Who here is actually playing FF14

[Noumenon]

I'd love to play FFXIV. That's why I go to the forums I guess, in the hopes that the game will finally stop going in the wrong direction and actually compete for my time again instead of releasing dead on arrival content and turning away from the writing and elements I used to enjoy in it.

Sadly these days I cannot find anything fun or worth doing. It's especially frustrating when (usually newer) players tell me I'm supposedly burnt out or to just take a break...I can't burn out of a game that I'm not able to play because of the lack of worthwhile content. I've been on break pretty much the whole expansion.

I can't believe the mmorpg that gave me stuff like the Ivalice Raids and Shadowbringers storyline has become a ghost of it's former self. FFXIV deserved better.

Isn't it interesting how lately in every other live letter and interview, Yoshi P will announce or reveal something and justify it with "it was creating too much stress so we're dialing back"?

Once or twice seems fine, but it's been 2 years of "it is too much stress so we're dialing back".

With rumors of a significant chunk of their team quitting in protest of the vision of the game, one cannot help but wonder if no one there is actually interested in making a game anymore.

[RokkuEkkusu]

I play FFXIV because I legitimately enjoy it. If it bored me, I would have quit a long time ago. I paced myself, enjoyed the content, not take my rewards for granted, and appreciated all of the accomplishments/achievements I have earned. No one can take that from me no matter how hard they try.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Isn't it interesting how lately in every other live letter and interview, Yoshi P will announce or reveal something and justify it with "it was creating too much stress so we're dialing back"?

Once or twice seems fine, but it's been 2 years of "it is too much stress so we're dialing back".

With rumors of a significant chunk of their team quitting in protest of the vision of the game, one cannot help but wonder if no one there is actually interested in making a game anymore.

Ok, Im gonna have to have you provide some sauce for that rumor.

[Local_Custard]

I play the game! lotsa fun revisiting the story and exploring side content. I finally got around to doing allied tribal quests. So far I have just ARR and HW allied tribal quests completed

[Stormpeaks]

Ok, Im gonna have to have you provide some sauce for that rumor.

They're all going to leave, all the devs are gone except Yoshi P, game is now in maintenance mode and in fact I went to Limsa and there's only 40 people instead of 41, the game truly has died

I guess it is time to say good bye to this great game



/s

[StarRosie]

With rumors of a significant chunk of their team quitting in protest of the vision of the game, one cannot help but wonder if no one there is actually interested in making a game anymore.

I know there isn't one (At least, not a credible one.), just wanted to use that.

[aveyond-dreams]

Isn't it interesting how lately in every other live letter and interview, Yoshi P will announce or reveal something and justify it with "it was creating too much stress so we're dialing back"?

Once or twice seems fine, but it's been 2 years of "it is too much stress so we're dialing back".

With rumors of a significant chunk of their team quitting in protest of the vision of the game, one cannot help but wonder if no one there is actually interested in making a game anymore.

I would rather they be less concerned with "stress" and get back to making a game that has encounters that aren't as easy as the Myths of the Realm raids and stories that aren't written for people who get overwhelmed by scenes in which consequences happen.

[Renathras]

I tend to play a couple hours every day. Roulettes a lot to make sure I cap for the week, leveling some other Jobs since I decided I want to do all the Job quests, farming some Moogle Tomes (tend to do that in concert with the others), and when I feel spicy, Deep Dungeon solo runs.

You could log into the game and see for yourself if there's anyone playing.

It was pretty busy today. I think players are in a rush to get the event tomestones now that we know the patch is next week so the event will be ending.

Yeah, Gridania on my server was PACKED tonight. I was honestly kind of surprised since Gridania is one of the less popular/populated cities most of the time. I imagine Limsa was beyond packed. I had to walk a bit away from the aetherite and pan my camera around to take it all in, but there were a lot of people there.

[Lunaxia]

I check out from boredom, eventually forget just how boring it is, resub after a break, do some roulettes, remember how bland the gameplay is, try to craft/ gather and play at earning gil, remember the MB is overrun with bots, think about decorating, remember that it'll wind up taken off me anyway, browse through PF to see if there's anything that sounds vaguely fun to join, get met with fifteen ads for brothels and gil selling, remember then why I quit, get mad I paid actual money for this again, leave, and then rinse and repeat several weeks later. If you could call that "playing." Which I don't think you could.

8 years is a tough habit to break I guess, lol.

Edit: Oh, I do actually have a minor excuse this time, though. The Phoenix fight from the Bahamut raids was one of my favourites of the entire game, so I felt compelled to grab the mount from the Rising Event before it disappeared. Nostalgia is a powerful thing!