Cancel your Dawntrail pre-orders

[LianaThorne]

I'm just over here waiting to see if the entire expansion blows Endwalker out of the water or not. I've been playing this game for 4 years and have gone through most of what I want to do in the game, achievement or otherwise. Endwalker sunk my motivation to play into the ground due to the choices made regarding the lackluster content provided during the post patches. I miss being in love with the game the same way I was during Shadowbringers and felt a genuine pull to play the game 24/7.

I want the game to do better and not just become a gutted dumbed down version of what it was. That's all. I'm not going to be giving them my money until reviews come out and people have a consensus on the direction the game is heading: the level headed crowd, not the toxic positivity or toxic negativity crowds that seem prevalent these days.

[Somnolence]

In the end, the question is if there is anything else I can be doing with my time.

There is no MMO alternative worth playing. And no big upcoming quality AAA game to eat up my spare time either.

[Mistress_Irika]

If you don't like the job changes like I do, then refund your Dawntrail pre-orders. Send a message to the team that we are not happy with the changes being made to FFXIV's combat.

If I could not pay for later expansions and keep playing the older versions of these jobs I would but sadly CBU3 does not want to make legacy servers so I will just have to leave this game until it becomes better and I suggest you do the same!

Vote with your wallet!

You're going to be waiting for years. Glam is endgame.

[Xlantaa]

Why? Because you say so? This forum is not an authority of anything, only a place of people crying for everything. Jobs are fine. And I will play the hell out of this expansion. I preordered both PC and PS5.

I vote with my wallet, and I like what I see.

[Immut]

im just astonished in a really bad way that people actually have to JUSTIFY why they want to play dawntrial. like its some kind of cardinal sin to still enjoy the other 99% of the game that DOESNT revolve around job design

You mean the dialogue boxes?

[Reinha]

Imagine subbing this whole time through an 8 month content gap and quitting just before they add an expansion. And people are saying those who pre-order are idiots?

[Sorimachi87]

Can't please everyone. *shrugs*

[Malthir]

Imagine subbing this whole time through an 8 month content gap and quitting just before they add an expansion. And people are saying those who pre-order are idiots?

I mean that's not really a fair comparison, you're subbed to a state of the game that you like, they are releasing a really bad expac for several jobs making it a state of the game that's going to be unfun for those players, so yeah it's reasonable to unsub if you're not liking what's coming.
Personally I'm gonna play for a month cause I'm one of the idiots that pre ordered so might as well play the month for the story and then unsub and wait to see if they finally stop lying and actually fix some of the jobs.

[Immut]

Imagine subbing this whole time through an 8 month content gap and quitting just before they add an expansion. And people are saying those who pre-order are idiots?

Why does everyone keep assuming I've stayed subbed to the game? I JUST resubbed last month to catch up, I've been gone since 6.3.

I mean that's not really a fair comparison, you're subbed to a state of the game that you like, they are releasing a really bad expac for several jobs making it a state of the game that's going to be unfun for those players, so yeah it's reasonable to unsub if you're not liking what's coming.
Personally I'm gonna play for a month cause I'm one of the idiots that pre ordered so might as well play the month for the story and then unsub and wait to see if they finally stop lying and actually fix some of the jobs.

Realistically so am I, I usually "pre order" on the day the game comes out, but I promise I am going to complain the entire time.

[Merrigan]

No. And to put a positive spin on this sea of negative criticism that is the forum at the moment :

- I still like a lot of the class designs. The dps are nice, quite unique in their genre. Although I'm less enthusiastic about the changes to healers, some of them actually seem very good (removal of the rng on the Ast, to be seen of course).
- The game continues to be generous, with the ability to appeal to casual, midcore and hardcore players, which is a challenge in itself.
- Although the content of the old expansions could do with a facelift, the fact that it's still alive and kicking is a huge achievement (and one that doesn't get enough recognition).
- The game continues to be sound in its mechanics, with no abusive rng that can't be compensated for.
- I'm absolutely delighted that the Scions aren't being thrown out, but also that the stakes seem to be lowered a little.

I'm looking forward to DT.