Quote Originally Posted by RiceisNice View Post
As someone who already has burn out for the game and just wants to take the relic approach rather slowly, this is why it bothers me.
That's totally fair. I'm not burnt out on the game really, but I know the Alexander grind *would* burn me out, so I'm choosing to avoid it as well. I've gotten my fill of the newer content for the most part, and I suppose the nostalgic part of me misses the old world (but I'm a very sentimental sort, both when it comes to people and MMOs--I've permanently resubscribed to FFXI too because of the Maiden's Rhapsody quests here >.>).

I would say it's likely that the next stage will involve more HW content--in part because of the feedback on the forums. A lot of it is being presented in a thoughtful way amid the sea of metaphorical salt and they've generally responded to things in the relic line at least somewhat well (though by no means perfectly).


If I had to vouch one thing that 3.0 did well (that isn't story and OST, because I feel that this is a given for a FF title), is how some of the jobs evolve compared to their 2.0 counterparts. NIN and BRD though imo fail spectactularly at this regard.
Mhm, I've seen you mention this and I rather agree. I'm interested in a number of jobs I didn't have much care for in 2.x because of how they've grown. NIN is still my main, but...there is one notable change to my gameplay (Armor Crush) versus level 50, and it's...honestly pretty minor. BRD feels rather different to me though, to the point where, while it was my 3rd Zeta in ARR, I will never touch it at 60 again unless they completely scrap Wanderer's Minuet--but in that sense, it didn't grow, you're right...BRD feels like it *regressed.*