I haven't read 37 pages of reply but I read the OP and I 100% agree.

I am currently on a "break" but still paying my sub as I am just not ready to leave the game entirely at this point. I classify myself as a mid-hardcore player (simply because work severely limits my playing time). I used to take days off work for patches of the day until recently. I happened to be sick on 3.3 and.....when I logged in I was anything but excited. More of the same...woho? New raid makes the old one useless....so I exchange one content for another. The new roulet dungeons are there, once again confining us to a choice of two (well really one because Hullbreaker Hard is a disappointment at best - epiphany of a copy/paste map) dungeons that we can get for the ex roulette.

I love FFXIV, I severely do. It has been a while since I felt so attached to a game that I pay the sub while not even playing. I find myself wanting to log in but when I do, there is nothing to do that makes me think "I want to be there and do this - NOW!"

The raids are not exciting, they are tedious chores that I have to subscribe my soul to. Challenge is good, feeling forced isn't.And there is not even a reward that is actually worth it for finishing them unless you count getting 10 ilvls a few weeks before everyone else has them...on butt-ugly equipment.

It's been almost 2 years since I joined the game. I am looking forward to Palace of the Dead, hoping it will bring a fresh breeze without the obligation to go to DF. In any ways, I will try playing again and again until 4.0, which will be my final "stay or leave".