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[TheMightyMollusk]

I know right?! It's almost as though Endwalker is just not as perfect as some have convinced themselves it is!!!!

I cannot recall a single person on these forums ever saying it was perfect.

[hagare]

I know right?! It's almost as though Endwalker is just not as perfect as some have convinced themselves it is!!!!

you should stop fighting imaginary enemies

[Atelier-Bagur]

I know right?! It's almost as though Endwalker is just not as perfect as some have convinced themselves it is!!!!

All these expansions have issues. Endwalker is no different. Just because you see people praise it doesnt necessarily mean they believe its perfect.

[aveyond-dreams]

All these expansions have issues. Endwalker is no different. Just because you see people praise it doesnt necessarily mean they believe its perfect.

All I know is that through a combination of story factors, gameplay issues, and a lack of content has led to an increasingly low mood in the playerbase. Though some players remain to express either their like or dislike of the current state of affairs on the forums, it appears that primarily due to the lack of content a significant portion of the playerbase is playing other games at the moment, or only subbed for the sake of their in-game house like I am.

[Atelier-Bagur]

All I know is that through a combination of story factors, gameplay issues, and a lack of content has led to an increasingly low mood in the playerbase. Though some players remain to express either their like or dislike of the current state of affairs on the forums, it appears that primarily due to the lack of content a significant portion of the playerbase is playing other games at the moment, or only subbed for the sake of their in-game house like I am.

Or, it could be that from me actually looking back at the forums's history, one would realize, that the forum's attitude is generally never changing? People here always complain or nitpick and its something Ive learned to accept, instead of using the forums as a primary source for the entirety of the playerbase's viewpoints of FFXIV in general.

[SannaR]

All I know is that through a combination of story factors, gameplay issues, and a lack of content has led to an increasingly low mood in the playerbase. Though some players remain to express either their like or dislike of the current state of affairs on the forums, it appears that primarily due to the lack of content a significant portion of the playerbase is playing other games at the moment, or only subbed for the sake of their in-game house like I am.

You say that you've been here since ARR, but it sure doesn't read that way when you say things like this. Low mood, people playing other game and being bored from the lack of content happens all the time. Even in other MMOs. Heck it's a problem this game has had every summer. Another one happens in the late fall. Or have you not noticed? Also isn't the auto demo still off atm?

[Banriikku]

In my opinion SE has special skill: One bad, one good. Thats how the diffrent parts are for me. ARR - was too slow, HW - hell yes, Stormblood - Lyse please be silent and stop taking credit for stuff we did, Shadowbringers - amazing, Endwalker - bad pacing, ARR style of writing which i dislike a lot, a couple of NPC lost their progession and are setback to as if everything what happened before not happend.
I expect the next expansion be again absolut my jam and brilliant. Sometimes you win and sometimes you dont... but no expension or part of FF14 was outright bad. I even got something out of ARR, SB and EW. My advice is take a break and only if its the next expac too, then you should consider leaving for good. Thats how i left WoW - the story and the game was not enough anymore for 2 expacs in a row for me, so i left (and as it seems a good decision so far).

[Atelier-Bagur]

For me the story and game has been gradually increasing for the better. There's been many bumps along the way, some things getting overhyped a bit too much for me (I honestly expected more out of Shadowbringers after people kept making claims that its DA BEST JRPG STORY; please Ive played better isekai stories than this; aka try Tales of Symphonia that does the whole 2 worlds thing much better) but I generally enjoyed the progression of the game's plot. Its not One bad, One good for me, its mostly just: ARR (decent), HW (Above average), SB (Slightly better), ShB (amazing), EW (incredible).

[Amenara]

I skipped pretty much the entire thread cause I had an idea what to expect from it.

I will say my biggest disappointment from 6.1 was that we ended 6.0 with "Hey, Scions can't meet up in groups cause we will cause people to worry". First thing we do, meet up with a group of Scions to go explore undersea ruins to lead into yet another Scion story. I was expecting a new adventure to be just that, new adventure, new people to meet, new places to see, etc. The Scions stories have been played out and they need a break, probably for the rest of the expansion. There is no character growth left for them.

That being said, I have taken people's advice and am playing different games. I highly recommend trying out FF11 for some fun stories and so you can see where a lot of FF14's ideas originally came from.

[aveyond-dreams]

Indeed. It is extremely exhausting when you want to provide honest feedback only to be met by individuals who are dismissive on the basis of the poster’s tone, even when they bring up legitimate points or when they repeatedly fall back into the whole minority vs majority thing. At this point I think it is important for the playerbase to be as clear and direct as possible if this game is to see success in its future, rather than continue in its current trajectory which has seen both long term players like myself and newer players all but abandon FFXIV for lack of a well crafted conclusion to the story and/or lack of content.