Quote Originally Posted by Carin-Eri View Post
Was posting in another thread pertaining to the Endwalker MSQ's being too difficult, but thought I'd revisit this one since I don't want to say that the difficulty I've been experiencing is all about the game, rather that it's a 'me' problem.

I'm still absolutely terrible at the gameplay - I've somehow blundered my way through to Endwalker, mostly via pure dumb luck, but don't really feel like I've improved much at all and my enthusiasm toward the game has dropped to 'don't want to log in anymore' levels now, as reached "A Frosty Reception", died very early on (playing as Thancred) and realised that I'm not motivated to go through the whole 'try and try again' process. And lets say that, for arguments sake, I do somehow blunder my way through 'Frosty Reception'... then what? I mean, it seems pretty obvious that another Zenos fight will occur at some point, and I really don't want to repeat the utterly miserable experience of fighting him again.
And, according to the other thread I mentioned, I apparently shouldn't be struggling at this point in the game.

I'll also note that Google/guides are not necessarily the answer - I can't put those lessons into practical use.

Anyway, I'm not really enjoying the game anymore. And with that being the case, what's the point?
You indeed shouldn't be struggling at that point, or at any point in the story for that matter, and I'd say it's not the game but you dealing with failure here. And it's understandable since it's clearly not the most engaging and entertaining content. No point trying to improve over failure if you don't enjoy the journey.
And FF14's story doesn't teach you how to play the game, it's one mind numbing gameplay experience where things are handed to you at key points and fights, so you still don't know what you're doing until you tackle max level hard content.