Quote Originally Posted by Hurlstone View Post
Thats a fair point, though I do still think burnout seems a little more common in video games then before haha.

Although I will ask, have these patches really been dry compared to past 0.X content? I get that field zones like Eureka and Bozja helped a lot, but even they had their limits. Can a game with such a wide playerbase really fill 4-5 months with non-stop things to do? Not trying to start a argument or anything, I too would love if they could add more things for us to do and its an issue the devs have hopefully understood, given we are getting another zone. I played from ARR to HW, and returned at the tail end of Shadow so I cannot really comment from much experiance, but 6.X just does not feel like this massive downgrade in things to do as some people have said. Some of the older MMOs I played felt like you would not really get any new content until an expansion or yearly update haha. Plus FFXIV has always been a game that does not feed on FOMO, and is the easiest to take breaks from. Some would see that as a positive.

Perhaps an issue at play is as you say, the fact that this is a sub game, so people feel they are obliged to play more then they would. Plus things like the fear of loosing ones house if you unsubscribe, which is a real crappy sword to hang over peoples head and another reason why housing should be rebuilt from the ground up. I do wonder somtimes if that payment model should perhaps be changed, but the only alternatives would make the Store issues look like civil chit-chat.
Nothing will plug a 4-6 month empty period but a proper relic grind, an exploratory zone, a moogletome event and a reason to repeat variant/criterion for something fun would go a hell of a long way. Passive relic "grind" and checking the island retainer once a week for the next 6 months is really not cutting it. Hell how about for the next 4 - 6 months we get another old unreal unlocked again so they're not just rotting and inaccessible? Rotate a second one on a monthly basis, have a daily or weekly dungeon that gives more rewards or an extra challenge or SOMETHING