3.1 needs to be absolutely great

[Gralna]

I expect, that no matter what, there will be, "OMG WHY YOU DO DIS SE??" threads no matter what is/isn't in 3.1.

Expecting anything sets you up for disappointment if it doesn't come to fruition. I prefer to just enjoy the game as it is, and be pleasantly surprised if new patch adds stuff I like. If new patch isn't that great for my tastes, I still can enjoy what was there before.

[Lemuel81]

People are gonna piss and moan no matter what-

[MaethusXion]

I want my GC Promotions...

[Iagainsti]

Im expecting.

-Boring ass 50 minutes log drama inducing raid.
-Terribly unplayable lord of vermillion that will need maintenances, several hot-fixes and will be a grindfest (as anything in this game tbh).
-Green gatherer/crafter scrips for even more fun. New moonstones II and impossible to make needing gazillions in gear and totally omnicrafting dependant specialist actions that will make the few standing crafters leave.
-More booring, repetitive, coma inducing beast tribe quests dependent on FATE spawn.
-More relic, thats bad enough as it is.

Time lockouts, grind, weekly caps, grind, RNG, RNG, and spice it up with some grind.

Wow, I think maybe you should play another game if you feel this way.

[ErikMynhier]

Im expecting.

-Boring ass 50 minutes log drama inducing raid.
-Terribly unplayable lord of vermillion that will need maintenances, several hot-fixes and will be a grindfest (as anything in this game tbh).
-Green gatherer/crafter scrips for even more fun. New moonstones II and impossible to make needing gazillions in gear and totally omnicrafting dependant specialist actions that will make the few standing crafters leave.
-More booring, repetitive, coma inducing beast tribe quests dependent on FATE spawn.
-More relic, thats bad enough as it is.

Time lockouts, grind, weekly caps, grind, RNG, RNG, and spice it up with some grind.

This dude is pure sunshine.... but he has a point there.

[Vandril]

Wow, I think maybe you should play another game if you feel this way.

Why? He's not exactly wrong. Some of the design decisions that have went into FFXIV's added content have been pretty bad. Not liking raids and relic notwithstanding, he just cherry-picked all the bad decisions that are likely to be seen in large content patches based on FFXIV's content patch history: broken and overly grindy minigames, crafting and gathering grind (they seem insistent on keeping the scrip system, after all), daily quests involving FATEs making us wait and twiddle our thumbs until they spawn.

By no means am I sick of the game, but I'm also not blind to its blatant flaws. The grind in FFXIV is real. A little too real. And RNG doesn't help make the grind feel any better.

[Edenholt]

I don't expect anything and I'm still let down.

Go go, 3.1.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

Wow, I think maybe you should play another game if you feel this way.

Why, i love this game, and the people on it, and this healthy, mature and friendly community <3

This dude is pure sunshine.... but he has a point there.

I just shine for u bby <3

[Blissa]

Right now I am working on grinding my crafters to 60 before 3.1. Unless 3.1 blows my socks off I am going to lower my sub to $12.99 and just do the weekly. I have had enough of the grind in this game and there are way too many games coming out for me to grind my life away in 1 game!

P.S. as it is now 50~60 crafting is a stupid grind, I am spending 1000x time more gathering then I am crafting. And crafting is my favorite pastime in this game.

[Daralii]

Im expecting.

-Boring ass 50 minutes log drama inducing raid.
-Terribly unplayable lord of vermillion that will need maintenances, several hot-fixes and will be a grindfest (as anything in this game tbh).
-Green gatherer/crafter scrips for even more fun. New moonstones II and impossible to make needing gazillions in gear and totally omnicrafting dependant specialist actions that will make the few standing crafters leave.
-More booring, repetitive, coma inducing beast tribe quests dependent on FATE spawn.
-More relic, thats bad enough as it is.

Time lockouts, grind, weekly caps, grind, RNG, RNG, and spice it up with some grind.

Grinds in MMOs are what make money. If you don't want to grind, this is the wrong genre for you.