The Perfect Response to "Take a Break"

[Noumenon]

Respectfully, I have been playing other games most of Endwalker. It is impossible for me to burn out of a game that I am not playing. But that doesn't seem to stop people from misunderstanding the nature of the situation.

That's simply an unfathomable thought for them. They cannot imagine that most players have already quit and no one is actually playing the game anymore

[Jojoya]

That's simply an unfathomable thought for them. They cannot imagine that most players have already quit and no one is actually playing the game anymore

And you don't seem capable of logging into the game to see just how many players are active.

Especially now the patch notes are out. My Diadochos sales exploded today, I'm restocking all my mannequins.

[Atelier-Bagur]

And you don't seem capable of logging into the game to see just how many players are active.

Especially now the patch notes are out. My Diadochos sales exploded today, I'm restocking all my mannequins.

Naw theyre right. Absolutely no single soul is playing the game now.

Nope, not a single one. Just ignore the small login queues you get everytime

[TheMightyMollusk]

But if nobody's playing the game, who's buying gil?

[Absimiliard]

But if nobody's playing the game, who's buying gil?

Venues, I'd imagine. Especially the ones hosting gambling (which is at least half of them).

[Coratanni]

Trolls really are pathetic excuses of human beings.

[Rithy255]

I have mixed feelings about the "advice" because theirs some genuine good points about being concerned and having nothing to do in game for around a year, I totally get that telling someone to "take a break bro" doesn't fix peoples frustrations with the game and it's not going to solve anything when the game is going to be put into Maintenance mode, This expansion to me has been so disappointing in so many ways and just being told to "play something else" doesn't fix the issues, because i love this game and want it to be actually fun outside of socialising.

But yeah play something else in the meantime and all that, do other stuff, enjoy life and all that, it's honestly good to take breaks from games you don't enjoy currently, I just wish it wasn't the thing people said when others have valid concerns... the people who complain the most are the most passionate about the game and want to see the game have good changes, at least the majority of people who complain about a lot.

[aveyond-dreams]

That's simply an unfathomable thought for them. They cannot imagine that most players have already quit and no one is actually playing the game anymore

My understanding is that the endeavour to attract new players is also starting to flounder, which would be entirely predictable. The early game experience just isn't fun, and the recent marketing tactics with those tutorial videos that came out a while back and the lack of anything interesting in the Dawntrail trailer doesn't make for a game people are excited to play.

It's normally a good idea to show off the party so people can have an idea of who the characters are, but if you showed me the Scions and told me they were my party I would just play something else. Y'shtola looking like a basic catgirl, Thancred and Urianger looking out of place, the sheer horror factor of cgi G'raha Tia, and then the twins. I struggle to come up with an instance in which a cast has turned me off this badly before, and I imagine people who haven't tried FFXIV in its current state feel similarly.

The characters people would often get excited for are ones like Emet etc. but without their presence there's not much draw to the game now that it has abandoned its setting and more compelling characters in favor of nothing.

[DrWho2010]

The copium/hopium flows strong here....

Oh no, you can't live in the game 24/7.

"I've played other games and still aren't satisfied"

consume other media perhaps? Youtube, streaming, movies? gods forfend, traditional network television????

*gasp* going outside? interacting with other people????? REAL LIFE? The grassss.... it is too green! *cough* you'll die!
NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Midare]

Respectfully, I have been playing other games most of Endwalker. It is impossible for me to burn out of a game that I am not playing. But that doesn't seem to stop people from misunderstanding the nature of the situation.

The nature of the situation it's pretty clear really. You're, for some reason, proud to pay at least 15$ a month just to complain about a game you no longer play.

Are you trying to flex your disposable income or are you just so dense that you don't see how ridiculous that is?

Will you try to claim that you do it because you care about the game as if you're some sort of benevolent Samaritan who just truly wants to save the game? Or you'd realize how absolutely full of yourself you'd come off as if you did... unless you've already implied it and I've missed it...

In any case, people like you just annoy me to no end. Here I'm struggling to even pay for a sub to play a game that helps me relax because SE still hasn't localized the prices for subs where I live, while a spoiled loud mouth spends money on complaining. Life ain't fair, I know, but that doesn't mean I won't be annoyed by it.