Where ya all go?

[Kaizlu]

I on Wutai. Haven't logged in that much because of finals and stuff. But I'm thinking of making another character in a different server. I mean, yeah we got people but most of the time it feels empty. And by the looks of it, it's not getting any better.

I really hope that SE considers a server merge and limiting the number of servers until 2.0

[Lamentor]

Not reading every post here. Just simply responding to the OP. Finals are a big population dwindler. It was like that even in FFXI, which had an overall steady population for the 6 years I played.

Also, whether people would like to admit it or not (fanboys included, which I will admit, I am one), the Ifrit fight was a disappointment. If you compare it to how fun even the Darkhold was, Ifrit wasn't all that great. It came with to many frustrations, and too many problems to be considered great.

A lot of people, myself included, probably defeated Ifrit 5-10 times or so, got no drops, then did not see any incentive to get on. Because, if you do get on to do something like Ifrit, it's going to be a few more hours of no drops, a longer wait time than the fight it self takes, server lag issues that hinder the overall fun and excitement of the battle, etc.

When I think about Darkhold, I was enthusiastic about that dungeon. I didn't mind doing the fight 10 times a day 3+ times a week. Speed runs were always exciting. Chests throughout the dungeon were awesome. There was just more to it, when it comes down to it. And of course, it wasn't something that causes you to sit around waiting more than you're actually adventuring inside the dungeon. It was 20-25 minutes of dungeon, 5 minute wait, repeat.

I love this game, and I will pay for it. But I guess what I'm getting at is, like most people, I'm just not interested in the game as it is right now. 1.20 might change it for a while, but that'll probably be mostly to kill the good moogle a few times, and relearn our classes. It's fine, I know a patch like 1.20 is needed. So for myself, and more than likely a majority of final fantasy fanatics, patch 1.21 is the patch we're all waiting for. It's the patch we've been waiting for since 6+ months ago. It's what will bring us back in to this game.

/longpost off

[Zanfire]

The biggest question I have is this.

By the time early Jan comes, are people going to still be around? This content might not hold people until 1.21, I know the moogle fight alone isn't going to even come close to holding people over.

Achievements are hit or miss, some like it, some won't be bothered with it. I was there when Blizzard first released them on WoW, they got boring very quickly.

thats a good question lol. I guess you might see an uprise in the next patch, most people i think will be over the 1.20 patch before billing starts and im sure they wont want to pay to sit around.

[Ruisu]

You havent even been here playing since the game release, most of us in this thread been
here since & are getting pretty much bored of the same old thing after 1 year now.
(Infact if im not mistaken my first FFXIV beta gameplay were in summer 2010)
And i have more or less been playing since...like many others in here.

So yaaa....we are bored, you however seem to have alot more to explore than us, we already did...1 year ago.

And how do i know you havent been here since Releaseday?....
Your Lodestone "History", your first history "Achievement" was..."Camp Black Brush Reached!" (Date: 6/5/2011)

I dont think i need to say anymore.

Except, go ahead enjoy it.

I've actually been around since the open beta and launch, I didn't start playing the game seriously until June simply because a bunch of my friends picked the game up as well since it was $10 for the longest time. But okay. Feel free to base my entire playtime off of one character. That makes perfect sense.

Also you're implying that there is exploration in this game. There isn't.

What's really not going to help next week is SW:TOR early access is now starting December 13th and patch 1.20 is December 14th. #smh

SWTOR's main problem is that it lacks end game content. Once you complete your "deep and well told" storyline you can...uh....make a new character I guess? There's nothing to do, at all. It's even worse than FFXIV's launch at this point and is the most hyped MMO of all time. Reminds me of when people thought Saint's Row the Third was gonna be a good game, and just turned out to be a DLC ridden overall mediocre game. I guess Bioware fans will eat up whatever excretion is let out by their glorious savior of RPGs.

[Laughlyn]

Also you're implying that there is exploration in this game. There isn't.

um...now how's b!tching?
Anywayz, from my point of view there's still alot for you to explore, it all depends on how you define exploring.
Id suggest try getting all the Aether Locations (without use of chocobo wich most of us had to do before it was implemented)
Maybe even explore the possibilities of getting killed by Ifrit a few times...
Look for safespot in the new strongholds maybe?

oh oh, and explore the complete glory of 100s of hours spent on craf...
my bad Grinding exp & leves to rank up a crafting class.

No?... ya id blame my crappy PC too if i had one, lol.

Atleast i can speak from 1+ year of gameplay experience,
besides i too have alot of things left to do, like leveling more classes etc,
but as you can prolly figure out by now, even at this stage im bored to the bone.

Ninja Edit:
Have you actually had the pleasure of trying the SW: ToR Beta?
If not how can you possibly trash something you havent even tried yet?

[Synthesis]

patch next week, many players are on breaks.

Something like this. I am on different server than OP, I didnt log for 2weeks now. I am not planning to quit and I will charge some fee later. I am taking break, till patch is out. And I bet at least half of these that didnt log in the last month will return with patch. "

[trinta]

Id suggest try getting all the Aether Locations (without use of chocobo wich most of us had to do before it was implemented)

"<Teleport> <Camp Drybone> <Can I have it?> 5000 gil"

Yeah, those were some rough times.

[Laughlyn]

lol i remember they being up to 50k on my server a few times.

Yesterday i saw someone shouting "Power leveling service" for X amount of gil for 1 level gain i think.
Not bad i guess since there isnt much else to spend ones gil on, then again thats not how i imagine leveling.

[Gramul]

Skyrim
Skyward Sword
Super Mario 3D land
Having to work more hours
Finals

An overall lack of inspiration to do anything in FFXIV.

[weeble]

nothing left for me to do either, maxed a dcu healer and trying to gear it for raids and ganking lowbies lol.

also a little fallout NV ...beat it but now will beat it few times differently then kill everything moving in every city since i beat it on kind mode.

nother week and i'll be at swtor launch ...back maybe at .21 .......maybe