Game getting boring?

[Daniolaut]

Wait whut? I took an extended break came back and farmed 22 alex in like six days. You can easily farm 2 a day if not three or four.

I would like you to expound on this statement. If you would be so kind.

How are you able to obtain 4 alexandrite per day?

[Swiftpaw]

If it's become boring, take a break, play another game, pick up another hobby? New content will come out soon enough. Every game has its limits.

[Lemuria]

I don't want to say I'm bored with the game, because that would be untrue, but I won't deny that it has stagnated a bit.

This game has all become about the grind.

It's no longer about what's fun content, or what's a nice diversion from the usual whack-a-mole, but is now about spamming endless dungeons and raids for gear and tomes. All for that new shiny upgrade which will be made redundant in a few months time. THAT, dear community, is truly what the problem is with the game.

We have daily beastman quests, which are essentially the same four missions repeated ad infinity. We have daily roulettes, which are again all about progression. We have the brick wall that is the crafting system, forcing you to endlessly meld expensive materia and watch it fail over and over until you get the 'perfect' stats necessary to actually reach the next tier. For me, the latter was really the last straw. They added a ton of gear, but only at the highest level and requiring stupid amounts of rare items to craft. There's still no real 'progression', you're either max-melded or you're bottom tier. And yes, I do have my artisan tool.

I hate comparing FFXI since they're very different games, but it does have a lot of things right. For a start, gear is unique and tailored. There's none of this rubbish "equip X item or you suck", but more like "equip X item for this type of content". Instead of wearing a level 120 armor piece and feeling superior, I could wear a robe which improves my healing potency, or a cloak which gives me mana regeneration. At later levels, perhaps even both!

Here, it's the same few BORING stats on every piece. Do I want crit or spell speed? Do I care enough to make a distinction since that measly +27 doesn't seem at all noticeable in a real fight? Do I want Parry or Skill Speed? It sort of robs the fun of getting a new piece of gear when every single one is the same as the last in terms of practical use.

[Vladislav]

If it's become boring, take a break, play another game, pick up another hobby? New content will come out soon enough. Every game has its limits.

till 3.0 would be fine (at least i did)

[Mature]

I rather have a game with a hell load of stuff to do then knowing that probably in 5 months or so you'll be done with it and have it shelfed for life . I got ffxiii to platinum plus nothing left to do plus same with FFXII all 100% . I wish these games where mmos.

Lesson of the day : ffxiv is not for casual players.

[Hyunckel]

I don't want to say I'm bored with the game, because that would be untrue, but I won't deny that it has stagnated a bit.

This game has all become about the grind.

It's no longer about what's fun content, or what's a nice diversion from the usual whack-a-mole, but is now about spamming endless dungeons and raids for gear and tomes. All for that new shiny upgrade which will be made redundant in a few months time. THAT, dear community, is truly what the problem is with EVERY MMORPG.

FTFY

Gone are the days of dozen of different stats and versatility. Games are now streamlined to cater to clueless beginners to the genre, casuals with low free time and to reduce production costs / time to develop stuff.

If you expect every major patch to deliver more content, you're gonna have to wait 6 months + for that. Imo it's better to just wait 3-4 months and get something.

I for one would love different stats... And different upgrades options instead of this vertical path. The game's still fairly decent, it's an MMORPG so yeah. I couldn't find any other better than this one.

[Maero]

I would like you to expound on this statement. If you would be so kind.

How are you able to obtain 4 alexandrite per day?

Expert Roulette, and probably using hunt seals or Soldiery to purchase the rest

[BloodPact]

I for one would love different stats... And different upgrades options instead of this vertical path. The game's still fairly decent, it's an MMORPG so yeah. I couldn't find any other better than this one.

Never works out. In FFXI, for example, you had all the possibilites in the world and still everyone wore the same because there is always going to be the best equipment and that is obviously what everyone wants. The only reason XI had more diversity regarding builds between players was because the good stuff was retarded to get (could easily go six months looking for a specific item), but if things were as accessible as they are here everyone would have been wearing the same stuff, regardless of the many options they had.

[Shinun]

I would like you to expound on this statement. If you would be so kind.

How are you able to obtain 4 alexandrite per day?

When I was doing Ninja Novus - Expert Roulette,Trials,Main Storyline, then rest of the day FL would easily give me my 1 per day and 1600-2000 sol per day

[thepalehunter]

Yes - been playing since Realm Reborn beta - taking a nice long break with some other games at the moment. Might come back to FFXIV after a few patches.