Final Fantasy 14's grinds feel horrible to midcore players

[SturmChurro]

Huge draw of Lost Ark was the combat gameplay. Even in dailies you farm for a month it feels fun.

I tried, I really did, but that game is too much. It became too much for the majority of the playerbase too. I just couldn't do it, plus after taking a break, I had a huge amount I had to catch up on. I appreciate that it is a great PvE game, and has well designed fights, but the entire game is essentially just for high-end PvErs now. You can't really be casual or midcore, I feel, in the long run. UNLESS you pay to keep up. You either live your life in the game, or you pay. Nobody was even doing any of the horizontal content anymore, and expected people to pay to complete their weekly raids. It was awful. It's too bad, because that game has probably the best aRPG combat IMO, and a lot of other positives.