FFXIV is reliable and consistent

[Stanelis]

The issue isn't that the content we get each patch/expansion is predictable, the issue is that nowadays the game design of said content seems copy/pasted from one dungon/trial/raid to another. Back in the 2.X era, each trial/dungeon/raid 8 and raid 24 had a distinct feeling about them. This isn't the case anymore as the content is more and more streamlined. Getting predicatable content is ok, being getting sold something we already bought isn't.

It isn't a surprise many will feel ffxiv is a treadmill, but that's what all MMORPGs that have lasted over the years are

TESO or Eve online would like to have a word with you.

[TalithaSolarien]

The issue isn't that the content we get each patch/expansion is predictable, the issue is that nowadays the game design of said content seems copy/pasted from one dungon/trial/raid to another. Back in the 2.X era, each trial/dungeon/raid 8 and raid 24 had a distinct feeling about them. This isn't the case anymore as the content is more and more streamlined. Getting predicatable content is ok, being getting sold something we already bought isn't.



TESO or Eve online would like to have a word with you.

IDK about Eve, but I've played TESO for a few years before starting this game and it's a treadmill as well, just a different kind. Yes, you don't have any actual gear progression but this is simulated every few patch cycles by completely popular gears/skills in the name of "balance". Don't be fooled by that, this is meant to force players to regear every few patches, the same we have here.
All MMORPGs are big hamster-wheels at their core.

[Stanelis]

IDK about Eve, but I've played TESO for a few years before starting this game and it's a treadmill as well, just a different kind. Yes, you don't have any actual gear progression but this is simulated every few patch cycles by completely popular gears/skills in the name of "balance". Don't be fooled by that, this is meant to force players to regear every few patches, the same we have here.
All MMORPGs are big hamster-wheels at their core.

I ve been having the same gear on my characters for years now on TESO and don't feel the least compelled to play, only playing when new content is released to actually do the content, just like how I'd play any non mmo. And this is fine.

The only treadmill is during holiday events for cosmetics or if you re alcast and want to min/max a character for reasons I cannot even fathom due to how useless it is in TESO.