Quote Originally Posted by Zairava View Post
No. Shit. New players have a lot to go through. They are new players, the amount of backlogged content from old expansion they can go through is massive. WE have already done all of that, got what we wanted, our criticism is toward Endwalker patch content. You would absolutely not be defending this state of the game if this were back in Heavensward. Which, not that you care, is the expansion Zepla joined in. You want to know why Heavensward despite it's horrific era for the playerbase isn't the worst expansion that she has played? You guessed it, because she was a new player, she has been on both sides of the current spectrum, her feedback is absolutely valid whether you think it is or not.
I know this point has been brought up a lot, but it is helpful to distinguish new players from consistent players in discussions like this. I started in ARR but probably have a background closer to that of a new player - pretty much I would do all of the MSQ, level only WHM and SMN to max level, and leave until the next expansion.

So, by the time EW came out, I had so many jobs to level and things I haven't bothered with, I've been pretty happy. But if I had subbed more than 3 months every 2 years in the past and was all caught up, I'd be very bored by now.