I'm genuinely happy and excited to play the game. If I wasn't feeling it anymore, I would quit and find another game. I've been playing it for 8 years now. I have a rule that I only log in if I want to play that night. I end up playing most nights. Sometimes I want to do something else for a night and do that. Between patches, I find goals I want to accomplish and work toward those. Or I play on alts.

I've been playing MMOs for, gosh, 23 years now. I played EQ, EQII, WoW, DaoC, SWG, STO, CoX, Champions Online, ESO, and probably others I poked my head in and forgot about. I let games own my life before and I was happy doing that. I'm not happy doing that anymore, so the theme park format of XIV works perfectly for me. I engage with the content I want to and don't worry about things I don't. I'm happy they have a variety for everyone. To be honest, you're going to see more negativity on most official game forums. It's just the nature of the MMO genre.

The game isn't perfect. I certainly have suggestions for the devs. There are some things that lack that they could make better. But it's good for me now and there's nothing that is making me so unhappy I don't want to play.