what do you hate about this game?

[Kuwagami]

mine would be you have to actually watch videos on some fights to know what to do and getting wipes over and over and over

You don't have to watch a video for anything. Guess what ? I did a learning party for levi Ex, 8/8 total beginners, first time in, noone had even seen a video or watched a guide. We got to the last add in under 2 hours, and were just missing the flawless run to get the kill.

But yeah "watch a vid before even attempting" mentality, that's what I hate in this game

[Arkghyom]

Claustrophobic Dungeons!

[Doo]

Battle system not complex enough.
No real open world content
Boring stats on gear.
Phase/Rotation fights.
Boss battles "raids" only. No interesting trash mobs or areas.
Lack of rare items.
Lockouts forcing players into statics.
Hard to schedule statics to get content done and if someone doesn't show can't do.
End game require too much "know the fight, one derp and you're out" to get things done. Not new player friendly.
Lack of diverse content. Not enough fun group content.
Fates
Gil seller spams.

[Sessurea]

I hate how this game makes little attempt to be anything other than a theme park....but luckily they seem to add new rides often enough....

[ruinedmirage]

What made me leave was that everything was scripted or designed to be the way it is; its linearity, I guess. SE got good at keeping everyone so busy, they'd rather do "official farming" than play with other people or do community content together. I'm a tabletop roleplayer foremost, so it's more of a personal problem.....trying to make sandbox content in a themepark MMO.

I think the one thing that would bring me back would be player made persistent worlds and a toolset like Neverwinter Nights had. But I'm in the wrong genre then......

Th only game that succeeded at player made persistent worlds was Eve Online others have just been lackluster. I can see a player made persistent world in a PvP based MMO but a persistent world in a PvE based MMO wouldn't work well.

I think it depends on who's playing in your world, whether it's more fun or not (not to mention I'm more familiar with D&D and haven't played EVE). But even a mediocre-designed game can be a blast when playing with the right people. ....... if they're not busy farming ATMA and soldiery tomes until the next patch, that is.

[Dyvid]

The lack of events a FC can do together. At times it seems like it's either coil or trials, nothing in between. Where is the group based content for beastman quest? How about some more 8 man dungeons. True HM Treasure chest that require a group of i65 players. Group based Guildleve and End Game Guildhest.

[Akiza]

What made me leave was that everything was scripted or designed to be the way it is; its linearity, I guess. SE got good at keeping everyone so busy, they'd rather do "official farming" than play with other people or do community content together. I'm a tabletop roleplayer foremost, so it's more of a personal problem.....trying to make sandbox content in a themepark MMO.

I think the one thing that would bring me back would be player made persistent worlds and a toolset like Neverwinter Nights had. But I'm in the wrong genre then......

Th only game that succeeded at player made persistent worlds was Eve Online others have just been lackluster. I can see a player made persistent world in a PvP based MMO but a persistent world in a PvE based MMO wouldn't work well.

[Vladislav]

Trash peoples in this game (only meant for those who "trash" , most playerbase is great)
Content locking/inaviability
No big world (about 80% of game is instance/raid)
Eu time = nothing to do / no friends online
Grind = can save when nothing to do (but after going 5~10 same instacnce runs getting tired/pissed off)

[Kiara1]

I really hate how you get good gear in this game. The token system is fair but it's sooo boring. You don't even do dungeons for gear you do it to get stuff to buy gear. It's just... I don't feel like an MMO should be like that, it looks more like a single player game.
I'd prefer if say Wanderer's palace and Ampador Keep dropped ilvl 60 stuff, Haukke, Copper bell and Pharos dropped ilvl 70, CT for ilvl 80, the new dungeons ilvl 90 together with coil, and then when they open up CT it should be ilvl 100 and new ct ilvl 110.
Every time you run a dungeon it would be more fun cause you're hoping for your gear and you just don't do it to get. They could also make the dungeons harder and a higher ilvl requirement so that you at least needed half your set to start farming for the next tier.

[Starlord]

The ultra-hardcore and extremely vocal minority on this forum who no matter what SE do is never good enough for them, and who are not even consistent as to their opinions, seeming to fluctuate as to what they would consider their 'ideal' version of the game from FFXI-2/FFXI HD to version 1.0 with better graphics, to just effectively Second Life with a FF skin. This game will simply never be what they want.

This is exactly why each patch changes from Hard-Easy and then Easy-Hard. Skill wise it's probably easy but the time it takes to get something done is what changes in difficulty. This is why I dislike the forums, because the game is like a see-saw that never seems to balance it self out or even "pick" as side.