Who else is bored? Same Content and Formula...Was SB a waste of money?

[Airget]

I"d say if you got 40-80hrs of gameplay within the last 2 months, then you more than got your moneys worth. The issue here isn't a lack of content or being "bored", it's about being burned out. No matter how fun or good a game may be if you play hours on end you are going to get bored of doing the same thing and what has even Yoshi himself said in those instances? Take a step back, stop playing and come back later, come back when there is content you want to do, play the game to the point you feel satisified. This is just 1 game, there is no need for you to only have your eye on playing one game, if you aren't having fun with this one currently, play the others of hundreds of games out there with their own unique stories and gameplay experiences. You shouldn't rely on FFXIV as your one and only game that you play during your free time, just take a step back and play something else.

[Alleo]

I"d say if you got 40-80hrs of gameplay within the last 2 months, then you more than got your moneys worth. The issue here isn't a lack of content or being "bored", it's about being burned out. No matter how fun or good a game may be if you play hours on end you are going to get bored of doing the same thing and what has even Yoshi himself said in those instances? Take a step back, stop playing and come back later, come back when there is content you want to do, play the game to the point you feel satisified. This is just 1 game, there is no need for you to only have your eye on playing one game, if you aren't having fun with this one currently, play the others of hundreds of games out there with their own unique stories and gameplay experiences. You shouldn't rely on FFXIV as your one and only game that you play during your free time, just take a step back and play something else.

Please dont assume that other people dont have other games to play next to this. FF14 is not even my only MMO (other is Rift at the moment) and I have lots of different games still waiting to be played. But in the end its either, stay subbed (thus I feel the need to play at least a bit per week otherwise I would throw my money away) or unsubb and lose my house forever. So maybe SE could have been so nice to not integrate a system that would force people to stay subbed if they want to keep their hard earned houses...Also critisim is important for SE, if people would just stop playing this game without posting about this, SE would not even know why. And lets be real, he might say that you should unsub if you are bored and come back later but FF14 needs constant subbed players or otherwise they wont be able to keep the game running. Thus they should provide something that will keep the players happy and not just say: Well then unsubb.

[Snow_Princess]

I've quit HW for 8 months because of the same tired forumla. I returned a bit before the launch of SB EA.
After I level the jobs I want again, you won't be seeing me for a while.I usually get hyped with 24man raids, but since it's a once a week thing. I enjoy it once and done.
So tired of the gating...

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So for the people still supporting this, how many people do you need talk to in game and see posts like this before you admit is a a problem?

I"d say if you got 40-80hrs of gameplay within the last 2 months, then you more than got your moneys worth. The issue here isn't a lack of content or being "bored", it's about being burned out. No matter how fun or good a game may be if you play hours on end you are going to get bored of doing the same thing and what has even Yoshi himself said in those instances? Take a step back, stop playing and come back later, come back when there is content you want to do, play the game to the point you feel satisified. This is just 1 game, there is no need for you to only have your eye on playing one game, if you aren't having fun with this one currently, play the others of hundreds of games out there with their own unique stories and gameplay experiences. You shouldn't rely on FFXIV as your one and only game that you play during your free time, just take a step back and play something else.

I am not sure if you are fully understanding what is being referenced. To me anyway they do not mind you taking breaks and do not want people spending more time on the game then they can't handle (Ever read the stories of people literally dying from playing too much wow in one sitting?) They also do not want repeat issues of say PW of FFXI so they are trying cover themselves to a point. (Could also be an implied excuse of why they do not invest in releasing enough content) I really do not think they are referring to "it is ok to quit because we understand you are tired of our copy/paste content of 4 years.

[Priya]

I am not sure if you are fully understanding what is being referenced.

Yoshi's quote:

So, do come back and play it to your heart's content when the major patch kicks in, then stop it to play other games before you got burnt out, and then come back for another major patch. This will actually make me happier, and in the end, I think this is the best solution I can answer for keeping your motivation up for the game.

This can easily be interpreted as unsub. Who is going to stop for a patch cycle and continue to pay while they aren't playing? Maybe if enough people listen to him, SE will change their minds on the formula. There's also a survey when you unsub. It's not perfect, but you can list running out of things to do as a reason. I did that last time I quit. I agree that SE should really approach expansions and patches differently, but I'm not sure they'll bother unless they see significant drops in revenue/subs.