Quote Originally Posted by Klaleara View Post
This is hands down, by far, my biggest complaint about EW. ShB had a ton of unique gear, and was literally one of my standing points of quality over WoW when trying to convince my friends to come over. That point is not only just gone, it has been obliterated with EW.

Having almost no new cosmetics really....really hurts. Considering I care more about how I look, over how powerful I am in any game I've played.
I agree with this completely. Getting geared up in this game takes no time at all. And in a few months when the next patch comes you'll have to grind again for the new gear. Then again and again. And if you take time off or anything and miss a couple patches? That's okay, you can gear up just as quickly regardless of not playing for so much time while others have continued playing solidly.

So there's no gear chase or working towards getting stronger outside of the repeat cycle of tome grinding and/or raiding.

So what is there to work on outside that? Sure there are a bunch of classes to level, but it's all the same content over and over. Yeah you can craft or gather, but same thing goes there too.

One of the things that gives you reasons to go all over the place and participate in content across the span of the ENTIRE game and its content are the cosmetic options. It's the same reason people play Destiny 2 or Warframe. Cosmetics. Making your character look cool.

And that's one of the absolute biggest draws for me in FFXIV. I prefer roleplaying over the other content that I think is boring and formulaic(not to mention WAY too easy). And I crave cosmetics, housing items/houses, mounts, etc.

And this expansion cheaped out on pretty much everything other than having a ton of story that everyone will play through once, scratch their head over the insanity in it, and then move on.