Is anyone else not really enjoying themselves?

[Collin_Sky]

If the MSQ was the only thing that you enjoyed, you didn't really enjoy the game to begin with.
You barely played it.

[chizLemons]

If the MSQ was the only thing that you enjoyed, you didn't really enjoy the game to begin with.
You barely played it.

No one said that.
If you read the MSQ like you read forum posts I wouldn't be surprised if you liked it.

[Granyala]

By this point I'm more excited for the Hildibrand story than 7.1.

Hildibrand with the capabilities of the new facial rigging?
YES PLEASE!

[Cynric]

I think for me, I've been playing FFXIV for a long time and usually the MSQ is always something I can count on to motivate me to want to learn more about the world we're put in and the circumstances around it. This time though, while the battle content is really stellar(probably the best it's been in forever) I just can't feel motivated to keep playing. In fact playing kind of makes me sad. Between how bad the MSQ was and the likelihood that the Dev's might screw up Viper which is the job I've had the most fun with for over 6 years. I've kind of lost all motivation to keep playing in general.

I really liked the characters before, and now I dunno, I can't imagine going through anymore of the Wuk lamat show, like just the thought of having to deal with more of how the main quest was written, or having to deal with more of Wuk lamat. It honestly makes me wish I never bought Dawntrail. I've never been more excited for summer vacation to end in my life. Honestly, if the game continues down the path Dawntrail has started, I can't see myself being able to justify the expense of a game I don't enjoy anymore. I'm really hoping the raids are fun and that the story is 100% separate from Wuk Lamat, because after getting through the MSQ , especially the final trial (I will absolutely never do that trial again), I've never been more depressed to be playing a game in my life.

[Rayne6665]

Im not. If youre bored out of your mind, go play other games. Take a break from 14.

[kinslayer-]

I would like to say yes but...the MSQ was kinda disapointing that i've procastinating to finish it already (i'm at the final trial i supose) and they took positionals, Twin snakes buff and Demolish dot from MNK, it kinda feel weird and boring, like it lost the remaining identity the class had, switching to MCH in the meantime. Waiting for the Operantion field to not dissapoint (hopefully).

[angienessyo]

I'm having a lot of fun leveling jobs, farming the EX trials, maxing out my fate levels, etc. before savage hits. I think if the game isn't fun for you anymore, it's okay to move on from it and do other things with your time.

[Yeems]

MSQ was meh at best but it's never been my main reason to keep playing. If it was, I'd probably just sub for an expansion release and then maybe once a year to keep up a bit with patches.
If you're not enjoying it, it's always a good idea to not try and force it. Take a break, play something else, it's not like much side content is forced to be done to be able to play the next MSQ (ik..some exception like ARR alliance raids).

[SDaemon]

The MSQ was a slog but I've been genuinely enjoying crafting, gathering, progressing on the EXs with my FC, and even camping on a plateau for just 5 more minutes.

[PaleYonder]

I still plan on checking out the crafter quests eventually, but from your description, it might still fall on the same issue for me. I don't feel like I have a reason to care about the folklore...which is ironic considering they tried to hammer down the "learn other cultures" aspect so badly during the whole story. It's the lack of good character writing for me. I want to care about the characters, and that makes me care about where they live, not the other way around.

I think that's the "bad" part of being too attached to one aspect of the game...it took my enjoyment away from everything else. Which up until the end of 6.0 it didn't feel like a problem at all in this game, but now it seems to be.

I'm pretty much the same, I somehow didn't expect the main quest could turn this bad all of a sudden, and since it was the thing I liked the most, now everything's tainted by that. Some activities are still fun, yeah, but it's not the same. I'm basically running a test on myself, "While my sub is still running, is this game still worth it for me in the future?" Like with many people, it's accompanied me through some very rough patches in life, but if it turns out this is it, then that's how it is.

And also same on the cultures. I don't need every character to be a complex multilayered masterpiece of writing, but they need to be the bare minimum of characters, and if I'm going to learn about cultures, I need something cool, something unique, something with at least a tiny speck of originality and depth and something to say. In Dawntrail I just don't care. I need more than "fairtrade and alpacas" or "tacos".
I don't have a crafter on that level yet, but if I get there, I'll check out the quests; I'm now curious if it's so much better, and if it is, it's a damned shame they didn't care about the MSQ enough to swap things out somehow. That's the one that should be getting the first pick of the good stuff.