I can't find the fun in this game any more

[Atelier-Bagur]

Yea, that's my curtain call. That live letter didn't show me a single thing I was interested in and actively made me angry with Beastmaster being a limited job. Endwalker killed my love of the game and Dawntrail buried it.

Nine years is the longest I've ever played an MMO though so while I'm sad my time here has come to an end, it gave me a lot of good memories.

I admire yet pity that you somehow thought they'd do a 180 on this fanfest otherwise, considering that everything that was shown was very much expected. You should've jumped off the boat years ago if this the case, because really what were you expecting from this game at this point.

Im not saying this in spite, Im just questioning your logic with how you came to be disappointed and how somehow this keynote was your breaking point (especially since for a lot of people that were not happy with EW's post content, they;ve acknowledged and announced the return of exploratory zones and more). Cant feel sorry for you with this post but I suppose you're free to express it regardless if its nonsensical

[Mithron]

I admire yet pity that you somehow thought they'd do a 180 on this fanfest otherwise, considering that everything that was shown was very much expected. You should've jumped off the boat years ago if this the case, because really what were you expecting from this game at this point.

Im not saying this in spite, Im just questioning your logic with how you came to be disappointed and how somehow this keynote was your breaking point (especially since for a lot of people that were not happy with EW's post content, they;ve acknowledged and announced the return of exploratory zones and more). Cant feel sorry for you with this post but I suppose you're free to express it regardless if its nonsensical

I expect good content. I don't mind if the content is the same and predictable, so long as it's good. This game's content hasn't been good for a long time now. That isn't a "burnout" problem or a "me" problem, that's an objective loss of quality being consistently shown.

What I expected:

1. Compelling and interesting story
2. Announcement of and emphasis on removal of 2 minute meta and major combat overhaul so every job actually feels unique and fun again
3. Actual cool and good new jobs that reflect what the player base actually wants and pulls from FF history and tradition and classic theme

What I got:

1. The most boring and least compelling story and trailer we've ever seen
2. Emphasis on nothing that matters, though this isn't uncommon from their past
3. Boring, uninspired and game worsening jobs that no one really wanted while insulting classic FF jobs

It's mostly 1 and 3 that are problem, they've been problems for a long time and continue to worsen, not improve, on top of everything else that considerably worsens

[Lady_Silvermoon]

*snip*

Thank you for answering why you're unhappy.

1. I also didn't find the DT trailer very interesting, however, without actually playing the story how can you know if it's good or not? I mean while it looked like an island vacation to go do a colonialism, we have stuff like Solution 9 and space travel, so there is likely more to it than heading to a new continent to go do war crimes. *fingers crossed*
2. Why did you expect this? They've been progressively making the jobs easier. Did you have any reason to think they'd go back on this?
3. I feel like this is the real reason. You didn't get the job you were hoping for. Which one was it? Because both Viper and Pictomancer are past FF jobs.

I'm sorry you didn't get the job you were hoping for, but given the current state of jobs, it'd just be a reskinned role anyway. "Awww, they didn't paint gambler animations of top of my magic DPS. "

[Somnolence]

The most boring and least compelling story and trailer we've ever seen

I still have no idea what is the narrative hook for Dawntrail.

Feels like we continue with the game for the sake of continuing, since it still prints money.

FFXIV is exceeding its original design lifespan and the dev team clearly wants to do other creative projects like FFXVI instead.

[Striker44]

I expect good content. I don't mind if the content is the same and predictable, so long as it's good. This game's content hasn't been good for a long time now. That isn't a "burnout" problem or a "me" problem, that's an objective loss of quality being consistently shown.

I'll be the one to break the bad news to you...umm...this is a "you" problem, and quite possibly a "burnout" problem. There isn't an "objective" loss of anything, just your own personal opinions. For example:

1. Compelling and interesting story
2. Announcement of and emphasis on removal of 2 minute meta and major combat overhaul so every job actually feels unique and fun again
3. Actual cool and good new jobs that reflect what the player base actually wants and pulls from FF history and tradition and classic theme

Only the first half of #2 would be "objective" here. The rest is entirely what you personally think or want, random attempt to appeal to "what the player base actually wants" (which is a huge group of people wanting many different things, as evidenced by the many positive receptions we've seen to the Picto and Beast announcements).

1. The most boring and least compelling story and trailer we've ever seen
2. Emphasis on nothing that matters, though this isn't uncommon from their past
3. Boring, uninspired and game worsening jobs that no one really wanted while insulting classic FF jobs

Everything here is pure personal opinion. Not one single aspect of it is "objective" in any way, shape, or form. For example, look at the ton of interest and posts that have appeared in just the past couple days about various aspects of the graphics update. That matters to a lot of people. It just might not matter to you, personally. And that's okay. It doesn't have to. But you're only going to frustrate yourself further trying to believe that your personal opinions are somehow objective facts, because reality will get in the way of that.