Quote Originally Posted by MintnHoney View Post
The argument you're presenting is wrong anyway because they do play other games (Lost Ark, for example). Even if you didn't know that, either by reading other threads (the Lost Ark thread, for example), or by just asking (which you didn't care to), you can't even make the call that they are only playing just the one game because you wouldn't actually know. The foundation of your strawman was poor and based on assumptions, which, as you may have heard, makes an ass (that I would rather play bongos on, because it's friday and I just wanna have fun).

Second, just because there are many options on what can be done, does not mean that those options are necessarily "good" options, nor are they options that someone would normally want to do.
I could go over every piece of content available, if you'd like, but I think it's best that I leave it at "most of the experiences in Final Fantasy XIV, on their own, tend to be shallow ones whose entertainment value tends to fall exponentially over a period of time (which seemed to get longer, and now is officially extended), and it wouldn't be a bad thing to consider what could be offered to players that could be consumed meaningfully on a more consistent basis in order to tide them over once they reach the point where the fun dropped off, until what they were originally here for can be updated." At least, that's my opinion. Also in my opinion, since we're paying a subscription for this game, it's not an unfair to inquire as to whether or not more may be afforded to make the subscription be more availably worthwhile.
Your entire argument is based solely on your own personal preferences. Some people enjoy crafting and making money so they go around spending the most of their game time farming materials and crafting items to sell on the marketboard or items they want for their character. Others enjoy grinding, so some level alt jobs or do Eureka or Bozja (and before people say those instances are dead, I literally just got in today to help a friend out in Eureka and there's still many people going around doing NM preps and hunts) or do the numerous grinds for every single relic weapon etc. These are just examples of barely scratching the surface of activities to do in this game. If none of that interests you then thats fine, I'm ultimately not wanting to change your mind about what you look for in this game but dont pretend like this game is lacking in content to do because it clearly does not. People always find something meaningful to do in this game and its not as if the devs arent planning on adding more stuff to do; aka Criterion Dungeons, Island Sanctuary etc.