Quote Originally Posted by Awful View Post
I think the only answer I can give as to why I'm subbed is to see what kind of previews we'll get for 5.0 and maybe just maybe something new will be done and it'll renew my love for this game that I used to put so much time into. I also wish they'd stop playing so safe they've been riding it since the revival of 1.0 and made ARR it's been 5 years SE you need to start shaking up the formula as it isn't working anymore and the playerbase is getting tired of it very quickly, especially FFXIV veterans.
Same, plus I like having a house... though I'm the only one left and it's lonely now that there aren't FC mates or friends to drop by and visit.

Generally speaking I love this game. Wouldn't be playing for 4+ years now if I didn't. But there are decisions and attitudes from SE that drive me up the wall sometimes. Like the stubborn insistence on doubling down what people hated about Eureka (hint: old-school MMO mob grinds died for a good flippin reason), a huge dearth of midcore content, obviously not investing into big improvements to the game's infra and architecture... the list goes on. The repetitive content cycle isn't even the biggest sin any more though- it's the tone-deaf decisions and infuriating "but did you try hard enough to like it?" replies to player anger that are killing me.

If 5.0 doesn't look good I will probably join everyone else who got sick of SE treading water. Genuinely do love the game but things I dislike are piling up without being addressed.