I feel ya. XIV gets really, really stale for me, and I'll unsub for a month or so here and there, but that's all I can manage due to my house.

Far too many thoughts to get out in a single post, but as a whole, this game is just way too shallow and repetitive IMO. However, I do think that shallowness works for XIV. You can take a break for a year, jump back in, and it won't take you long at all to be completely caught up and sporting end-game gear. XIV isn't anything spectacular, but it's familiar and easy to fall back into...so you resub and then realize there still isn't much to do, and wonder why you resubbed at all. Then you wait until you get that itch again. Tis a vicious cycle. lol.