Time to hang it up?

[caffe_macchiato]

Fully agreed. I think it's great for us to finally have a pro-unsubscribe movement in the Final Fantasy XIV community, especially with how the game is currently going. The same thing happened during Shadowlands in World of Warcraft and the game is better because of it. Dawntrail is effectively our Shadowlands, so I think we all should be stepping away for a while until Square Enix straightens things out.

Speaking of which, there's a free weekend coming up this week if you want to try or go back to the other game:
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com...e-back-weekend

[Volgia]

Fully agreed. I think it's great for us to finally have a pro-unsubscribe movement in the Final Fantasy XIV community, especially with how the game is currently going. The same thing happened during Shadowlands in World of Warcraft and the game is better because of it. Dawntrail is effectively our Shadowlands, so I think we all should be stepping away for a while until Square Enix straightens things out.

Speaking of which, there's a free weekend coming up this week if you want to try or go back to the other game:
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com...e-back-weekend

I'm going to start thinking you're just a blizz rep account, my dude. That was the most "Hello fellow gamers" post I've ever seen.

[1313]

Fully agreed. I think it's great for us to finally have a pro-unsubscribe movement in the Final Fantasy XIV community, especially with how the game is currently going. The same thing happened during Shadowlands in World of Warcraft and the game is better because of it. Dawntrail is effectively our Shadowlands, so I think we all should be stepping away for a while until Square Enix straightens things out.

Speaking of which, there's a free weekend coming up this week if you want to try or go back to the other game:
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com...e-back-weekend

I'm actually very grateful that you've shared this, because frankly, I'm so bored with this game. Everything takes forever and all the jobs are boring to play. I used to love certain jobs in sb, and shb, but they're all so dull now that I actually nod off in duties (without consequence). I've never played WoW and I've become increasingly curious over the years of what it's actually like, due to all the comments I've heard about it. I might just go give it a spin and see how it goes.

[Equitable_Remedy]

Friends, it's a videogame: play it if it's fun and don't play it if it isn't. It really, truly, does not need to be more dramatic than that.

[genuine_stranger]

I think most people like leveling through roulettes in the game.

This certainly doesn't apply to me, at least. I've done the roulette so many times that I can't be bothered to do one expert daily for the tomes and one frontline roulette for the chaotic fun and free exp. It's just so mind-numbingly stale that I rather browse through the official forums or reddit than to play the game.

[NoOneofConsequence]

Friends, it's a videogame: play it if it's fun and don't play it if it isn't. It really, truly, does not need to be more dramatic than that.

You are absolutely right, but some people get wrapped up deeper than that. I was once, and it took work to get myself back to where you are fortunate to stand. Not everyone is so lucky. And my post is basically the tool I worked out for myself to help develop the willpower to walk away that I had lost at some point.
Being dramatic was not my goal, so I apologize for coming across as such.

[Swordsman]

Fully agreed. I think it's great for us to finally have a pro-unsubscribe movement in the Final Fantasy XIV community, especially with how the game is currently going. The same thing happened during Shadowlands in World of Warcraft and the game is better because of it. Dawntrail is effectively our Shadowlands, so I think we all should be stepping away for a while until Square Enix straightens things out.

Speaking of which, there's a free weekend coming up this week if you want to try or go back to the other game:
https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com...e-back-weekend

I don't think I can stomach retail wow lol. The overall vibe of the game is just way too different from what it used to be in classic, TBC, and Wotlk. Cata was alright for me but then I stopped playing in Mists. Honestly I'd rather jump into Throne and Liberty than try to go back to wow.

[Boblawblah]

just read the title and your username, so I'm going to go ahead and say, yea, it's probably time for you to hang it up.

Bye!

[Ardeth]

I think about it some days. The game has gotten so passive-aggressively toxic. I can't even have normal conversations with people without them turning it around on me for no reason. I was having trouble doing something and I was trying to figure it out, but instead of being helpful or constructive I was being treated like I needed to quit the game and let someone else do what I was doing. It's frustrating, to say the least. I'm keeping it vague for obvious reasons. But it's bad. Everyone is like that. I'm not openly criticizing anything. I'm just trying to be friendly and helpful, and I feel like nobody wants me around. Some days I can't stand it. I hate how anti-social everyone is now. And I know a lot of it is returning people who are gonna leave and have no steak in anything, but it just sucks. It sucks feeling like a group of strangers have nothing but contept for you. It sucks feeling like you're wasting everyone else's time just being you. And it sucks that I have to feel this way. A game that brought me so much joy is legitimately making me depressed.

Anyway, I'm not gonna keep going. It's getting too sad.

I moved over to Mateus to play with my best friend, but I think he ditched me. And everyone here is worse than what I have been dealing with.

[NoOneofConsequence]

I think about it some days. The game has gotten so passive-aggressively toxic. I can't even have normal conversations with people without them turning it around on me for no reason. I was having trouble doing something and I was trying to figure it out, but instead of being helpful or constructive I was being treated like I needed to quit the game and let someone else do what I was doing. It's frustrating, to say the least. I'm keeping it vague for obvious reasons. But it's bad. Everyone is like that. I'm not openly criticizing anything. I'm just trying to be friendly and helpful, and I feel like nobody wants me around. Some days I can't stand it. I hate how anti-social everyone is now. And I know a lot of it is returning people who are gonna leave and have no steak in anything, but it just sucks. It sucks feeling like a group of strangers have nothing but contept for you. It sucks feeling like you're wasting everyone else's time just being you. And it sucks that I have to feel this way. A game that brought me so much joy is legitimately making me depressed.

Anyway, I'm not gonna keep going. It's getting too sad.

I moved over to Mateus to play with my best friend, but I think he ditched me. And everyone here is worse than what I have been dealing with.

I can't relate personally in some of those issues. But I do know that misery loves company. And the overall atmosphere in EW started to change due to design decisions. Additionally, some players are not great with setting their expectations of others. Even I can be guilty of that sometimes. But, you only know them through your interaction in game. You are only seeing one facet of them. It is possible they are just a dick, or they could have reasons for it, etc etc. Its not a one size fits all scenario.

If you are having that negative a reaction though, seriously though, step away for a bit. <3
How the game affects you will not impact any other person, focus on yourself. Don't hang around and beat that joy with a stick until its dead :-(.