is this game near the end of it's life?

[Jinrya-Geki]

You're missing the point. FFXI's relic grind was huge yes... but what did you get out of it? A weapon the would be BIS for YEARS, a weapon that gave tons of stats and traits, as well totally new weapon skills. The reward was WORTH the grind. As one person long back on some post said "it broke the game how good it was". Now let's compare with FFXIV's relic: It will be replace by other items with a better ilvl next patch. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

It makes me cringe. Like I have said before I feel bad for those who enjoy doing it. Only to have it so quickly replaced.

[Greedalox]

This thread pops up every patch since the game launched. The answer is no.

[starLivitation]

You'd figure with the complaints made every single day, and the same examples given countless times would get 1 response.

Never is. Probably never will be.

Is the game nearing the end of it's life? Yup.

All because it needs another system overhaul which the developers are obviously not going to do. Which is why content is being delayed to make it seem like it's fine-tuning, it's not. It's just another stick on the carrot trying to get you to pay as much as possible till you give them money and not develop it any further.

What happened to the whole "Oh you kill this summon, and you can use it in this fight" promised since the start of 2.0 in every interview it was mentioned. Never happened.

Relic killed me because you had to do all the low level content... Just another way to not develop new interesting content for the sake of getting more money.

Everyone needs to wake up and god damn see the big picture. There aren't going to be anymore major overhauls.

well i think the developers are in denial. yes they know some are not happy, but there was a few people supported the previews grind festivble of zeta and atma, and those people are also fed up with this this time around. i wonder when the developers will notice , this time around it's majority unfavor this grind of fates and old dungens for a relic and how unspecial the experience is, to grind thousdand of tomes and allied seals and silly beatribe quests.

[Goodberry]

I don't know how the game is faring, but I'm outta here. My subscription ends in a few days and I'm not going to renew it. Never mind the relic grind, I can't tolerate the idea of even one more Arboretum or Pharos Hard run, and am weary of floating islands, want to put feet on firm land again. Best wishes to those who stay and those who go.

P.S.
Great signature, Star.

[Whiteroom]

If the keep on like this, it is likely. The lack of innovation and fun in things like the relic quest, especially with how long it took them to release it, can't do anything good for the game. It would be nice if they put some genuine effort into those things. Diadem is the same, its like fast food content, you get your fill, but its never as satisfying as a quality dinner. Where the content seems to be more focused on keeping us here by force, rather than by entertaining us.

[Lancelot_Kahn]

Ditto. I'm done with this game yet again...
1.0~ was shit
2.0.2.55 was fun and challenging
3.0~ XIV is back to shit again

Cancelled my sub, I'm not paying for this lazy game development.

[Aeliott]

End of life might be dramatic but "bleeding subs" is probably an accurate expression. The game isn't dying but it's naive to pretend it hasn't seen better days(/halfyears), and isn't pushing its luck with many

[Tisharu]

The Relic was such a disappointment. I think they are at the end of it life. Atleast 2.0 Relic was interesting and original. Killing Chimera, Hyrda, then Titan Hard Mode. Now it keep rehasing the same thing over and over again. Atmas pre 2.0, Dungeon, grind old content over and over, then a few crafting items? Really now.

I just log in and did a few Fates for Atmas, then I was like "Nope" then log off. Think I won't be subbing after end of this Month. At this point, it just rehas of the same stuff over and over again. Next 3.2 is probably gonna be 2 new dungeon, 1 new raid, etc all over again.

[Boss_Koivula]

Sub running out in few days so i'm done until the next raid tier. If that fails to deliver its goodbye for real.

[Savvy]

A week ago there were threads whining that the game was too easy and that everything was being handed to players without a challenge. SE adds something that is time consuming and not just handed to you on a whim, and players complain about it. Seems legit.

The new relic is not a challenge and it is not hard. It's mindless and it's brainless and lazy like so much that is being put out and I really question why the brainless grinding looks like a challenge to you. This is the opposite of challenging, and I'm sure me as well as lots others are not just speaking about the relic quests in here. This is just a final straw on the huge pile of straw that is already piled up.