Nerf, Buff, Change, New Class

[Kohta]

I'd say take a break from the game and I don't mean that in a rude way, I think some time playing other MMO's or maybe some non-rpg like a platformer or a shooter might be a good idea.

You're right on and have a great way of expressing your opinion. In terms of burnt out, I only resubscribed a few* weeks ago, before that, the last substantial game-play was March, in the last month I have invested 10 hours, with a current highest ilv of 185, if burned out is what it is, it happened a long time ago, at this point I am at bare minimum access. I am playing Blade and Soul, which I honestly think has more flaws than I could count- Overwatch, not really an MMO has a community you wouldn't desire to be around for very long, don't get me wrong, I love riding my motorcycle, work quite a bit and have a child. I want to love FFXIV, I continue to play it, unfortunately my wait times in the only content I am able to do as a Summoner are well over 40 minutes on average, by the time I have done a single run we are an hour invested, for 60 Esoterics or whatever I am earning at this point.

The reason I am in this position is because I have been playing other things, because the state of the game at it's base forces you to like it or get left behind until the next expansion, where you're given a free set of gear to get re-instated, why don't I just wait until 4.0? This is where a collective voice has stired, I just happened to make a thread questioning it.

[Khalithar]

In the last month I have invested 10 hours, with a current highest ilv of 185, if burned out is what it is, it happend a long time ago, at this point I am at bare minimum access.

I see your point, I can tell you really want to like the game. But as I stated in my other post, SE's PVE formula is very much set in stone and I don't see them changing the progression model anytime soon, if ever. The other problem is that it's really only the one progression system, you grind tomestones for the best gear and have just enough time to maybe finish one set (if you started from day 1) before a new set is out.

The weekly caps are definitely irritating but it comes down to them wanting to drag it out, if they didn't, players would grind out a full set in a week or two and then have nothing to do and therein lies the problem. There's only a gear treadmill for combat classes and the fact that this game has such a massive instanced PVE focus. Unless you absolutely adore instanced PVE (and the associated vertical progression) there is really not much else to do as a combat class.

Edit: Removing the cap would be cool for someone like myself (I have personally leveled everything to 60 except for three crafters) as I would love to gear up all of my combat clsases to 230 but the cap prevents me from doing that as by the time i do the gear is already obsolete.

As to why you should play, might I suggest doing what my brother does? He subs long enough to complete the main story quests because he really likes the HW story, then does other stuff until the next batch of main story quests comes out.