Lack of content on patch release

[Maeka]

Go play something else then.
Maybe this isn't a game for you.

Hate to say it, but this does hold some truth.

This game was designed to be casual-friendly unlike most MMOs that want to gobble up all of your free time. Yoshi-P himself has said that he wants you to be able to play FFXIV and other games too.

A gamer that hangs in one game and just that one game is going to get bored, burn out, or just become miserable. He wants people to have fun playing the game, and a part of any gamer's healthy fun is variety. Play FFXIV for awhile, get all the content, take a break and play something else for awhile and come back when the next major patch comes out.

That's what Yoshi-P wants you to do.

He wants the more casual people with lots of IRL job hours, etc to be able to keep up. Can't do that if the game asks for 5, 6+ hours a day from you.

[Miyafuji]

Play FFXIV for awhile, get all the content, take a break and play something else for awhile and come back when the next major patch comes out.

That's what Yoshi-P wants you to do.

If that's what Yoshi-P wanted people to do, people wouldn't be punished for unsubscribing.
There also wouldn't be such a large amount of content that can only be completed weekly that lasts a short time.

If you weren't here for 3.1 then you have absolutely no idea what a true zero content patch looks like, just saying.

More serious answer, it's a catch up patch, they've always been thin on content. Yeah they might be spacing out releases, but why is it such a big deal? You'll only be done with it in a matter of days then sit and complain about nothing to do. Take up crafting and gathering, we have lots to do this patch. That might not be "content" in your eyes but it is something to do. Worst case scenario, just stop playing the game for a while until the content you like doing comes out.

I wasn't comparing 3.1 to 4.3 but sure, I'll bite.
I was around for 3.1 and 3.1 also had more content on release. Sure, it wasn't good content but it was still something new. They did try new things which could have been done much better to make the patch memorable.
However, my issue with this recent patch is that the content that I'm sure a lot of people were looking forward to: Heaven on High is set to be released to what I can only hope is less than a month from now essentially baiting players into subscribing longer.
Catch up patches haven't always been thin on content either, 3.3 for example had a ton of new things to do. We got essentially what has been released for this patch and more including aquapolis being introduced, relic weapon and a new frontline map. (this was 2 years ago and there hasn't been another frontline since.)

A lot of people who disagree with this thread have simply stated that I would just complete or get bored of any content within a few days and complain, which are just petty groundless accusations. I've been pretty happy with almost every patch that's been released, from joining in 2.0 I've only been unsubbed between the final patches and the expansion, with this being the first patch I've felt this way. Seems to me that you (and others) hurl these accusations to anyone that disagrees.

And yes, I have enjoyed what little there has been to do in 4.3 so far.