What would it take to make you unsub from xiv

[Kikoten]

What would make me unsubscribe from FFXIV? I've been thinking about something for a while now, something that's been bugging me, and this is the only post I'm gonna make about it tonight/this morning, before I go to sleep.

At one of the FanFests--I think it was the EU FanFest--unless I'm going crazy, I vaguely remember Yoshi P telling the audience something about, "What we have in store for you in Dawntrail is going to be much better than everything you've seen so far". That wasn't his exact wording, but that is basically what I remember gleaning from his words on stage.

So, having said that, what would make me unsubscribe is if SE doesn't stand and deliver, having raised the already high expectations even higher. I don't know if he said that to generate hype for the brand new story they have in store, or if he truly believes Dawntrail is going to show us something better than everything we saw in the past ten or so years, but I'm expecting something to blast me into next week. Wow me like I've never been wowed before. Because Yoshi said, on stage, that that's what was going to happen.

Okay, joking (or half-joking, really) aside, I think what would really make me unsubscribe is if SE started doing take-backsies like Blizzard did with World of Warcraft's story. "Remember this person who died? Well here's an expansion where we go into an alternate timeline and now they're alive!" Or, if the game becomes bogged down with romance, in order to cater to the shipping community (I love you guys, really, but it's not my thing). If the main story starts getting devoted to a Scion or Scions telling their romantic story, I'm going to wash my hands of it and move on, probably. Not everyone likes romance, and I'm one of those people. Or, more still, if SE decides to make FFXIV free-to-play and earn their money through pay gates and proceed to make everything super redundant. I could probably go on a little further with this, but I'm sleepy, and it's bedtime. Be back later!

[Chasingstars]

Or, if the game becomes bogged down with romance, in order to cater to the shipping community (I love you guys, really, but it's not my thing). If the main story starts getting devoted to a Scion or Scions telling their romantic story, I'm going to wash my hands of it and move on, probably. Not everyone likes romance, and I'm one of those people.

Agreed. Romance is fine if it's like a background thing like how it currently is in the game among npcs or with the eternal ceremony thing. Or if it needs to in the forefront, it should have a purpose, like in horror with Edda Pureheart in Palace of the Dead, or in a more comedic way with Hildibrand. Where its more than just the romance itself, and what that can do to actually make the story better. As if its romance simply for the sake of romance, it can feel as a shallow plot element.

[Kikoten]

Agreed. Romance is fine if it's like a background thing like how it currently is in the game among npcs or with the eternal ceremony thing. Or if it needs to in the forefront, it should have a purpose, like in horror with Edda Pureheart in Palace of the Dead, or in a more comedic way with Hildibrand. Where its more than just the romance itself, and what that can do to actually make the story better. As if its romance simply for the sake of romance, it can feel as a shallow plot element.

I saw a sect of FFXIV fans on a site I can't remember--maybe it was the YouTube comment section, that place gets pretty wild--calling for Y'shtola X Runar. I don't personally care if that happens. If so, cool, great for them. Y'shtola is very eager to get back to the First, probably for this reason, and if that brings the whole story back to the First, then I'm all for it. But I'm hoping, for the love of Menphina, Y'shtola doesn't turn into a hopeless freaking romantic all expansion. She probably won't. I'm ranting about this SOLELY because what Yoshi said got under my skin. "It's going to be better."

Better for whom?

[EDIT]: It wouldn't be the first time character roles/personalities got shifted. My friend and I were talking about Alphinaud's change the other night. We liked Alphinaud better before Alisaie showed up.

And to continue with that last little bit I left out of my previous post, and thus returning to the thread's topic, I think yet another thing that would make me unsubscribe from FFXIV is major life changes. I mean, REALLY HUGE life changes. I might unsubscribe for a day or a week. The thread only asked what would make me unsub, not for how long!