Quote Originally Posted by Damona View Post
And dont worry OP, I dont get it either. I'll gladly play FFXIV as an episodic MMO where I'll log in every 1 or 2 patches and play the catchup game for the primals and the story. But as an active MMO? I am not interested in savage or sitting on 230 gear which will be meaningless in a few patches anyways.
When you think about it, this game isn't really an MMO. It's more like lobby based online rpg/arpgs likes monster hunter, pso, diablo, etc. You login, your open world is basically just a lobby, you get into instances, fight and go home except xiv has very poor gameplay customization systems. Instead you get dress ups and an adherence to a balance philosophy as if everyone is in competition with everyone despite everyone keeps saying they're not competing with anyone.