To Square Enix, these are the reasons why I am currently unsubbed from the FF14.

[AngelCheese77]

It feels like when you came into this game, OP, you were able to be a sort of 'hardcore' player and move through content at a pace that got you want you needed to progress. That's cool. I used to be that way when I was 25+ years younger. But now, I'm married, and my time is riddled with real life, I realize doing raidlike content and spending hours at a time to farm and learn is something I just can't do.

But ...

Reading the rest of what you wrote seems to me, to stem from your frustration of going from 'hardcore' to 'casual'. Many games have put out new content that makes previous content obsolete (I'm looking at you EverQuest 2). And as annoying as that is, you can still get the older stuff to help you along. There are people out there who I am certain are in the same proverbial boat as you are.

And I get your 'burn out'. Heck, I have 2 characters ... one I do everything I can on (Caleb) and another where I mainly use for RP and wanting to burn through the MSQ (Levi). When I push through the MSQ on Levi, I get seriously exhausted after 2 hours of doing the same thing over and over ... but with Caleb, I mix it up a bit. Having goals to reach really helps. Like yesterday, my goal was to hit lvl 50 on my PLD, finish the Hunting Log, and get the Ironworks Gear. So I mixed it up between those 3 goals and did what I needed to do, all while taking breaks.

And don't worry, crafting and gathering isn't for everyone. And yes, I have 2 full retainers of crafting material, and the 3rd holding my misc stuff. All that, and my character's inventory is full! That's when crafting guides like GamerEscape can help.

Same goes with leveling. When I read you tried to level Tank and Healer at a fast pace, I had a feeling you would stop. That can help with the burnout, but I think at that point you just weren't interested in the game anymore ... especially your feeling on not able to keep up like you used to. Perhaps a bit of vacation from the game might help you get your interest back. And if not, I hope you find something you enjoy!

[Veliena]

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I know that it can be obvious, its just most people don't "think" of it that way. They think, oh if I go tank and die or pull too much people will be mad. Or if I go heals and we wipe people will get mad. I'll just dps, then none of that is my fault.

[MomomiMomi]

This game is designed this way on purpose... you're supposed to take breaks... you're supposed to do other things... you're supposed to have a real world life... if you take a break and come back you won't be totally lost as to how things work... it's essentially a casual MMORPG made for casual gamers with some content for people who like to play hardcore... they really don't care if you unsub... they expect people to do it... enough people start or comeback it doesn't seem to effect the bottom line...

You've drunk the kool-aid. MMO developers don't design their game in a way that you're supposed to take breaks. They want your money every month of the year. Don't believe Ondore's lies!

[Nestama]

Well I mean... Yoshi-P does recommend people to take breaks from FFXIV if they're feeling burnt out.

[MomomiMomi]

Well I mean... Yoshi-P does recommend people to take breaks from FFXIV if they're feeling burnt out.

Yeaaah... I don't know about that.

A: In older MMOs, such as Ultima Online, there was a house maintenance fee you had to pay weekly, but in FFXIV: ARR we decided against this system. Similarly, these older MMOs also had a system where your house would break down if you didn’t log in after a while in order to have you continue your subscription, but this is a thing of the past and we won't have any system like that.

Yoshida says a lot of BS. The housing reclamation goes against that very concept.

If I had a dollar for every person I've seen say "the only reason I'm still subbed is because I have a house" I'd have a lot of dollars.

[Wilford111]

Yeaaah... I don't know about that.



Yoshida says a lot of BS. The housing reclamation goes against that very concept.

If I had a dollar for every person I've seen say "the only reason I'm still subbed is because I have a house" I'd have a lot of dollars.

So you really think Yoshida wants players to only play ffxiv and nothing else?

[Deceptus]

So you really think Yoshida wants players to only play ffxiv and nothing else?

Anyone smart in business should want to retain customers as much as possible. Getting new customers takes time, energy, and money.

There are actually statistics that can calculate just how much it costs to acquire a new customer.

https://blog.kissmetrics.com/customer-acquisition-cost/

[Cidel]

If I had a dollar for every person I've seen say "the only reason I'm still subbed is because I have a house" I'd have a lot of dollars.

*slips you a dollar*

[Wilford111]

Anyone smart in business should want to retain customers as much as possible. Getting new customers takes time, energy, and money.

There are actually statistics that can calculate just how much it costs to acquire a new customer.

https://blog.kissmetrics.com/customer-acquisition-cost/

Yeah and that's probably why a lot of devs/directors are obligated to not say that people should stop playing their game to go play other games; the publisher or whomever doesn't want them to say it.
But it's evident that Yoshida doesn't have that restriction. And I think that's a good thing.

[Remedi]

Yeaaah... I don't know about that.



Yoshida says a lot of BS. The housing reclamation goes against that very concept.

If I had a dollar for every person I've seen say "the only reason I'm still subbed is because I have a house" I'd have a lot of dollars.

Housing reclamation was made after ppl complained about houses held by ppl that stopped playing the game completely but it's much better to forgot that and still pushing this nonsense over you know asking them to fix the system.
It's easy to see things only from the facet you want to see but you might miss the greater picture, ture it migh've been as you say, but I know several ppl on my server that were actually happy for the change since the main problem of housing was and still is avaibility.
Don't worry though I'm not gonna press for this matter since I couldn't care less, though I wonder why so many ppl complaining about the staleness of the game keep using this "BUT MUH HOUSE" argument, if you don't value your time worth it on the game anymore and you don't see change coming why keeping the house at all?