Island Sanctuary feels intentionally slow and inefficient.

[GoatOfWar]

what problem?
you want to play other games when it's done?
but since you have to wait, why not play it while you wait?
Instead of whine and complain?
The solution is right there!
Nothing's stopping you to play something else while you wait

I want to participate in the content and then move on once i've exhausted it. Not have the content funelled and stretched over the span of weeks or months to keep my sub ticking away. Like a carrot on a stick, these weekly/daily activities are designed to put the player into the habit of logging in every day and there's absolutely no benefit to it for the player.

[Raoabolic]

Again its both baffling and...expected to find people sap away the fun of things with how they always go for the min-maxer route and rushing to get things done rather than how the devs constantly been stating that IS is supposed to be a on and off distraction to progress.

Eh, that's just people in general. We live in a time where personal time is at a premium so it's not surprising that people gravitate towards min/maxxing. I'm guilty as anyone else, (I have ran Sagolii road for chocobo breeding/racing way too much) but that's why the game isn't just chocobo racing or island sanctuary, they are just things to do in a game full of different things to do. If you don't like what the game offers then why keep paying for the sub? People are weird, lol.

[IkaraGreydancer]

I want to participate in the content and then move on once i've exhausted it. Not have the content funelled and stretched over the span of weeks or months to keep my sub ticking away. Like a carrot on a stick, these weekly/daily activities are designed to put the player into the habit of logging in every day and there's absolutely no benefit to it for the player.

Well...I know quite a few people that don't touch weeklies/dailies til the weekend and do what they want the rest of the week. You can cap easily in a day if you wanted so idk if I agree with that take.

No benefit to logging in everyday? I'd call having fun/getting tomes/materia/gil etc...benefits.

[HollowedDoll]

They should really allow your visitors do stuff.

As it is right now it's especially pointless to have someone visit your island, which aside from maybe 1 or 2 buildings being placed different isn't gonna be much different if you're around the same rank. Even if you wanted to sit around and relax, there just doesn't seem to be any cozy place, especially with the creepy mammets everywhere ( hoping bathhouse might provide something in this department ), Keeping up with the host while they gather is also unfun, and you can't even pet the farm animals.

I think if they allowed you to at least gather items for the host then people could do a gather party or something where they go to each other's islands and help each other out, players who max out things will have little to do once they get the rewards/ranks anyway, so they could at least help a friend out or something.

2 cents

[LaylaTsarra]

They should really allow your visitors do stuff.

I would love to gather my own stuff at a friends Island. I suspect it would have to be on the same server but still would be nice.

[HollowedDoll]

I would love to gather my own stuff at a friends Island. I suspect it would have to be on the same server but still would be nice.

I can't say I understand the point of that?

The nodes are all in the same places as on your island, and since they're so spread apart you likely won't be around each other much, how is this version better than just what we have atm?

[ilichu]

My complain and hopefully a fix but the fact that the cropland has 5 terrains of soil with 10 crops in you have to wait like for 3 days only for it to give you 5 per soil plot

[Deveryn]

I can't say I understand the point of that?

The nodes are all in the same places as on your island, and since they're so spread apart you likely won't be around each other much, how is this version better than just what we have atm?

It's because of where the Island exists. Everything is being stored locally (and independent of the character) in the same general space as housing, hence the problems people are having with congestion.

[Vahlnir]

I want to participate in the content and then move on once i've exhausted it. Not have the content funelled and stretched over the span of weeks or months to keep my sub ticking away. Like a carrot on a stick, these weekly/daily activities are designed to put the player into the habit of logging in every day and there's absolutely no benefit to it for the player.

That's...the entire point of an MMO subscription model. To keep players, you know, playing. More content needs to be designed around that, not less.

[LordGiggles]

That's...the entire point of an MMO subscription model. To keep players, you know, playing. More content needs to be designed around that, not less.

I'm not sure why this is meant to matter to us. Those models are designed to keep people spending money, not because they somehow make content more fun to play. Why would I want stuff to be designed in a way that costs me more money?

Timegating that helps group content stay alive a while longer is understandable, but that's not relevant here. Being able to finish stuff and take a break is good, dragging that out as long as possible doesn't benefit me at all.