Thread: The Current Status of FFXIV Patch 3.1 and How to Address it Moving Forward

So, basically this is Yoshi's way of sweeping our concerns under the rug because we clearly don't know what we want. It's a bit like a parent who keeps feeding you food you don't like because it's supposed to be good for you, and keeps the cookies locked up on the top shelf.

It's really great that you want to cater to casual players, really it is. If SE took a look at my login history, they'd know I'm a casual player myself! I slowly grinded my Zeta weapon. It took me almost a year to complete. By the time I had it in my hands, it was quickly overshadowed by Heavensward and level 60. This time, I'm looking at the relic and shaking my head in disappointment.

Honestly, I'm not sure why it's so hard to understand that people want to have fun when they play a game. Grindy, repetitive content is practically a staple in an MMO, but it's possible to go too far to the extremes, which is what the Anima weapons are a perfect example of. These weapons are too grindy, too repetitive, and too boring to obtain. If history repeats itself (and I have no doubt in my mind that it shall, given the pattern we're seeing), we'll be seeing level 220-230 weapons available for tomes far sooner than we casual players would see our relics at the same level.

It kills all incentive to work towards these things knowing that it would take longer to accomplish than it would to simply wait for the next best weapon. You want an example? I had a level 130 white mage staff from tomes and crystal tower drops (yes, crystal tower, not coil!) long before I ever managed to finish upgrading my Curtana Nexus (level 115)! I had started working on the relic from day one!

There may be a few players out there who are content to chase the provierbial carrot on a stick, but I'm not about to repeat the process a second time. The simple fact that Yoshi stated 'new allagan tome' in the response indicates that, once again, we'll see an upheaval of esoterics and law tomes just to reset the status quo with a new set of arbitrary tomes at a higher item level. History repeats itself time and time again.

When updates get predictable, the game has clearly gone South. Stop stalling, and start innovating. This is one subscriber who is losing her patience.

that's the reason why i left 2.x and return during 3.x thinking they might slow down on the ilevel crap/debockle. now working on getting zodiac then zeta only to find out another relic will surpass Anima when Anima just came out.