Post reason why you are stopping/quitting to help the devs improve FFXIV

[Platinumstorm]

I'm not playing because I don't think content exist in the game that can justify a subscription price. The game is still heavily focused on leves, which I greatly dislike; and not enough on story content.

The combat system is too simplistic, and doesn't bring anything new to the table, and what it does bring just isn't done well enough yet.

The game client itself is horribly optimized, and frankly scares me when I do play FFXIV. The network client is atrocious.

The repetitive nature of the world is both boring, and disturbing because it isn't explained at all - I mean the game's current cinematic launched with a nameless dragon, and none of the NPC's seem to care about it, yet you guys have a language developed for the Roegdahn to explain the terrible names like "Grizzly Gnat".

I also think a better system dealing with items you pick up needs to be developed. Inventory management is a giant problem.

In the future I hope you remember all the people who wanted to play FFXIV, but felt it wasn't a good enough game to play. I hope you remember to be innovative and don't try to copy other games to a T [specifically FFXI and WoW]. Remember this forum is filled with a minority opinion of what people want, and that that majority has quit the game.

Personally I would love to see a game that isn't focused on "end game" content. I think there is room for a MMO which focuses heavily on story development and immersion - building up to an important battle is very important so that it feels the battle matters. FFXIV will never have as much content as games like World of Warcraft, but it has the ability to be the best in story if the effort is put in place. Please also try to make sure that every day existence matters, not merely existing so that you can be doing raiding content from 7-10 pm.

I would also recommend "beefing up" the main cities. It seems so far fetched for the city states to be able to compete at all with Garlean at this point, and it makes for this really awkward disconnect where bows and arrows are going to take out magitek airships.

I also don't think September is going to be a realistic date - the patches that get launched get pushed back more and more. I think FFXIV will be successful, just not in September.

These things only scratch the surface of what's wrong with the current game, and I still think that these subscription fees are a giant mistake on behalf of Square, because people will move on from this, and Square could use the free marketing as the game improves.