...VERY dead, and this was at prime time...

[myahele]

Yeah, unfortunately we'll be having 2 dungeons/patch from now on. This was done so that they can focus on other things while maintaining a decent pace. I can understand them focusing on other things in game ... but the pacing is not there.

I'll also be taking a break from the game up until 3.1 is released.

[Kerii]

I stopped caring about gear caps when soldiery gear came out. These days I just cough up for the crafted gear (no overmelding either...) and just work on it a casual pace. I ended up not getting soldiery or poetics gear at all due to lack of playing, but I haven't been held back from content because of it. Outside of serious raiding you can do everything at minimum item level.

[Misha_Snow]

Me and my best friend stopped playing since a month if not even more. When a game starts to feel like a job the fun ends. The FC fell apart as well. Hopefully the next patch will bring some people back.