Disappointed With XIV Direction

[Reimmi]

For how much players in their hugbox like to parrot yoship they always forget when he said the most important players are the silent ones who leave

Posts like this are way more important than some thread about a hairstyle or a face being 1 pixel misaligned

[xxmiamorecadenza]

That was only for the patch where CLL was the “endgame” of Bozja

Once completing CLL became needed to progress to DRN then Zadnor it was totally fine

I don’t agree with the person you quoted but CLL is not a good counterexample

That doesn’t undo the frustration felt during that window of time. Ultimately, folks were punished for waiting.

[Supersnow845]

That doesn’t undo the frustration felt during that window of time. Ultimately, folks were punished for waiting.

Except there was no reward for doing CLL during that patch so there really wasn’t any punishment

[xxmiamorecadenza]

Except there was no reward for doing CLL during that patch so there really wasn’t any punishment

We’ll just have to agree to disagree here.

[Supersnow845]

We’ll just have to agree to disagree here.

I mean sure but it’s a bit hard to argue FOMO about a piece of content that literally didn’t have any FOMO

[xxmiamorecadenza]

I mean sure but it’s a bit hard to argue FOMO about a piece of content that literally didn’t have any FOMO

We’ll agree to disagree.

[Renka777]

(english is not my main language so i wont make a "quality" post)
i'm a raider who is currently taking a necessary break, i was supposed to be on a FRU prog on release day but i dont want to force myself to play anymore, anyway i've unsubed for the 1st time and i might comeback for 7.2 or before if square enix put the auto demo house timer back in europe (spain water issue)... but i might not comeback at all tbh

frankly i'm too tired of the game mostly because of all the boring gameplay changes with the same questionnable philosophie since shadowbringer, btw about the recent 7.1 patch i didnt like their way of "fixing" Ninja and didnt like the fact they removed identity things once again for DRG, every balance patch is the same old boring homogeneous shit mentality and i cannot believe that they will start shake up things on 8.00 patch, to me this is just a horrible bait from Yoshi P and i will not be in the next expansion for sure

All trusts i had on Yoshi P is lost with Dawntrail

[Gaddes]

I always thought it was a mistake and also kind of telling about the devs' change in approach to the game when almost all the ARR dungeons were fundamentally altered to go from a dungeon with multiple pathways to reach a goal, to one long hallway.
I understand that Toto-Rak was not popular with most people, but at the very least you could go about collecting those energy sprites in different ways if you wished, and the map was wild enough that you could take some wacky paths and not play it through exactly the same each time. And I think it's fair to extrapolate that design choice out past the ARR dungeon redesigns to see that they're taking this hyper streamlined amusement park approach to all the new content which does not allow for variety or unpredictability at all.
New maps don't have the same visual interest outside of the meager city teleport points, compared to the older maps. Almost everywhere is fly-over territory and doesn't really encourage exploration or offer lore tidbits.
Some of this simplification may have honestly been made in response to some louder folks complaining that they didn't like certain elements and just wanted to focus on the meat of the content, but I think this was a monkey's paw situation where they trimmed and cut down on frankly way too much.

[fafrir]

I haven't really engaged with these forums for a while but I hate to say this but at this moment, I agree that FF14's direction has been disappointing and something does need to be changed.

I may not be a long time player as I've only played for 4+ years (at least compared to legacy/ARR players) but for the first time in a while, I never felt this frustrated nor numb with playing this game until now, despite a few past things I was frustrated with before. It also didn't help I just wasn't a fan of MSQ at all so that did sour my mood playing it. I have taken a month break before DT but I'm honestly planning on taking a much longer break until 7.2 or until auto demos are back up when my sub ends mid December. Maybe that may change my mood and outlook but I'm not overly optimistic. Besides, there have been a lot of other games and other hobbies I've been enjoying a lot more. FF14 doesn't have much of an interest anymore even if I've been playing it daily.

I'm glad they have stepped it up with content being harder (at least compared to Endwalker) but at the same time, I also cannot help but say it feels empty and monotonous. I am done with this Savage tier, all current EXs are cleared and I don't feel up to farming them as much (my static wanted to farm it last night after doing content but I just wasn't feeling it), dungeon pulls are still boring and frustrating even if the boss mechs are enjoyable, seasonal events aren't interesting anymore, PvP feels like a chore, etc.

I do hope they listen to this more seriously because I love FF14, I'm obsessed with my WoL, my house is epic, and I want to see it amazing again but it's also sad to see it in its current state, at least from my perspective.

[Hallarem]

Honestly, I had a point of "This time I'll keep complaining, so I can actually fight against changes or lack of them unlike I did with WoW where I never talked in the forums and just quietly sizzled with the rest of the community until they turned the game, lore, story and feeling into crap."

But seeing people being happy about the lackluster gameplay, lack of change and some people actually being happy with the really poor quality of writing has me kinda stuck in a corner. I'll just keep having fun with roleplay and my newly acquired medium house. If 8.0 shows a similar lack of interest from the devs to actually make this game more than a subscription money printer with a bad story I'll be gone.

Think a well deserved forum break is in order, keep fighting the good fight, you lot o>