Why aren't you subbing to Final Fantasy XIV now that the trial period is over?

[Kort]

I am not subbing for most of the reasons Evilchakra pointed out.

The game has become a race. A race to go nowhere. It's not even fun. just over a month into the game and a good portion of the server already has Relic+1's. This is a MMO, I thought things like that were supposed to be difficult. There is nothing difficult about this game. If you have the fortitude to mindlessly grind the same content 5 times a day for weeks on end then this is the game for you.

I just finished storyline two days ago. I see a guy shouting for Prae runs and tell him I am new and asked if I can join. His response : "How many pieces of DL do you have?" What? You don't need DL to run Prae.

The people on this game are the worst.

Here is a tip for the assholes who think the Duty Finder is for finding speed runs. IT'S NOT! You want speed runs then join the 100's of shouts for them in RT. New people to instances want to watch cut scenes.

When I see someone bitching at a guy for wanting to watch cut scenes I then start watching the cut scenes too.

PS3 lag makes it next to impossible to play at an optimum level.

Lag and people. That is why I am not paying to play this game.

[Altanas]

The game has become a race. A race to go nowhere. It's not even fun.

While I am legacy and sticking around for my FC, this is the biggest gripe for me. The game 1-50 feels very beta-ish with no real point to anything prior to endgame. That's resulted in the community taking a race to no where fast.

It feels a lot like SWTOR where you have so many zones/planets for 1-50 but once you have hit 50 (well 55 now in SWTOR) theres no reason to go back to them and you just end up repeating the few same dungeons over and over.

[DanteMog]

I stupidly purchased a 60 day game time card, so i'll wait that out, after i wont sub, too much gating of the story with Forced Dungeons (which requires dealing with scum all the time in Duty finder) our FC is tiny and the delay with AoE/Aussie ping is completely game breaking for me. Plus the community its mostly the pits..

Very generic mmo experience and the most boring crafting in the universe as well didn't help. oh and Grind grind and more grind, no way.

Unless all that changes in 60 days sorry SE i'll be gone, three of my friends have left already due to the opening server fiasco too..

[Davionx]

I get that day grinding is good xp. I don't get why people feel like they need to grind it over and over again till their face is blue. Were not racing to L50 guys. Its a game

[Davionx]

Day = fate.

[KokonoeAiyoko]

Haven't decided yet, but so far, my complaints are the following:

-Endgame is very grindy, which is surprising after Abyssea in FFXI.
-Tail clashing with robes on Miqo'te gets annoying and with other graphical limitations it makes me wonder if PS3 limitations are the new PS2 limitations.
-After hitting 50, I don't have much to do besides dungeons, and Culinarian seems to not be good for making money.
-Gathering classes level insanely slow without levequests, and Fisher isn't interactive enough.
-RMT harassment gets quite annoying.
-Being a DPS kind of sucks sometimes due to DF taking 30-40-50 minutes or more to finally get into a party, which can end up where you might lose or someone trolls the party and thus I simply don't have enough time to do dungeons as a DPS with these long wait times.
-FATEs don't drop anything worth much, it'd be nice to see Notorious Monsters.
-Most of the gear in this game is practically identical, and it gets rather old wearing the same stuff.

[Rauder]

Currently not subbing as I can't work out where to get time etc, I've heard some places are cheaper than others etc.

On a side note, if they buffed dungeon exp instead of fates, you'd lose the casuals I reckon. I'm a casual and the idea of doing a dungeon is off putting to me, there is too much argy bargy, arguing, you should spec this and that. I avoid dungeons where I can and prefer grinding fates or killing random mobs. It is less pressure, I can just drop in and out, chat with friends on FC etc without having to worry about wiping.

And for peeps who say, oh you'll have to grind dungeons eventually, I say to them, I doubt it, it isn't something I enjoy so I wouldn't bother. Saying that, plenty of peeps are lvl 50...with some legendary..hard more..ifrit things? I'm lvl 30 and go at a slow pace :P

[Poki]

I get way too much server lag from my location (Arizona)
RMT, hackers, and botters continue to run rampant while they go and suspend a bunch of legit players and take almost all of their money
Not much to do at end-game

I might come back to the game later down the line and see if things have improved but for now I won't be missing it too much.

[ShadowRupert]

I liked the game but i am torn on a few points, first i hate the idea of forced dungeons to run the main storyline. Don't get me wrong i like doing dungeons but i hate being that forced. Lack of quests bugs me as i am a quester i love to do every quest i can find its my fav way of leveling. In other mmo's you have so many quests you could work on them for months and months and still have more to do. In FF 14 it feels like there are only a few quests and they ran out fast.

I also hate instant death effects at high lvl, whats the point of having all kinds of gear and powers to die instantly if you get hit but a boss effect. Bad move imo

So i may turn my account back on thinking about it now or i may just check out some other MMO's and wait for something else.

[Anubis_Nephthys]

Well, I haven't subbed yet because Square Enix won't take my money. :/