Final Fantasy 14's grinds feel horrible to midcore players

[Caddo]

Oh piece of candy! is all I saw from those rewards. It's the way to try to keep you going by constantly giving you stuff, hoping you'll stick around, especially in F2P games. Look at Black Desert as well from a 100% new player. They throw a crap load at you hoping to stick around.

While I can't say I hard grind achievements on FF14, the system seems to be working fine from how I understand it. Do this task, sometimes requiring a lot and achieve the goal, instead of small increments throwing rewards at you constantly.

[Skiros]

Oh piece of candy! is all I saw from those rewards. It's the way to try to keep you going by constantly giving you stuff, hoping you'll stick around, especially in F2P games. Look at Black Desert as well from a 100% new player. They throw a crap load at you hoping to stick around.

While I can't say I hard grind achievements on FF14, the system seems to be working fine from how I understand it. Do this task, sometimes requiring a lot and achieve the goal, instead of small increments throwing rewards at you constantly.

Why would I pay for cardboard when I can get candy for free? If anything the candy in FF14 should be sweeter because it's paid.