Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

I feel like after 9 long years with this game, I'm finally sort of... falling out of love with it. This past month, I've only really logged in for RP and to DM our FC events (both of which I still love doing!). Only attempted to do content and cap tomes for like... 3 days in the middle of it, before I fell off the train again.

I'm just noticing I have more fun playing other stuff, mostly Elden Ring (and now RF5). I log in to FFXIV with the intent to do content, and just find myself exhausted by the thought of it. Between the poor behavior and performance of the playerbase, to how the only somewhat challenging and interesting content is relegated to Savage and Ultimates (things I don't really have time or energy for anymore), to the pitiful state of healers, and topping it off with the future direction of the game... I don't know. I'm just not really happy with it anymore as a game to be played, rather than just a place to hang out with my friends and enjoy fun RP and storytelling.

It isn't even me being burned out; I've routinely taken 'breaks' here and there where I'd just log in to AFK and chat while I played other things on my ps4. This is... different. I just don't feel any real excitement or joy about the future of this game.

I'm hoping all this is just patch lull blues, but eh...