Thread: Patch 4.5 is Unacceptable

Originally Posted by purgatori

The last thing I want is more dungeons/instanced content, as I really don't enjoy that content for the most part and only do the bare minimum to keep up with the tomestone grind. I'm glad they're adding in more side-content, but BLU is not good content---at least not from this solo casual player's POV. Mahjong, et. al. all have the potential to be fun, but I don't ever feel like I have the time to invest in them because I'm pursuing said tomestone grind in the limited number of play hours I have available. It's my dearest wish that this game was more like ESO and the like where you're never in danger of falling behind and missing out on content just because you're doing the content you enjoy instead of the content that grants gear-related rewards.

EDIT: And before "this is an MMO" comments are flung my way: yes, I'm aware that this is an MMO. No, I don't think there are good arguments for an MMO discouraging, much less excluding, solo play if that's how people want to enjoy the game. Even less do I think the multiplayer aspects of a given game should be confined to instances where players aren't free to come and go as they please.

Having played since 2.0, whilst it was fine to begin with, the tomestone grind really gets samey, repetitive and eventually dull. Like yourself I fell into "the bare minimum" and this time round I've just barely done it and just feels 'meh'. I think this is the danger of repeating the same formula to keep a consistent player base, because eventually people will grow bored. I prefer the idea of adding newer concepts and keeping old content relevent. And actually, despite the divisive opinions on BLU, it is the first bit of content in a while that's got me animated, grinded it to 50 in matter of 3 days, grinded as many spells as I could, jumped straight into PF groups to get stuff done and so on. Eureka almost managed that with me, then it turned out to be FATE trains, not like I've grinded a bajillion FATEs in this game already.

If they could throw more of tomestones and useful endgame stuff in other content including Limited Job content (and make some tweaks to BLU stuff, like a Limited Job Roulette), then I think it adds wealth in the form of variety in how you build up your endgame gear sets without trampling on the actual endgame content itself with raids & trials.

I think there is fair argument to benefit from the content you enjoy. Because like you there's content I enjoy that's not the current tomestone grinding.