Quote Originally Posted by Skiros View Post

i've given up on this game honestly, might move on after finishing ultimate. and the reason i've given up is not because of the issues but because they are too arrogant to change course and are obviously sacrificing their veterans like lambs to appease the casual non-MMO crowds, the single-player crowd, and the FF fans who hate MMOs.
As someone who is more a single player RPG fan than an mmo fan I’m sorry to say but FFXIV has key failings that prevent it from delivering on that front as well. As wonderful as the Trust system is, it quickly falls apart when the narrative makes me despise my own party members due to their lack of development. Job design ranging from great to bewildering makes for an uneven experience depending on what you end up choosing.

If you want a single player MMORPG, then honestly FFXI despite its difficulty feels more rewarding than FFXIV. There I get to collect and choose from a huge list of potential party members, and given the various forms of progression you can literally do anything you want with your character. You can even have your own house there, completely removed from placard spam and bugged lotteries.

In any case, both single player games and mmorpgs need good gameplay, *functional* features, and a story that at the very least provides an interesting basis for the world without needless convoluted mechanics like time travel loops and “ultimate despair” being thrown in at the absolute last minute.