Quote Originally Posted by ovIm View Post
Reads to me like he is finally getting the message people have been saying for years on end.
Maybe, but he could just be referring to the Field Operation and its relic grind. Maybe Cosmic Exploration too. We'll have to see.
Though at the same time, his wording worries me. "content that will take time to complete" in FF14 speak usually meant awful grind (like kill 1000 S-Ranks / Play 5000 PVP Matches grind) up until now.
1,000 S ranks isn't as bad as people think. I had finished it 2 months after Dawntrail release. So very possible to do casually within the 2.5 years of the expansion.

But I agree generally that most achievements aren't fun. That's why I go for mounts instead. I find those goals more reasonable than the achievements which go all the way to 10,000, 500,000, 1 million and so on. I just don't think hunts are that hard to get anymore due to world visit and DC travel.

I'm down to repeat content because each time can go differently (especially with random parties), but only to a point. For example, I get a little burned out from extremes after 25-50 runs, which is why I've liked them awarding 2 totems.

From a development standpoint they have to repeat content, otherwise they put all this hard work into content only for you to see it/look at it one time. Now they can do this like Crystalline Conflict, Frontline and Rival Wings for example where each time can be very different, but if all the work that went into those maps is used only 1 time it's rather inefficient.