We Really Need To Talk About The State And Path Of FFXIV

[ApolloGenX]

I really like the MSQ and I have fun leveling certain jobs.

That's it.

The rest of the game is pointless and poorly designed."Raids" are nothing but ridiculous memorization and execution exams. I showed an extreme encounter to friends and we all laughed it it. It was silly and frenetic, and studying for something then executing is what you do in school. It was pretty much Dance Dance Revolution, the RPG. This game isn't innovating- it's training people like dogs for overly designed scripted events. (We did like the calculator event, though... that was nice and you actually solved a problem)

Tokens are a pointless treadmill for junk that will be obsolete.

Crafting is pointless because
1. Gear is pointless and
2. Housing is the worst version of housing I've ever seen in a game

What this game gets right-
Job system
Graphics
Game play of Jobs
Story lines (usually)
Music

End game is garbage
Communities are fairly non-existant (although there are many nice players)
Raiding is a joke
Gear is a joke
Recycled content in the form of "Extremes" is one of the laziest things I have seen out of games in the past decade

All in all, I like to level my characters, finish the story and cancel until more story is released. Rinse, repeat. There is no long term engagement worth note in the game currently.

(edit: I totally skipped Eureka... because I don't grind for garbage. When gear is disposable and doesn't last, I see no reason to invest into any grinds for gear)