SE, no effort anywhere lately.

[DixieBellOCE]

LOL that's about the size of it. There's usually just enough stuff that you like to make you not want to give up on the game altogether, while not quite enough stuff to make you really happy with the game (and enough of a feeling like "this seems like could be so much better, but ..." that you can't help but write what's practically a regular column on GD at this point about the topic ...).

You just summed up the entire XIV experience at the endgame.

[MonsutaMan]

That 16 grind baby

Now ya know how us XI players felt when XI was the most profitable FF game, but was given backseat status.

[MonteCristo]

Tbh i think ffxvi had ALOT to do with it..its no secret that yoshi wanted to prove his self with a main series entry and no doubt that absolutely pulled him away from ffxiv to some degree. Just my 2gil

[Denhith]

A therapist would have a field day with some of the posts in this thread.

Never has the meme "go outside and touch grass" been more relevant.

[Stormpeaks]

A therapist would have a field day with some of the posts in this thread.

Never has the meme "go outside and touch grass" been more relevant.

I think you do yeah, if you think the game is so damn perfect, maybe you need to touch grass, you aint gonna get a pat on the head for defending SE I swear

[Poporito_Popoto]

I think you do yeah, if you think the game is so damn perfect, maybe you need to touch grass, you aint gonna get a pat on the head for defending SE I swear

[Liam_Harper]

But are you still having fun?

Yes. In WoW right now.

WoW is horribly buggy, unbalanced, messy lore and endgame has issues, but at least other games know what fun is. Pet battles, Toys, smooth jobs with utility and each with their own iconic abilities, proper achievements and collection tabs, ridiculous amounts of soloable old content with rewards and so on.

FF14 is so sterile, watered down and it feels like all the activities have to be Developer Approved and are restricted by the need to be morally correct. Can't make it rewarding, people will feel forced to do it. Got to make the dailies really short. Got to be accessible! Can't stress the healers and tanks, bland jobs and faceroll dungeons! Can't trust players with addons! Can't have crafting take effort, wanting gil is evil, hand it all over on a plate! Even the story is dull and just there to move the plot forward with a polite overstated "joke scene" thrown in here and there, instead of banter, conflict and real character interaction and development.
I never thought I'd play WoW again, but it has been so damn refreshing to load up a game and find yes, I get gold from everything, I can have my addons, there's gear all over the place, a million pet battles and toys, my achievements are displayed in guild chat and I receive and give out a "grats!" for good ones, side quests are actually worthwhile, everything gives exp, I can buy cash shop items with gold, there's tons of QoL, transmog tabs, so much bag space, crafting from my bank, season events I can spend proper time on ...and so on, without Dad (Yoshida) leaning over my shoulder and saying "oh no, I don't think that's good for you, I'm confiscating that. That'll be 12.99 a month please".

I'm playing other games like they told me to. Sub expires just before 6.4. I am not coming back for this patch or any after it.

[Denhith]

Sounds like you enjoy WoW. Which, is perfectly fine and all that. Bit strange that you if you are having so much fun in another game you feel the need to come to the forum of the game you no longer play just to bitch about it.

I mean, if you've moved on...then MOVE ON. Trust, it's the healthy thing to do.

Have fun!

[R041]

...

Forum drama different than playing the game. Usually more fun and engaging. It's even multiplayer for once. lol

[Padudu]

A therapist would have a field day with some of the posts in this thread.

Never has the meme "go outside and touch grass" been more relevant.

Brother you and I are on the the same forum, in the same thread, talking about an anime MMO game. Just because you don't have any complaints doesn't mean you're not as deep in the sauce as the complainers lmao

Forum drama different than playing the game. Usually more fun and engaging. It's even multiplayer for once. lol

^^also this