Lack of End Game Content

[Conando]

I finished the Mainstory before early access was over. And I didn't rush nor am I God's gift to FFXIV.

You did a 40-50 hour story in 3 days. How is that not rushing?

[Amaterasu89]

Some of you are really reaching for your "end game content" have you ever played another MMO before?
Half the things being posted are either old content or more side activities that you do to entertain yourselves.

[Tint]

You did a 40-50 hour story in 3 days. How is that not rushing?

It's not rushing when you are just playing normally. If you have the time to play 16 hours a day, why not? Should I play only 8 hours and sit the other 8 hours here, doing nothing?

Rushing is when you skip the cutscenes and just run from quest to quest without reading the story.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Some of you are really reaching for your "end game content" have you ever played another MMO before?
Half the things being posted are either old content or more side activities that you do to entertain yourselves.

You mean the point of playing games, entertaining yourself?

I've played a lot of mmos. SWG, GW, GW2, bit of WoW, didn't get past 25 in that. Lineage 2 for several years. Tried wildstar, didn't get into it. Tried XI, didn't get into it. Age of Conan for a bit. Probably quite a few more who's names escape me at the moment.

[Derio]

You can do the MSQ in 3 days assuming you dont do the following:

-Stop and do all the side quests
-Stop and do fates
-Stop and do early level hunts
-Stop and do any crafting or gathering
-Stop for anything else for 10min to an hour because it stops you from doing the MSQ

It took me a little under 2 weeks to complete the MSQ because I was doing side content. I am finished now but I still have to level crafters and gatherers, especially before Ishgard rebuild starts in 5.1

Pretty much what people are forgetting is everyone is prepping for the raids and 5.1 when the real part of the expansion starts. Expecting large amounts of endgame content on day 1 is pretty stupid IMO.

[MonteCristo]

Eureka seemed like a missed opportunity that got bogged with fate trains but serious question....why aren't ideas like sky sea and dynamis from ffxi considered for endgame?

[DevilsDontFly]

It's not rushing when you are just playing normally. If you have the time to play 16 hours a day, why not? Should I play only 8 hours and sit the other 8 hours here, doing nothing?

Rushing is when you skip the cutscenes and just run from quest to quest without reading the story.

While I agree with you, there's no amount of endgame content that's going to last for someone that can play 8+ hours a day every day, rushing or not. It might be sad but the truth is that today's gaming design is aimed at the concept of "people don't have enough time in their hands to do stuff". That's why MOBAs and battle royales became so popular over the majority of MMOs.

[Typhoria]

Exactly! Take WoW for example.. I never really found farming azerite or world quests to be "thrilling". But i was kept busy and entertained.

Mythics provided a new way to keep old content fresh and challenging, whilst providing rewards that were relevant for the efforts put in.

This all end game content that outside outside of raiding.

You could still progress your character, everyday with your friends or alone, little by little. And that keeps a lot of players subscribed.

Azerite + world quest timers is actually why I quit WoW. While doing cutting edge raiding, I personally felt that maximizing the efficiency of Azerite gains was mandatory while mythic raiding. The best gain for least time spent was doing the world quests that rewarded it. Unfortunately the quests had several cycle periods throughout the day instead of a daily reset type thing, so I couldn't just be done for the day after finishing what was available.

M+ Dungeons were fun though.

[Critical-Limit]

Op is asking for more content. We already know square takes money from ffxiv and puts it into other projects. Why are you guys fighting OP, when he’s literally saying let’s join together and ask for more.

You can ask for more. They will keep giving less cuz people arguing with OP, are content. Why stay content? When you can consume more

[Ayuhra]

The only MMO I've played, and I've played tons, that goes deep into endgame content is WoW.

WoW, in fact, is actually like a reversal of FFXIV. It is so hyper focused on endgame that it's to the detriment of everything else.