Another "they quit" thread

[Ortamus]

4. The battles don't feel like battles. It feels more like a puzzle game, having to stand in certain places in every single one. I feel like I have to go into bot mode. There's no freedom, and none of it is reactive because the big battles all have a set routine making it too easy.
5.Too much is down to luck. I spent hours and hour saving my gil, then to buy my gathering gear, then to spend countless hours levelling my classes. My gathering and perception is impossible to be any higher and more than enough to catch certain fish, I then spend ages waiting on the correct weather, then more time fishing only to catch nothing. If that isn't a waste of my life I don't know what is.
6. The Golden Saucer is the biggest disappointment of all. I thought this could have been made so much better, there is nothing fun to it what so ever. I think it's pathetic you can't use cards you obtain,you have to level up card playing, how much of a waste is that! As for chocobo racing don't get me started.

[Ortamus]

There is a lot more to it than this, and I only stayed for so long because of the people I got to meet and it was a difficult decision, I did enjoy the game for a long period of time and I got my moneys worth but then it turned into a repeated nightmare of boredom because they've not put enough into it. Just little things such as exploring as we got to do on Skyrim, we don't have any of that (unless you find a glitch and then you'll have more fun than ever), and talking of fun, there's just not enough of it. There are no challenges on the game, you just move your character and push the same buttons in the same sequence 100 times over.

I did want to start my own thread and not hijack this one but it's not letting me for some reason so sorry about that. I hope for those who are around for the expansion enjoy it but please consider this. Is the time you spend grinding really worth it in the end?