How is anyone fine with the 4-month patch delivery schedule?

[Mapleine]

4 months would be wonderful if we had a decently repeatable end game instead of six bosses with wildly swingingly difficulty that mostly award nothing.

"That's how it's always been!"

Dark Souls came out when that's how it was at first. Now we have Elden Ring. Things can improve, well things that aren't FFXIV end game seemingly.

[Atelier-Bagur]

4 months would be wonderful if we had a decently repeatable end game instead of six bosses with wildly swingingly difficulty that mostly award nothing.

"That's how it's always been!"

Dark Souls came out when that's how it was at first. Now we have Elden Ring. Things can improve, well things that aren't FFXIV end game seemingly.

Well....this is me but I havent finished my relic grinds for the jobs that I want, which is a repeatable activity that keeps me busy before the next patch comes in. Just saying.

[Mandudez]

Well....this is me but I havent finished my relic grinds for the jobs that I want, which is a repeatable activity that keeps me busy before the next patch comes in. Just saying.

Creating your own content does not equal content added my friend.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Creating your own content does not equal content added my friend.

Still doesnt mean that the game lacks relevant content. I didnt create my fun, the game itself did. It presented that there's this "grindy" activity that you can do while sure its not needed for character progression but there's a big aspect of glaming thats attractive in FFXIV so yeah its worthwhile for me to do so.

This is just one example though, I could list all the sorts of grindy collectables as well as Bozja/Eureka that me and some friends are still trying to juggle here and there. There's no "making your own content" done here, we're literally playing the stuff the game itself presented to us.

[Caurcas]

Bummed to be honest. This is just more slipping in a long line of slipping. Its a little sad, given XIV used to be like clockwork with patches.

[TaleraRistain]

Creating your own content does not equal content added my friend.

The only people who create their own content are roleplayers. Everyone else is partaking of content that is created by the devs and offered to whatever degree they want to. There is a wealth of content out there for a wide variety of interests. The main complaints are from those who only focus on battle content and even then only a certain type of battle content and then are upset when the game isn't just that content.

[Poporito_Popoto]

Creating your own content does not equal content added my friend.

Burning through content as quickly as you can is a choice.

[Breakbeat]

How? Seriously?

The same reason I might listen to non-stop drum and bass for eight hours, which might drive you nuts.

The same reason I might dump 100 hours into watching old seasons of Big Brother UK, which might bore you to death.

The same reason if you and I went to ten restaurants, we likely wouldn't order the same thing every time.

???

Because subjectivity is a thing.

While - in your head - #1 - #4 above are the end-all-be-all of this game, there are other players that don't even register that stuff on their radar.

I play for three, four hours a day and I don't even do any of #1 - #4 above. I don't raid, I don't bother with extreme trials, I haven't touched beast tribe quests.

I've been playing since last July, and I have SMN at 90 (~580 ilvl), BRD at 60 and FSH at like 30. Keeping up the same leveling rate, I should be good until around 2031 (even if there were never any more new content) having never touched any of what you consider to be the only stuff to do in this game.

/shrug

It's all about conceptualizing how different others can be, and getting it through your head that your way is only one of infinite ways to do most things. Your favorite music, your favorite food, your favorite game - and what you do in that game - are your subjective choices. They aren't "the best," or "the right way," or indeed, "the only way." They're just your preferences.

Your want for more content is as valid as my absolute lack of caring about it, of course. However, feigning ignorance over "why" is kind of silly. "Why" should be obvious to reasonable humans.

Good luck with having a wider scope of vision.

[KizuyaKatogami]

The only people who create their own content are roleplayers. Everyone else is partaking of content that is created by the devs and offered to whatever degree they want to. There is a wealth of content out there for a wide variety of interests. The main complaints are from those who only focus on battle content and even then only a certain type of battle content and then are upset when the game isn't just that content.

I play all kinds of content and i can still say weve seen a decline overtime from where we used to be. I have all my crafter and gatherers maxed. Jobs that i enjoy maxed. Have all my gear melded properly, farmed both the ex trials and did savage.

[Seafishie]

All I'm asking for is a fun time waster in the current, relevant patch. Why did they stop implementing relic grinds in x.1 patches?
It's really hard to stay subbed when we're always given the bare minimum and it pains me to unsub for a long period of time because I risk losing FC friends. (And my in-game house but I could live without that.)