So what exactly is there to Do this patch?

[Zelda206]

During this patch? If nothing tickles your fancy, I'd seek out any games I left behind and go play those instead.
Work on hobbies, perhaps check and see if there are any small groups trying to make their own games and improve on their storytelling, take up a new extracurricular activity?
A multitude of things that serve to fill the time away from FFXIV, if nothing in the game piques your interest or entices you. All beneficial, all serve as a means to find productivity in the midst of mundanity.

[Destati]

So I understand why exactly SE decided to put the joke weapons behind maps instead of the more obvious (and sensible) trophy crystals/PvP; if it were with crystals - which just about everyone by now have been sitting on for a long time and have saved up - people could just buy them immediately and that would be the end of it. But by putting them in maps (and I'm assuming the coffers are like a final floor only prize judging by the prices) it's RNG upon RNG, an artificial time padding because there is pretty much cuss-all to do right now.

[Rehayem]

So I understand why exactly SE decided to put the joke weapons behind maps instead of the more obvious (and sensible) trophy crystals/PvP; if it were with crystals - which just about everyone by now have been sitting on for a long time and have saved up - people could just buy them immediately and that would be the end of it. But by putting them in maps (and I'm assuming the coffers are like a final floor only prize judging by the prices) it's RNG upon RNG, an artificial time padding because there is pretty much cuss-all to do right now.

The game is bloated with multiple currencies where most of them can't be used because there's nothing to spend them on. A prime example is trophies from PvP series, and yet they haven't added anything since EW patch with the exception of adding portrait stuff for both PCT and VPR with 7.0 release. Last contest weapon were put as tome currency in Radz-at-Han, so why putting them behind maps? They should've been Trophy currency in my opinion.

[Hallarem]

Cant wait for another slapstick Hildibrand mash up that ruins more of the integrity of the game and turns it into a comedy anime.

[Amh_Wilzuun]

"there's no content"

"but what about the content"

"i don't like that content so there's no content"

^these forums in a nutshell.

On a more serious note, the game has plenty of one-time content and plenty of somewhat-repeatable content. You've just done it all already.

If that's not enough for you, go pick up Runescape, or Brighter Shores, or some other game that's designed for content locusts. You won't run out of content there for a while.

...or maybe you will as soon as you decide "grinds aren't content, so there's no content" and uninstall. Who knows. /eyeroll

Put this on a freaking plaque

[Amh_Wilzuun]

Cant wait for another slapstick Hildibrand mash up that ruins more of the integrity of the game and turns it into a comedy anime.

There has been hildiribrand since 2.X, guess the game hasn't had integrity for 10 years then. Such a non issue

[Amh_Wilzuun]

Yeah so those people are basically just filling their time with stuff they have already done to fill time. They are likely also the people who are complaining a lot about the lack of content, they would be the people unsubbing if this hypothetical scenario

People aren’t “playing the game” they are “clinging to the game” and that’s the entire issue

Or maybe the game has stuff to do? You can cope all you want that the people subbed are just RPing in Limsa but our wallet is clearly outvoting the doomers

[Amh_Wilzuun]

I just can't fathom why people play the game where the primary gameplay is repeating group battle content for gear and cosmetic/mount rewards and then say that stuff doesn't count as content.

"There's nothing to do"

"What about grinding this fight for the mounts?"

"I don't want to do that, I don't like that content"

"So you're more into role playing or crafting/gathering then if you don't like the raids?"

"No that stuff is boring, I'm not some weirdo who sits around in Limsa all day"

"What content do you like then?"

"I like midcore content"

"So EX fights or the new Chaotic Alliance Raid?"

"No that's sweaty content for hardcore raiders, I mean real midcore content. "

"So like field zones?"

"No I hate Bozja and Eureka they are too grindy and take up too much time"

"So maybe more casual grinds like beast tribes?"

"No those suck because you they are time gated and take up too little time"

"..."

I don't know why some people have any business pretending to think this game could be for them. They want some sort of ethereal form of "midcore" content they can't actually describe. A lot of people are allergic to anything that is battle content that requires PF or some prior knowledge as "sweaty high end raiding" and then complain that normal content is too easy. Not saying that the patch cycle can't be criticized but some of y'all are impossible to please and nothing counts as content.

[TomsYoungerBro]

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So you come into this thread and make like 30 comments in a row, and then end it off with a strawman argument...Nice

[Amh_Wilzuun]

So you come into this thread and make like 30 comments in a row, and then end it off with a strawman argument...Nice

I’m counting 4. Looks like you’re 26 off!