Where is all the content?

[Komarimono]

The story in the game was never its strong point for me. I don't get why people praise it. I say this because I follow the story, read every dialogue, watch every cutscene... but that's not really why I play. That's just a bonus.

The only exciting part about this game for me is completing the challenging content and becoming better with your job. After every fight, you make mistakes. I'm someone who keeps trying fights out until I make almost no mistakes. That's what's fun for me. And in that regard, this expansion hasn't been a let down. That first Extreme trial alone had me for hours trying to figure out a good way to find the safe spot during the stage turns.

The things you complain about are definitely improvements the game could work on, but they're not necessary in order for the core of the game to function.

Also, if you enjoy the game's story, that's great. But if you think it's amazing and worthy of praise even? Stop it. Get some help. lol

There's a reason why there's a meme of critically acclaimed and having a free trial to experience it. It's so highly rated due to the story, considered the best story of not just MMO's but compared to many games in general. That's why the game gets its praise, sorry you never knew this.

[Hatfright]

Also, if you enjoy the game's story, that's great. But if you think it's amazing and worthy of praise even? Stop it. Get some help. lol

It's almost like people find different things worthy of praise, who would've thought.

Please, for the love of everything we hold dear, can we stop sending people to "get help" if they are passionate about something we're not? Let them have theirs fun, sheesh.

[kpxmanifesto]

There's a reason why there's a meme of critically acclaimed and having a free trial to experience it. It's so highly rated due to the story, considered the best story of not just MMO's but compared to many games in general. That's why the game gets its praise, sorry you never knew this.

Personally, I don't play the game for its story either though. I'll admit HW and ShB are good, but the thing that keeps me playing this game is the gameplay and raid content.

[IdowhatIwant]

This expansion really feels to me like a rehash of pretty much everything we've had before.[/LIST]

I agree. One thing I like about FF is it's patches are very formulaic and with in the same time frame. However I also think that has a lot of negatives as well. Although we have regular patches we have suffered from less content contained in each patch since HW. We were told this was gone for more well designed casual content, but I have not noticed a big difference in this. It has gotten to the point where every expansion you can already guess you will have 3 trials, at 1 x3, x9 and max level. You will have 5 dungeons starting at x1 and a new one every 2 levels and one at max level. The patches are the same way you already can predict what is coming with every x.x patch and x.x5 patch. Consistency is good, but it can also grow stale paired with less content per patch makes this game harder to enjoy.

[linayar]

The opening post doesn't seem to have anything to do with the title. The content is there, but the thread creator just doesn't seem to like various aspects of the game which are not directly related to whether there are any content in the game.

We were told explicitly that his was the wrapping up of a ten year saga, why couldn't they have added more msq mounts?

Significance of the story has nothing to do with mount reward.

So you're telling me/us that the dev team has remained the same size while the game has enjoyed an over 45% increase in subscribers just in the last year alone?

Size of the dev team has nothing to do with the number of subscribers.

[FudoMyoo]

This is the problem when ShB sets the bar too high.

[Brian25]

No one is forcing you to play. You are free to exit and do something else.

Why does someone always make an asinine statement like the quoted? Just because he disagrees with a direction doesn't mean he fully hates the game. People can have legitimate criticisms on parts of the game, while still loving FFXIV.

[kpxmanifesto]

Why does someone always make an asinine statement like the quoted? Just because he disagrees with a direction doesn't mean he fully hates the game. People can have legitimate criticisms on parts of the game, while still loving FFXIV.

Some people are so heavily invested in this game that they feel personally attacked when someone criticizes the game.

[linayar]

Why does someone always make an asinine statement like the quoted? Just because he disagrees with a direction doesn't mean he fully hates the game. People can have legitimate criticisms on parts of the game, while still loving FFXIV.

The thread is asking about content (at least the title), and that's in line with Yoshida's official answer. If there is no content that you want to do, feel free to not play until there is content that would make you want to play and just do something else.

Of course, if you consistently feel there is no content for you, then exiting permanently is an option as well.

[Brian25]

The thread is asking about content (at least the title), and that's in line with Yoshida's official answer. If there is no content that you want to do, feel free to not play until there is content that would make you want to play and just do something else.

Of course, if you consistently feel there is no content for you, then exiting permanently is an option as well.

This thread is asking where all the content is in this current expansion. The first post never once said he doesn't enjoy doing stuff from previous expansions, or doesn't enjoy still playing the game. I agree with some of the OP and disagree with other parts of it, that being said he has every right to ask these questions and flippantly telling him to stop playing is ridiculous.