Is anyone else burnt out?

[Welsper59]

The game is basically where its almost always been for me. Just something to do in general. It's not my #1 must-always-play game, not like how I'd have treated it back in 2003 or so. I think I've done this whole routine enough times throughout the years that I know what to expect, what burnout is for me, and how to treat it. I don't become delusional about such things because of that. I'm fond of the game as much as any other, possibly more attached to the name than most due to 1.0 and many years of FFXI, but that doesn't mean I have to hold the game or the devs on some untouchable pedestal, where if shaken, ridiculously results in me taking it out on how stupid/poor/unprofessional the devs are or how bad the game suddenly became. There's going to be times of drought like now, so if anyone was around during 2.0, you might want to reflect back to that time and look at it from outside of the "new game" perspective.

Burnout reaches us in a variety of ways. Most of us think of it as it hitting us all at once. This is certainly common, but it's also just as common to experience it slowly. Are you feeling bored/tired from leveling a job that you've always wanted, or thought to, without even playing it for more than mere minutes (or at all)? You're starting to feel the burnout. Replace "leveling a job" with some other activity and the same applies. Them adding more content of the same type (new generic dungeons or raids) helps the burnout a little bit, but it will quickly return, even faster than before. Heck, even totally new systems and mechanics being thrown into new content will result in an eventual burnout which, again, is faster than what it was originally. Recovering from burnout is honestly not a guarantee and likely will linger, but is best handled by taking breaks, length of time varying from person to person. It's a psychological "issue" that everyone gets from time to time, so blaming something that is out of your hands to be changed quickly is pointless and simply fuels the negativity. Basically, the only way that burnout is recoverable is by 1) you, the player, realizing more about how you should handle it for yourself (time off, finding new ways to enjoy yourself, etc). 2) by the devs essentially changing most of what you recognize as the systematic core of the game... basically, making a totally new game.

[Colorful]

I used to get burnt out quite constantly, I'd just log in whenever I had time and try to find something to do even though it wasn't enjoyable. I now log in once every day for the Mini Cactpot and Roulette Ex and let me tell you, I feel liberated more so than I did paying off crippling debts. It's even sorta fun to do a run of Neverreap now for some odd reason, maybe I'm going crazy. After I log in and accomplish my duties I just log off and go enjoy whatever else I'm doing now. Is it worth the $15 a month to log in for 30 minutes a day and do Neverreap? No, but I'm an idiot who trusted the developer team and paid in advance until December, and it looks like they repaid that trust by slapping me in the face and I'll in turn repay that slap by paying month to month with the cheaper sub option.

I'd suggest anyone else who is burnt out but subscribed in advance to do the same and just not play the game as much.

[Hieral]

Well, it's kinda sad that HW just takes 2.X content, makes it look different, and doesn't really add anything new.

There's nothing that wasn't in some way shape or form in 2.X. The main counterargument to this fact is scrips. Pffft. It's just tomes for crafted and gatherers. There's very little fresh content. Just repainted old content. Of course everybody's burnt out. Same thing happened between major patches in 2.X.

[Brill_]

Well, it's kinda sad that HW just takes 2.X content, makes it look different, and doesn't really add anything new.

There's nothing that wasn't in some way shape or form in 2.X. The main counterargument to this fact is scrips. Pffft. It's just tomes for crafted and gatherers. There's very little fresh content. Just repainted old content. Of course everybody's burnt out. Same thing happened between major patches in 2.X.

The drought between 2.x patches was never this bad. I enjoyed the game during the big drought between 2.5 and 3.0 then I do in the current state.

[Kemas]

I always have high hopes when I log in but after capping PLD,WAR,WHM,BLM,SMN,SCH,and AST and almost done with DRK my motivation vanishes upon logging in and I end up just doing dailies/weeklies as quickly as possible and standing in town looking pretty until I log off to sleep. It's a shame- yes we can continue levelling more classes but it takes a strong soul to find the motivation to do so.

[Veilqa]

I'm asking because I feel as though playing FF14 to max out my weekly ESO is more of a chore, then fun. I know that 3.1 is just around the corner, but it's difficult to being myself to run though another Neverreap or fractal, and I'm probably going to go on a hiatus. Does anyone else feel the same?

Currently I am feeling the same. I love pvp in mmo's coming from GW2 and pvp in this game at least for me feels just meh. So to answer your question. Yes, I am feeling burnt out. Almost like "what is the point of this?" At least at the moment. I also work full time so I kind of have to manage my in game time to be the most efficient possible to that could be part of it. Maybe ive some how turned game time in to a job. Ugh.

[CYoung187]

I'm in the same boat, for the first time in this game since i starred. Ex roulette to cap tomes has become so boring that is has killed my ambition to do anything else in the game. Which is a shame because I loved the whole 3.0 story and exploration. Leveling additional jobs from 50 to 60 just seems mindnumbingly painful and I no longer have the desire to do it. Hopefully 3.1 will change that.

[Jim_Berry]

I'm not burned out. It's just that it took me a while to complete Heavensward and get to Level 60. The problem is, my Level 60 is a NIN, so it is taking me a while to farm Law and Eso to gear up.

Not only that, but...

Bismark Ex:
- No one joins my PF, and when I join a PF, it never fill.
- Folks told me to get iLv160 to do Bismark Ex. I hit 160 then I'm told 170. I'm iLv173 and STILL can't get a group.

Alexander:
- I am sitting at Alexander 3, Normal.

I managed to get my PLD to Lv55 so I can spam dungeons since that's what I like to do anyway, but even that is taking long to level. I did "The Aery" a couple of times and still haven't hit Lv56.

[Nestama]

Bismark Ex:
- No one joins my PF, and when I join a PF, it never fill.
- Folks told me to get iLv160 to do Bismark Ex. I hit 160 then I'm told 170. I'm iLv173 and STILL can't get a group.

That's because Bismarck EX is obsolete content. People who have already done it do not have an incentive to do it again. Only option is asking your FC or seven friends if they want to do it.

[Jim_Berry]

That's because Bismarck EX is obsolete content. People who have already done it do not have an incentive to do it again. Only option is asking your FC or seven friends if they want to do it.

Seems I have to be on at the right time. I work 3p to 11p central, so I find that many folks are also worn out from already have been on the game much of the day already. My timing is another reason why I cannot static, since some statics end up running on at least one day when I can't go.