Maybe it's time for a casual "strike" if not complete departure.

[Mawlzy]

No, I enjoy everything in 14. I apologise I didn't reply to your last post the amount coming in is a lot.

Continuing on, as you can see I have been around this game for ages. FFXIV has always been a combat centred MMO, the big focus has always been on raiding and similar content, so hearing people complain about the main appeal of the game is confusing and exhausting. I would love for them to release more casual content, and I know that it is coming in future patches. The content is literally being made so I don't understand this casual strike uprising angle.

I think the melodrama stems from frustration.

I don't think the big focus of 14 can be on raiding when on NA/EU it is a minority activity. Similarly, while I understand the argument that the game is combat centered (we're the warrior of light, not the culinarian of light), there's a significant population of players who regard the dungeons as an unavoidable impediment they need to get through to enjoy the story, and their RP, and their house, and their crafting, and their custom deliveries, and...

[LateNightSuki]

there's a significant population of players who regard the dungeons as an unavoidable impediment they need to get through to enjoy the story, and their RP, and their house, and their crafting, and their custom deliveries, and...

...What? Sorry but why are you actually playing the game at that point? Story dungeons have been here since the beginning of the game, genuinely, buy a story skip or watch a playthrough at that point.

I don't get what you guys (specifically the above population mentioned) actually like about this game or the reasons you play it. I am genuinely baffled from that post, like you can literally go play any other game at that point.