FFXIV is reliable and consistent

[Vespar]

if everyone played like you there would be no more game because no one would be playing it because they would be done with everything. go play a single player rpg when you have that urge to finish everything by gobbling it all up.

I already do this...(Playing Let's Go Pikachu, Diablo 3, and Darksiders 3, Subnautica etc right now) but you just PROVED MY POINT!
I want to play THIS game... not another. I shouldnt be forced out of playing THIS game because I get locked on content (or rather the ability to progress my characters stats via that content).
And its a fallacy to say there would be no more FFXIV without locks in place. That is probably the farthest thing from the truth... I'd actually play more, as would alot of my friends who quit because they got bored of being stuck waiting for weekly resets... They'd play more too...