What you're doing right now, in Dawntrail's scope, before 7.1 that isn't old content?

[Raikai]

so expect cosmic exploration in december since 7.1 will most likely have a early/mid november release.

That's still an awful amount of waiting for anything new of substance.

It also worth mentioning that we barely have anything to hold on other than an occasional YP interview or the 2 Live Letters we get. And even at those, I find hilarious that they spend so much either recapping things we know already or over-expaining very small things.

[SeriousPan]

Clearing side quests off the map, getting all the jobs to 100, doing all the crafter and gatherer questlines, getting all the bicolor gemstone unlockables, glamour hunting, sightseeing log.

Almost done with all of that and I genuinely enjoy doing it. Then I'll get back to work on clearing non-DT stuff again.

[Musashidon]

That's still an awful amount of waiting for anything new of substance.

It also worth mentioning that we barely have anything to hold on other than an occasional YP interview or the 2 Live Letters we get. And even at those, I find hilarious that they spend so much either recapping things we know already or over-expaining very small things.

not really 4 months is very fast as most games dont update and get new content that often and heck its normally less cause SE does the initial patch with content then does the second one a month later with more content so its staggered alittle, not only that we have collabs and seasonal events inbetween also.

[Raikai]

not really 4 months is very fast as most games dont update and get new content that often and heck its normally less cause SE does the initial patch with content then does the second one a month later with more content so its staggered alittle, not only that we have collabs and seasonal events inbetween also.

My other reference (that I'm not playing atm) is WoW, and while that may be true that 4 months is the usual wait time, there the player has more stuff to do and with a longer shelf life during the wait. The big flaw of XIV's encounter design imo is that once you clear a High End fight, the engagement plummets, because since most of fights is puzzle solving, it gets trivial, as long as every other player is on the same page - which I admit sometimes is not the case in PF, but that turns out to be more of an annoyance rather than "challenging fun".

But also, my point in the OP for XIV is mostly about the base .0 before we get the first patch.

[Supersnow845]

Went back to RuneScape after like 10 years

Archeology is a fun skill, been levelling that, finally reached Prifddinas after years of being a tight ass who wouldn’t shell out money for prayer and summoning levelling

Not having any content till 7.2 is really killing any excitement I have for 14

[Musashidon]

But also, my point in the OP for XIV is mostly about the base .0 before we get the first patch.

well your OP goes with any patch be it future or past really. how long does a piece of content last for you and do you like it?

if they moved a piece of content from later in the pipeline down all it would do is extend content drough by having content paced differently. the reason we don't get something big like DD/field operation early is because we have the base expansion/raids to work with sure for a lot of players that wont last longer than a week but honestly no content last longer than a week. some are willing to continue in content because of rewards but the fun drains out once you are just reruning content for the rewards.

[Lyndina]

Still got 6 weeks of my sub running, so leveling all classes via Roulettes...gonna expect it to be over next week since only Reaper is left to level from 90-100. After that? No Idea, probably gonna play other games, because there isnt anything to do.

[Akonyl]

Not much, really. Just doing occasional frontlines to hit series rank 25 before the next patch.

I kind of get why they want to avoid putting busywork content (eureka/bozja) at the start of an expac, but man they should really have something. Though also, that busywork content doesn't usually do much for me either since I usually just stick to one job.

[ovIm]

The only Dawntrail only content I do is do my normal raids once a week, and occasionally cause I enjoy the fights. Thats only a fraction of my playtime though. As there is little to do currently, I mostly catch up on things I have not finished from previous expansions...

[CuteBucket]

In the content drought during Endwalker starting in 2022, I was keeping myself entertained by making an alt to bring back through the story and do all the content in the order it was released, unlike my first playthru. And that was enough to keep me entertained for a long time, honestly. I love the story and world of the game, and it was fun to go back through it and discover the little things I'd missed. Since I didn't feel the need to catch up with my max level friends this time around, I could really take my time on my alt just enjoying things at my own pace. Meanwhile, I still had my main with all jobs maxed out and was raiding every week. And even if I wanted a break from either of those, I would do social things like go to player run events, explore all the cool houses I could find, take cool pictures in gpose, and so on.

But Dawntrail has killed all my ability or motivation to do most of that. My story alt, who was in patch 4.3 when DT dropped, had her face completely ruined by the graphics "update." Even just logging in as her to do the seasonal events has made me sad, because her face is so wrong. So why would I want to do more MSQ content with her or gpose with her anymore? She's not my character anymore.

So that leaves my main. His face is messed up too, just not quite as badly. I took him through Dawntrail, and had such an awful time forcing myself to finish it that I don't even want to level all his jobs. It feels like such a grinding waste of time. FATE farm? Tried it. Boring as sin and just gives me bad memories of the MSQ to be in the zones. Plus I'd rather use something like Tribal Quests--sorry, "Allied Society" quests--to level alt jobs, but those aren't out yet.

Level crafters and gatherers? Ugh. No content available to make that more engaging. Just leves to turn in. Sure would love if there was something like the Ishgardian Restoration that went to level 100.

Grind EX trials to get the wings? Bleh, no motivation if I have to get 99 totems and can't even exchange them for the mount yet.

Go to player run events and visit my friends houses and decorate? Well, I don't really enjoy dressing my characters up much if their faces are all messed up. Oh, damn, can't invite my Primal and Dynamis friends to this event on Aether because the servers are closed. Guess I'll have to go by myself (aka I'm not going because I want to play with my friends).

So I log in to raid and log out. After years of being excited to log in nearly every day because I could always find something to do, now I kind of dread logging in and having to get flash-banged by the stupid DT logo again for another day of raiding. And once we get everything we need, then what? I'm in a casual raid group, so we're taking our time with the fights, but even then, I'm not sure if this is enough content to last until November, let alone the next raid tier in 7.2.