What happened in the last week to make people so vocally against the current state?

[Jojoya]

Perhaps it is, but it's far from your place to call it out. Doubly so when one considers your usual cadence and tone. When you're constantly calling people you disagree with bitter and disenfranchised doomers, is it any wonder people completely uninvolved eventually get fed up with it? That's a far more likely prospect of why Lunaxia is posting after you.



Ah, well. I suppose I have no proof, it just felt like a narrative was being constructed by a few posters here whose conduct rather rubs me the wrong way. If I'm proven wrong, I'm perfectly willing to recant mind.

Eeesh, honestly this is such a stormy time to join the forums.

They're not the only ones who feel like there's not enough content they want to do. But most MMO veterans who are rapid or picky content consumers understand that's the nature of MMOs and aren't bothered by it. They do what they're interested in then go play other games until the next content release. They don't run to the forums with "game is dying".

The vocal ones here in the forums seem to fall into mainly one of two camps: the ones who say the game has been trash for years (and yet continue to pay money for the trash game). It's hard to see those as anything but trolls but it's possible they're suffering from a gaming addiction and can't let go.

Then there are the ones who say the problem is only with Endwalker. If someone was spending all their time in Eureka and Bozja last expansion and dislike Deep Dungeons/Variant-Criterion dungeons, I can understand why they feel like there's not enough content they are personally interested in.

The claims of less overall content are false. We've been getting just as much content but the type of content or format (ie the trials not being a separate series but instead part of the MSQ) has changed in some cases. It's not a sign of a game in decline.

Some may be the feeling the change of pace to the story. We had been warned that was going to happen at the 2021 Announcement Showcase before Endwalker was released. We were told that with the Hydaelyn/Zodiark story being concluded in 6.0 instead of 6.3, the 6.x story was going to be more of a filler before the new main story arc for 7.0 was introduced in 6.55. Again, not a sign of a game in decline. It's just the result of the transition we were warned would be coming since 7.0 is presumably also going to introduce the promised new starting point for new characters.

Perhaps these people don't take to change easily and that's why all the doom and gloom. It's still gotten to be over the top, bitter, sarcastic, etc. and most of all annoying. There's no constructive discussion coming from it, just a lot of insults and ridicule of those who aren't seeing a problem.

Except I dont pretend the game is THAT amazing and that there is SO much content in the game, I enjoy housing and hanging out with friends, so I have more than enough time for the forums

Anything else ?

Except there is a huge amount of content. Ask those trying to tackle it for the first time.

That you aren't interested in any of it other than housing doesn't mean the content doesn't exist.