is this game near the end of it's life?

[Enkidoh]

A week ago there were threads whining that the game was too easy and that everything was being handed to players without a challenge. SE adds something that is time consuming and not just handed to you on a whim, and players complain about it. Seems legit. I've said it before and I'll say it again, this community can't make up it's mind! No matter what SE does it's wrong. Really, SE may as well not even bother trying to appease the fickle whims of this community, as they're just going to fail no matter what they do.

And for those complaining that they have nothing to do, well, maybe you should have paced yourself more and not consumed the game like a five year old with a birthday cake - the old "it's not the destination that's important but the journey" saying once again rings true.

Oh, and for those who keep mentioning FFXI having 'lots to do', yeah, it's also had a huuuuuuuuuuuge grind far worse than anything FFXIV has ever had (remember the original FFXI relic quest? The original level grind? Dynamis requiring millions of gil to enter once a week? City story missions actually requiring you to grind battles to build up your reputation with that city before you could even be given them? And to say nothing about the stupid Trials of the Magian quest). FFXI for most of it's life was just one massive grind, and it's quite simply laughable that it's stated as being better than what we have here in FFXIV, because that simply is not true.