Should I get back into the game?

[Ventus]

Hey guys hope everything is well and fun with the game (although I've caught wind of the weekly cap complaints)! I just wanted to check in and ask if you think based on what Yoshi has said about 2.1 if someone like myself should get back into the game as it turned out to just not be for me after about a month of play.

Just to give you an idea of why I left here were my main issues:
-dungeons weren't stimulating enough and felt very linear (highest class is 38 on my new 2.0 character, does late game get better?)
-Grinding FATEs and fetch quests got old quickly
-Summoner was carbon copy of WoW Warlock, not summoner
-Leveling up other classes after main story is exhausting and felt tedious
-Combat felt too simple and choosing the right rotation for the right situation didn't feel very difficult (I will say though this game's philosophy seems to be simple combat, complex fights later on)
-Lastly, just not enough to do but trust me I'm entirely aware this is a fault present in every new MMO (Is a lot of new worthwhile content being added?)

Things I really enjoyed about the game:
-environment, atmosphere, music, etc. it's all perfect
-crafting is perfect for me, I definitely enjoy it more than the combat after a certain point
-People in game are very nice and thoughtful
-needlessly tedious things are kept at a minimum in this game such as forming a party for 2 hours because you can't get a white mage (although duty finder seems to hurt community feeling)

Anyways that's not really all of my issues and things I love about the game, but I mostly don't mention them because they are far from having the possibility of being fixed (overly flashy animations, world feels much smaller, etc.)

I would love to get back into the world of FFXIV, yet I don't know if now is the right time or if I should wait for the next patch. Thanks for reading!

*Edit:
Just as a side note I do plan on continuing my subscription even though I may not be playing. It may sound odd but I guess I would at the very least like to support the developers as I have faith the game is going somewhere much better.

[Thunderz]

Wait until the expansion pack

nothing will change in the near future

[yamface]

O NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

a class that mainly puts dots is now an exact copy of a warlock, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

for future mmo designers: dont make dot classes, its a rip off of the wow warlock and therefore dumb and not original

[indira]

if you want new nothing changed yet

[Ventus]

O NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

a class that mainly puts dots is now an exact copy of a warlock, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

for future mmo designers: dont make dot classes, its a rip off of the wow warlock and therefore dumb and not original

I never said I had an issue with DoT classes. Summoner just seems to be more about the summons themselves so it doesn't make much sense to me. Thanks for proving my point though about the in game community being much more polite.

[JagerForrester]

Please ask this question after the 17th. The game is still the same as it was when you left, which means the reasons you left are going to still annoy you. After the 17th, keep an eye on the forums, see how people are enjoying the new content. I think bumping your own thread at that time is acceptable for your topic.

[ArnyDahaka]

le sigh, I love how some people feel the need to snark without addressing the actual topic :/

Anyway, I think you should give it a shot. From your list, they're fixing the fate grinding(dungeons will give roughly 3 times as much xp as they give currently), possibly the leveling tedium (see dungeon xp increase), and the lack of content (one new dungeon, two HM dungeons, a new raid, and EM primals).

That all being said, it's also really subjective. Many people are already saying that 2.1 won't really be giving all that much content because of loot lockouts and the fact existing content will likely get levels 50s to their Mythology cap faster by using Wanderer's Palace instead of the new stuff.

I personally play content for the content, not with the intent of getting it out of the way as fast as possible, so the prospect of new dungeons and Crystal Tower to run through is downright awesome for me. For you? Well, maybe. Alts will certainly level faster, but that would be through running dungeons, which will still be just as linear as when you went on hiatus.

As far as combat and the Summoner, well, those will still be the same, and probably will be for the lifetime of the game. If you ask me though, if you're paying for the sub anyway, you might as well meet the patch in person and try it out after it launches.

[Pinworms]

Yea come on back! The games fun! Plus it has lalafells

[darkstarpoet1]

if i were you i would wait and see how things are after the patch, but not before. if you have already left in arr then nothing is changed at all since you left. endgame does get better, but it is very limited in both amounts of content and only being able to do it once a week. at least don't sub again until the day the patch hits that way you get your full times worth of testing before choosing whether to go another month or not after.

[Dyvid]

Just to give you an idea of why I left here were my main issues:
-dungeons weren't stimulating enough and felt very linear (highest class is 38 on my new 2.0 character, does late game get better?) - Hasn't / Won't Change
-Grinding FATEs and fetch quests got old quickly - 2.1 adds dungeon grinding but it sounds like that won't work for you either
-Summoner was carbon copy of WoW Warlock, not summoner - Won't change
-Leveling up other classes after main story is exhausting and felt tedious - User preference
-Combat felt too simple and choosing the right rotation for the right situation didn't feel very difficult - Things really start to ramp up @ Titan to End Game
-Lastly, just not enough to do but trust me I'm entirely aware this is a fault present in every new MMO - new content will always be added in a 3 to 4 month schedule

Based on this, I'm sorry but this might not be the game for you. Then again you might try to get to 50 before making any finally choices.