Burnt out before the real content

[EdwinLi]

The game is still really new. There aren't a lot of ways to get gear right now and that is kind of to be expected. I think the biggest issue is there is really only 1 or 2 ways to get Darklight/upgrade AF gear. If people were doing different things other than farming the same 2 places (AK and CM) players wouldn't be getting bored as easily. Every MMO I have played has had a problem of lack of content upon release and so for me I just expect it. Things should be getting better over time with more options to gear yourself.

I personally don't have a problem of Darklight not dropping in dungeons... This gear is equivalent to the Crystal Tower gear (which should be in the game already, thus giving people more content to farm) so it shouldn't be dropping in the entry 50 dungeons. It really is too bad they couldn't have CT out and balanced for release because it forces the players to grind the same thing over and over thus getting bored.

the problem I find in endgame is everything in endgame requires AK and Darklight gear to have the stats needed for endgame. There is no content outside of the "require AK gear and DL gear" contents.

FF14 is currently stuck in the small box that most MMORPG uses for their endgame being grinding for better gear just to access higher content so you can grind for even more better gear again.

[shikarin]

the problem I find in endgame is everything in endgame requires AK and Darklight gear to have the stats needed for endgame. There is no content outside of the "require AK gear and DL gear" contents.

FF14 is currently stuck in the small box that most MMORPG uses for their endgame being grinding for better gear just to access higher content so you can grind for even more better gear again.

This is as opposed to... what, exactly?

Maybe you shouldn't be playing an RPG? RPG gameplay is inherently stat based. If you want something else, then what you're looking for is not an RPG.