Eureka...this is it?! This can't be it...

[VirtueLol]

It's like they took the very worst aspects of FFXI's gameplay...setting up camps, grinding placeholder mobs and losing experience for death...and left out EVERYTHING that gave FFXI charm and built the community up. Nothing reminiscent of skillchains or magic bursts, no calculated pulling, no group composition strategy. Eureka is just a mindless, spammy, carpal-tunnel inducing zergfest. It's FATE-grinding but far more cumbersome and punishing. Even as an idle-activity to do while watching Netflix, it's punishing enough in all the wrong ways to make it so you have to stay at least somewhat engaged in the mindless grind. It is pain and misery manifest as MMO content, literally the worst and most insulting elements of the genre melded together to create a truly soulcrushing experience.

I'm normally willing to be patient and wait for quality of life adjustments, but I think this is just too much for me to take. I think I'm finally done with this game, as is my wife and apparently many of my friends. We've been given less content in SB with promises that Eureka would make up for it, and not only has it not made up for it but it is tied to the relic weapon that, while grindy, at least gave us something to do with friends and PUGs across several different types of content old and new. I used to love this game. I have every DoW/DoM at 70 except AST. I grinded out a relic and anima weapon when it was current content. I lead an FC with dozens of on-and-off active members and have raided content of all difficulty levels. But Eureka is the nail in the coffin for this game, unless they rectify the situation immediately. Going back to WoW where I can enjoy fun and engaging content like Mythic+; content that actually encourages community development and is fun and changes weekly.