FFXIV's current state

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Lately, many players on the forums have been expressing concern for the game's current state, especially with the release of Eureka. While I'm not entirely convinced that the game will die out anytime soon, I do know that we need to step out of the current cycle and have the game try something different and refreshing.

Eureka is exactly what you're saying what the game needs, yet you say it's one of the reasons the game feels stale and going in cycles. Eureka is something different and refreshing, it's the developers exploring new kind of content. The elemental resistances, the death penalty and the mob chains are all a new twist to the game. It's not the best type of content for everyone but it's a new twist on the game that tries to take it to a new direction