The Lessons Not Learned.

[Atelier-Bagur]

It seems that there’s a small amount of people who want FFXIV to have a “grind” because they just want something more to do. The game falls short of repeatable content. And it’s disappointing that SE sells this game in the same category as WoW and GW2 when it’s anything but. As many (likely most) people agree, FFXIV is just a numbered Final Fantasy game, which means it’s largely single-player. There’s no repeatable content for the most part. And a lot of you all love that, that’s fine. That’s why you like Final Fantasy games. After all, 14 is just one less than 15 and one more than 13, so how big of a difference can you be?

But it would benefit everyone, and make a lot more sense, if SE didn’t charge a sub fee. That makes us think this game is like FF11 (the black sheep of the franchise) and WoW, which we all agree it’s not. They need to make the difference clear from a financial standpoint just like they have from a gameplay standpoint.

I seriously dont ever want this game to further follow in the unfun grind mentality akin to WoW for character progression. It does just enough for me to not make me further hate myself for playing the game.

[caffe_macchiato]

I seriously dont ever want this game to further follow in the unfun grind mentality akin to WoW for character progression. It does just enough for me to not make me further hate myself for playing the game.

And that's fine! FFXIV is at a crossroads right now. It seems like the devs want to cool things down and give FFXIV a place on the shelf along with other numbered single-player Final Fantasies. The heydays of this game being an active, vigorous and grind-filled MMO are over. Square Enix is moving on, and many people here will need to as well. All games have their expiration date. You can't expect Square Enix to continue propping us up forever as though this is Blizzard and WoW (a company that has 10x the assets and operating income). Soon most of us will move on from this game, likely within the next one to two years.

[kpxmanifesto]

Soon most of us will move on from this game, likely within the next one to two years.

Until the next expansion at least. I think 7.0 and the graphics update will bring a lot of inactive players out of retirement.