Twiddling thumbs

[ObviousAlt]

Yus, twiddletwiddletwiddle.

Actually my all-battlejobs-70 main has been unsubbed for about two(?) months now because of the pile of poop known as Eureka. A week or two ago I noticed I still had an active sub on this long ago forgotten alt. I have zero interest in the MSQ, so I bought the story potion for ARR and have been doing the leveling part casually in a completely free kind of way. I'm 40-something now and the leveling process has been a very refreshing change as I progress and unlock stuff in an almost sandbox kind of way without the MSQ constantly blocking or funneling me. But after 50 I'll probably let this sub expire too unless something dramatic happens. I'm having too much fun in other MMO's.

[duvvvv]

I think many longtime MMO players feel the same as I do: once you've found the game you consider your home, you pretty much play for the social aspect of it. I still am catching up with content, but I don't feel rushed, nor feel disinterested. not saying this game is perfect, it's just like, if it seems there's nothing to do, some people in the FC need help with things and that keeps the game interesting. new content will arrive soon and the idea of wiping with friends is something to look forward to xD sometimes I log in just to take screenshots (/gpose is the real endgame) and chat, and I don't see that as a waste of sub. if iRL needs to be prioritized, take a break, then resub.
tldr; some of us just hang out in this game with friends and hardly get bored, not saying the game itself is too interesting to get boring

[Sarynth]

I'm playing Destiny 2 if that tells you my opinion on the current state of ffxiv's content.

[Remus]

I already felt like that near the end of Heavensward and most of Stormblood so far. When you have been playing the game for 4 years and the way SE develops their content it was bound to happen. The content cycle is basically the same each time, the only "new" thing they have added is Eureka (in it's current state which is just fate farm) and Ultimate (which is just old fights boosted up).

The only time I log into this game is basically for Raid (I use the word Raid lightly because it's just trial fights) and nothing else. That's why I'm not all that excited for the patch because it's things I have already seen before from Heavensward.

[Hasrat]

The fewer aspects of the game you enjoy, the sooner you'll lose interest in the few things left. Naturally, once you're at the end of any game, it's up to you to come up with ways to continue enjoying it, or move on to another.

[Nora_of_Mira]

Anyone else feeling that the delay for new content is taking you away from the game? I know there’s tonnes to do, but in 4 years of playing I have never felt this disinterested in content. Is it just me?

that's how the content is designed. Yoshi doesn't want you playing this same game every day/week/month until a new expansion. They plan on having mid-hardcore players leave in lull periods between patches and come back when the patch hits. thats why 24 man raids exist, so they can get "catch-up" gear that they didnt feel bothered to get by grinding tomes.

[KaldeaSahaline]

I'm incredibly bored of the game right now. I'll be putting in some hours on Ultimate once it hits, but if its just another 18 minute dance, I'll be unsubbing until the last tier comes out.

I'm all for hard fights, I just don't have the time or energy to work on an 18 minute fight. Really they should be shorter.

[Vhailor]

The fewer aspects of the game you enjoy, the sooner you'll lose interest in the few things left. Naturally, once you're at the end of any game, it's up to you to come up with ways to continue enjoying it, or move on to another.

FFXIV isn't boring because people are focused on relatively few aspects of the game. It's boring because SE has taken an insanely conservative, lazy approach in regards to content development, while monetizing the shit out of cosmetic content in an effort to make up for the subscription irregularity said approach has created.

Obviously the ultimate responsibility is on the player to move on to another game if they no longer enjoy FFXIV, but MMOs have multiple holds on people beyond the content itself - primarily attachment to one's character and a social component. SE is abusing this, knowingly or otherwise, via their approach to content generation. Case in point, if FFXIV were a series of single-player games (ARR, Heavensward, Stormblood), sales would be dipping significantly right now due to a lack of innovation. It's happened across literally every other franchise with such limited evolution from title to title.

that's how the content is designed. Yoshi doesn't want you playing this same game every day/week/month until a new expansion. They plan on having mid-hardcore players leave in lull periods between patches and come back when the patch hits. thats why 24 man raids exist, so they can get "catch-up" gear that they didnt feel bothered to get by grinding tomes.

You know, the more time passes, the more I look back at this statement as essentially an in-advance excuse for shitty development practices. It was a genius move, really: it was so unexpected that it sounded refreshing, sounded honest. But really, I have to ask, why on earth would FFXIV's director want you to not spend your money consistently on their product? And why would we view this as an acceptable thing? Call me crazy, but I want a company to work hard to earn my dollars every month; Yoshi-P essentially admitted they were going to half-ass it here and there.

As an aside, there's a difference between accounting for lull periods within the game structure and guaranteeing lull periods by almost exclusively focusing on lazy content re-skins. Using 24-person Raids as an example, I have no issue with where they fit into the reward structure of FFXIV. I do have an issue with the fact that fundamental dungeon mechanics (big concentrated boss fights; occasional large trash groups; split out alliances for a phase; have alliances handle individual regions of the battlefield) haven't advanced since the release of Labyrinth of the Ancients in December 2013. That's pathetic. Rabanastre in 2017 should not feel like a re-skin of content released nearly four years prior, even if it fills the same role in regards to current gear progression.

[Gleipni]

totaly agree with OP,thet game is really empty lately

[Connor]

I felt this for a while before essentially quitting the same. Stormblood is the only expansion I’ve ever let my sub drop. Even in 1.0 I think I played more often than I do now which says a lot about what the game has become.

The game has enough new people subbing that the developers don’t care about retaining old players or content longevity (because they know people will unsub mid-patch anyway). Hence why all content is generally short-lived, lacking in difficulty and put on a weekly lockout because of how easy it’d to be finish ‘farming’ without one