Quote Originally Posted by xxmiamorecadenza View Post
I am a bit intrigued by the idea of 'taking a break'.

Because is a month's worth of subscription really worth the few hours of content dropped by the most recent patch?

Or does he mean wait for - insert random number here - patches to drop and then make your return so it's worth the money spent?
No idea. I subscribe for 6 months at a time.

If I want a break, I do something else:

Watch C-Dramas (50 of those 40 minutes episodes takes a big chunk of time).
Listen to K-Pop (and classical, and American pop, and New Wave and ...).
Read books (Danmei, Manga, Light Novels, fan-fiction of those 50 episode C-Dramas).
Watch The Eminence in Shadow. (Japanese and English dubs).
Play table top RPG games (mostly D&D, Pathfinder).
Play other MMORPGs and other video games.

and then I go back and play more FFXIV. The game is not My Life.

The $15 per month is not financially difficult, although I suspect it might be so for some.