Pixie reputation capped!

[RyuSaarva]

the current patches are split between multiple mini patches now, we still have content for 5.1 unreleased.

[Malmstrom]

Assumption: you want to continue playing in Eorzea.

Suggestion: start over, from scratch, on another server. Relive that older content.

Alternative suggestion: put the game aside for a while and try something new.

Habit is not a good reason to continue to pay a subscription. [10 year veteran of that other MMO, been there, done that.]

Start from scratch!?!?!?!

My third capped character thinks that is a terrible idea!

[Vidu]

Start from scratch!?!?!?!

My third capped character thinks that is a terrible idea!

Maybe it really is time for you to look into some other games and/or hobbies - if you've really got 3 characters with all jobs at max level across all of them it does seem like this game will never be able to keep you busy and entertained. Not even if they tripple the amount of devs working in it... at somepoint someone has to say "This is to much FFXIV" - I feel you've reached that point ages ago.

Its not that I dont get it - I love the game dearly, its beautiful, its fun, one has gotten used to it over the years so its familiar aswell... but it cant be your only way of entertainment - for once because thats simply impossible considering the whole "content takes longer to develop than to devour" and secondly because it doesnt really seem healthy or just... "good" for someone to focus all their energy just into one singular game (I'll admit thats my personal opinion - slightly rephrased from my initial thought which was more along the lines of "wtf dude, get a hobby!"). Its not even the way this game is intended, according to Yoshi-P himself whos suggesting to us that we try other games...

[Avidria]

I'm all for adding more longevity to the zones, including y'know... improvements to the fate system/rewards for one. But based on the responses here, it also sounds like you (OP) either play more often or focus on open world content more than what I'd think the average player does.

I mean, I'm not even close to finishing everything there is to do out in the zones, and I play for hours almost every day. In game priorities differ obviously, but I don't know many people who actually have finished every single thing they're interested in and haven't also just stopped playing (or stopped playing for just about anything but raiding and the occasional daily queue).

So yeah, there are improvements and changes they could (and hopefully will) make, but I also think they're developing with a bit of a slower consumption speed in mind. Or just... with different priorities. Possibly both.

A break from the game or a crack at something new (if there's anything you haven't tried yet) might be worth a shot. And I'm not saying that sarcastically. I've taken a lot of breaks from the game myself, a lot of times because of burnout or because there just wasn't anything I felt like doing when I logged in. Helps break the monotony.

[Vidu]

I'm all for adding more longevity to the zones, including y'know... improvements to the fate system/rewards for one. But based on the responses here, it also sounds like you (OP) either play more often or focus on open world content more than what I'd think the average player does.

I mean, I'm not even close to finishing everything there is to do out in the zones, and I play for hours almost every day. In game priorities differ obviously, but I don't know many people who actually have finished every single thing they're interested in and haven't also just stopped playing (or stopped playing for just about anything but raiding and the occasional daily queue).

To back this off with some numbers and not only our personal assumptions and /or anecdotes about how many people we know who finished everything that is there to finish in the ShB-zones I checked out some things on lalachievements.
Disclaimer right away: The website doesnt include all characters (at least not for achievements, seems to be looking better on mounts), but I dare say that it includes enough to get an accurate idea. I checked ou mounts and achievements that are tied to different, relevant in-zone-content. For this I'll ignore every argument in regards to "Thats not content I want to do/that keeps me in the zone for a long time etc." because I dont think personal preference matters when the question is mainly "How much content is there and how many people are actually out of ALL content?"

FATEs/Leveling
- Amaro-Mount (for getting every battle job to level 80): 11172 out of 321729 characters; 3,5%
- The Achievment "Merchant's Best Friend" (for unlocking all FATE-vendors): 9379 out of 92159 characters; 10.2%

Hunts
- Triceraptos-Mount (for killing 2000 A and 1000 S ranks in Novrandt): 323 out of 321729 characters; 0,1%
- Forgiven Reticence- Mount (bought with 3200 ShB-huntmarks): 27749 out of 321729 characters; 8,6%

Treasure Hunts/Maps*
- Beauty and Its Beasts IV (For entering Lyhe Ghiah 20 times): 16474 out of 92159 characters; 17,6%
- Happily Treasure After IV (For reaching the last room in Lyhe Ghiah 20 times): 130 out of 92159 characters; 0,14%
*I am including this despite the whole "You're only in the zone a short time"-argument because of the way my FC does maps - usually with 5-8 people bringing their maps, so you can end up with multiple maps in one zone, aswell as my personal feeling that even though you're not in the zone for hours you still get to enjoy them. You can obviously disagree with this view and just ignore this section.

Sightseeing log
Darksighters I (Complete entries 1-45 in your Shadowbringers sightseeing log): 6933 out of 92159 characters; 7,5%

Gathering
For this I checked the achievements for miner, botanist and fisher that require you to gather 5000 times or catch 3000 fish in Shadowbringers.
Miner: 5903 out of 92159 characters; 6,4%
Botanist: 7818 out of 92159 characters; 8,5%
Fisher: 826 out of 92159 characters; 0,9%

Now, I could probably go on - and some of my choice could probably be questioned or argued about (aswell as wether or not this data is 100% accurate), but all in all this does paint a very clear picture of the majority of the playerbase still having unfinished buisness in those zones. So I'd say that for the average player there is enough content (left) to tackle - and for those who burnt through all the content they wanted to do there are other games and hobbies to take on. One RPG-style game cant possibly keep you busy forever, at least not when playing 24/7.