Who here is also burned out from farming?

[DreameR7g]

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30 - 40 minutes for a dungeon beats the hell out of having to schedule a block of 3 hours to have to do anything. (FFXI Leveling parties in a nut shell).

This game IS more casual but you can't escape from the MMO game design. If it wasn't grindy or time consuming, it wouldn't be an MMO.

[Elky]

I just got into pvp, and started leveling my botanist. I think its just finding something new you haven't done yet in the game.

[Axzeriuth]

Before the expansion came out I had nothing I wanted to do in game, I had levelled the classes I wanted, gotten gear to last me into HW and was failing at raiding (T.T). The grind was there with no real end goal and I was getting tired of FFXIV. I then started working on my relic and pony farming, whilst tracking progress on a spreadsheet and worked towards a new end goal, was the most fun I had for months.
I understand that this game can be a grind but it's about filling in the gaps with something else and doing different things that make it fun again.
With that said, I'm back into grind mode and getting really bored again in HW.

[Wobble]

Literally since the new tomes were released I have only made enough to get one accessory and I really don't care to be honest.

[VanillaWafer]

Not necessarily burnt, really. I PVP most of the time I log on. But that's because I really like Frontlines. Grinding for tomes are a bonus to me and most often I forget I was being rewarded with Tomes until I see that I can't earn any more.

Dungeons and Trials are all predictable once you figure out the mechanics. Granted, some people really like repetition. You can't predict what an opposing player might do to you. Frontlines does a great job keeping you, your party, and your company on everyone's toes due to RNG. I like it.

I often look for other avenues to find some fun while grinding. As it turns out for me, PVP was the better choice.

Also, I wish people would stop thinking like it's some kind of chore to do.

[Kosmos992k]

Burned by farming? STOP farming.

Burned out because you 60'd everything and cap everything in a day or two? Stop playing the game like it's a job that you must complete as efficiently as possible. Start an alt that you play for fun, dont farm anything, chat with friends, do the side quests, read the text, smell the roses...

In short player burnout is the fault of the player, not the game design. Change the way you play, actually 'play' and have fun. Thats what games are for. If it's not fun, then you're better off doing something else.

Reduce your playing tIme, step off the gear escalator, play another game two or three days a week, break the cycle, and have fun again.

[Goodberry]

Sound advice this: play the game (every game) as a game, not as an unpaid job.

[F_Maximillian]

I think the biggest issue is people why there are limited things to do. When most games launch an expansion there tends to be a whole mess of things to get lost in for at least a few weeks. However, with a game like FFXIV expansions are less a giant package of content and more gateways to future content. That's why unlike many games that launch expansions FFXIV continues to get patch after patch. So because of this people went into Heavensward thinking there would be a metric ton of content and instead wound up with the tip of the iceberg we'll be getting over the course of the next few months. Honestly, unless you're planning on aiming for world/server firsts you're better off unsubbing and waiting until more collective content is published. A lot of people are fine with the current pacing of the game and are taking it one thing at a time. It's the instant gratification crowd or the hardcore dedicated crowd that seem to have the most issues with current pacing and only the hardcore crowd benefits from rushing due to afformentioned attempts at firsts.

Tl;dr If there's not enough to do, unsub and wait for more.

[KazuneHypnotik]

I guess I just don't think about it as a big grind fest. I think about it as upgrading my class little by little. I don't know about you guys but when I got my WHM eso weapon tonight, I felt a sense of accomplishment about it. I don't treat it as some kind of chore because if it was then I wouldn't do it. It ruins the game for me. My past mmo Tera was a HUUUGE grind fest for me so coming over from that game makes it a whole lot better.