This content is just gross. It feels like pure padding to stall for time until the next big patch.

I've done multiple 2.0 relics while current and same with 3.0 ones. I'm no stranger to grinds, but Pagos just isn't fun...it's frustrating. They literally cut the map in half between high and low level players. There is no way to get around the map easily as SE decided to put the first teleport shard at 20, 2nd at 21, 3rd at 30, and 4th at 32, mounts at 35. You can't even get a Pagos Fairy for the buff most of the time because they spawn in high level areas. There's no way to really play with friends if you're at different elemental levels. The bunny thing is ridiculous cause it sends you to high level areas if you do get a group to kill the fates.

You have to do the same movements nonstop...I raid and even prog isn't nearly as punishing on my hands compared to Pagos. The white background also makes my eyes and head hurt after awhile (even with blue light reduction enabled on my pc).

Also people are getting kinda toxic. There are groups who will kick a person who has to afk for a min or dc's. I've seen people also lol'ing in shout at players asking for rez's. I've been sniped at in party chat because I took a min to relay quest info to someone in shout and wasn't dpsing. Then I saw someone being told not to run down the hill to rez someone until the chain was complete. NMs, if they pop, are almost pulled right away, so good luck if you're trying to run across the map. It's not the ffxiv community I've known for the last 5 years.

Not saying that this is everyone...twelve knows I've had my levels saved by some amazing players who went out of their way me and I've done the same. I just don't like where this is going.

This content isn't pulling the community together as much as even Anemos did in it's own way. There's is just such a focus on the grinding down of mobs for exp that people are turning into rotation machines. No more banter or time to talk to your party since you might drop the chain. I don't even want to get into the kettle of light stuff...

I'm pretty sure that big, tall white mountain thing we see in the middle of the Pagos map isn't actually ice, but salt cause SE likes to troll us.