FFXIV is too simplistic and bland

[Payadopa]

We all know that the forum is an echo chamber and the moment you dare criticise XIV people tell you to go play somewhere else and take your ball with you. Especially when you mention either XI or WoW. Imagine players from 1.0 said tthat. Come to think of it, they did. But that defines a fanboy. Been playing since closed alpha so I should know. haha

I personally think OP makes some very valid points that are well articulated. I won't deny it, I really like XI and I'd wish for XIV to revert a few changes back to how it used to be. It's become a really boring game outside of the story and doing a dungeon/trial for the first time.

However, I remember shouting for a party in XI for 7 hours in Jeuno because that was the life of a BLM and I don't want to experience that again. lol

Overall, though, I'm leaning toward XI with just a few QoL improvement but I share a lot of OPs views on the subject.

It's like in XIV you're not even allowed to think for yourself. You get a equip best gear button, every quest tells you exactly where you need to go, you can access pretty much the whole game without leaving your house, and thanks to raiders we aren't allowed to have synergy with classes anymore. And don't get me started on AST cards (my main).

And talking about shallow things, the overworld... /sigh Itself an actual crime. The way it's underutilised I mean. Apart from being blatantly undergeared there is no threat there. Like none. I don't want to call 5 friends only to be able to traverse a map but c'mon. I can chocobo through everything. Eureka was such a good step in the right direction. I have high hopes for the Bozja front or whatever it's called.

I could go on for longer but I'm at work. (damn lol)

[Enla]

We all know that the forum is an echo chamber and the moment you dare criticise XIV people tell you to go play somewhere else and take your ball with you. Especially when you mention either XI or WoW. Imagine players from 1.0 said tthat. Come to think of it, they did. But that defines a fanboy. Been playing since closed alpha so I should know. haha

I mean first rule of fandom is that you never go to the official forums or the subreddit for ANYTHING if you want a bevy of nuanced responses. So regardless of my own take on the situation I'm not sure what exactly you're expecting? People who like the game are more likely to congregate here, simple as that. Though simply because they like the game doesn't make them 'fanboys' and you aren't exactly doing your own argument many favors with the tone you're taking either.

[StriderShinryu]

We all know that the forum is an echo chamber and the moment you dare criticise XIV people tell you to go play somewhere else and take your ball with you. Especially when you mention either XI or WoW. Imagine players from 1.0 said tthat. Come to think of it, they did. But that defines a fanboy. Been playing since closed alpha so I should know. haha

I mean, not saying you or the OP are wrong about some of the points made, but I'm not really sure what you expect. FF14 is 7+ years old now and what you're asking for are for the devs to essentially scrap major elements of the game and go (back) to something else. Frankly, the game isn't going to change at this point, and it's certainly not going to change the in the ways that you and the OP want it to. If the option is to enjoy 14 for what it is or to go find a game you actually enjoy then I don't think it's really that much out of line for people to suggest you find a game you actually enjoy.