The Lessons Not Learned.

[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.