Bizarre burnout

[SentioftheHoukai]

"We" should be playing?

What "we" should do...is whatever 'we" feel like.

I am having a great time, thanks.

Friendly reminder that this guy ^^^ was a villain.

Child please.

What manner of creature are you?

[VelKallor]

Friendly reminder that this guy ^^^ was a villain.

Thats Venom, not Carnage, Venom isnt a villain, more an antihero.

It's up to each individual (not you) to figure out what works best for them.

First he says he speaks for " a significant number of people" and now its "I will tell you what I think you should be playing"..I cant say what my honest reply would be to that, as these are the official forums and I have to mind my manners.

Unfortunately.

[Xavier_Firbold]

I'm lucky to be running a very popular FC on Lich at the moment, and I too am feeling completely burnt out and unable to even press the update button on the launcher at the moment because; well, why would I?

the game has been homogenised to a single sheet of white A4 paper, there's no rough edges for me to explore, everything is just a sea of white parchment with a few indentations here and there, maybe 30 minutes of fun if I'm lucky, but overall it's just the same experience over and over again.

Nostalgia bait > being disappointed by it > Do the new raid tiers > realise how easy the game has become now > try savage > realise how poorly classes are balanced >try Island sanctuary >it's just an idle clicker and my island looks identical to everyone else's > speak with my FC friendos > can do that much better in voice on Discord > log out and play classic wow, or something else like Sea of Thieves and have a complete blast every time.

It's sad, depressing really, because up until EW I would spend every waking moment I could on this game and absolutely adored the lore and background. But EW majorly dropped the ball and the patches continue to do so.

We'll see what happens but I wonder why this smol indie company still keeps making such hideous mistakes.

[SentioftheHoukai]

Thats Venom, not Carnage, Venom isnt a villain, more an antihero.

He eats people. I'm not like the Justice League, the first thing I'd do in that universe is purge Arkham Asylum of its inmates. Screw what "heroes" think, I'm sick of the sanctimonious, hypocritical, self-righteous fools and Endwalker has failed to endear such beings to me. Venom is a parasite to be expunged, and bonds with those of dubious moral character. That is sufficient to condemn him.

[VelKallor]

He eats people. I'm not like the Justice League, the first thing I'd do in that universe is purge Arkham Asylum of its inmates. Screw what "heroes" think, I'm sick of the sanctimonious, hypocritical, self-righteous fools and Endwalker has failed to endear such beings to me. Venom is a parasite to be expunged, and bonds with those of dubious moral character. That is sufficient to condemn him.

I like him. Blunt, honest, to the point. My kind of guy. Besides, he only eats bad guys. I can live with that.

[Atelier-Bagur]

I admit I skipped over this because I thought it was another story rant. It's nice to see there's a little more to this, but it's the same old deluded posturing. Child please. You are the supposed authority on quality in gaming, yet somehow the actual numbers and overall health of the game seem to say otherwise. You are absolutely telling someone to go play something else. If you detest people throwing that in your face, consider stopping with that nonsense.

The SMN bit made me chuckle too. SMN will fully be what it was in XI because that flexibility is not there. The best part is the fact that the rework actually put us closer to that version and all the other version of that job in the franchise. This is closer to the summoner I signed up for, not that janky pet class that was a combo of conjurer and necro.

All games have their appeals and their flaws. It's up to each individual (not you) to figure out what works best for them.

That's almost always usually the case with theae posts. They have a a couple of actual insight with their criticisms but then turn it around by going over the extreme which invalidates the point he was trying to make.

Anyway I don't believe that the dev themselves have been slowly going over the old Blizzard mentality of them being "rockstars" and not listening to feedback when they've been absolutely humble and communicative compared to other teams. It's just the simple case of people being impatient with their responses which leads to more a lot the jaded and doom saying mentality that stirs the loud minority.

[Acece]

I recommend finishing the tier and taking a break til the next tier, if you have not done that already . I've just been raid logging for 2 tiers and my enjoyment is not the gameplay it self (even though I do enjoy blm still) but it's to just hang with friends and do harder content. It prolongs it just a little longer. All my jobs were also made boring in with their "redesigns". I played healer which is boring, then sam til they took away kaiten, now the last bastion of good job design blm. I also recommend trying other mmos and do a raid tier in them and flip flop between the games.
For how much deserved criticism that wow get their healer and tank designs are the best in the current industry so I would recommend that. Their raid designs are also top notch so if you're a raider there's another thing to look for.

[ReynTime]

If a game is making you ask this question, that game isn't worth the trouble anymore.
I asked myself the same question about Minecraft at some point. I haven't bothered playing it in years since. Ditto for Pokemon (HAH) games and Animal Crossing.

Besides when XIV changes its typically for sake of making things easier for players who hate spending more than 5 mins in battle content. Even raids rarely aren't progressively worse since Shadowbringers. Truth be told I'm only still playing because my gaming companion still plays and I don't mind sticking with them even if it's a game I don't have a lot of passion for anymore such as FFXIV.

[Crustyman]

I'm gonna be honest, I've never tried endgame raiding. I've always been scarred to do it because I feel like it would be awful and I'd fuck up a ton, though the rewards seem really cool. The most endgame thing I've done was bozja and eureka which are pretty fun for the most part.

[Lazariah]

Hey OP, sunk cost fallacy is aweful. You get really connected to something and it makes you feel like you can't leave. But if you're not having fun, you're not having fun. You can take a break then come back. I know it is hard but it is what it is. Your choice is either to stay and be miserable and eventually begin to resent the game or leave, take a break, and someday maybe come back. The latter is just healthier. The game isn't going anywhere, trust me. And forcing yourself to stay will only make you hate the game in the long run.

Edit: OH and take a break from the forums and other such social media with FFXIV. Seems like a lot of your burnout is from hearing players complain.