How much of the game's content have you actually completed?

[Skiros]

Exactly, you're looking for a normal distribution of data. If it's not normal, there's bias.

That's technically not true but I don't really wanna type up math

(1. bias is a property of an estimator and not the distribution or the data.

2. Moments of the data converge to that of the normal distribution under some regularity conditions; the most common use is that the mean converges with very mild assumptions. The distribution (empirical CDF) does not. See https://stats.stackexchange.com/ques...-clt-statement for more details).)

If there's a discrepancy between critic and user reviews, like TLOU2, it's because critics have different tastes than regular gamers. So really it's probably better to find a few reviewers who align with your tastes and follow them than to look at review aggregators.

Also the way a lot of professional critics engage with the medium (not just games but movies etc.) is very different from the regular joe. They look at cinematography, look at innovations in acting, etc. Not necessarily what the regular joe cares about when playing. TLOU was groundbreaking in storytelling methods in video games. But many don't care that dialogues in TLOU are acted in a more natural way (such as characters interrupting each other which is rare in other video games back in 2013). GoW PS4 used a single camera through the entirety of the game which is technologically and cinematographically impressive. But do people really care? This is what a critic would notice and care about. People might want to find Youtube critics that they agree with and stick to them because honestly otherwise you're just reading people with really different tastes judging the game.

[Larirawiel]

I have maybe 5% completed. I ignore content, which is not fun for me. Not all jobs at maxlevel, not one crafting job at maxlevel, no reputation grind, no savage/unreal raids ...


Cheers

[Solarra]

I've put a lot of time into the side content over the years, and it used to keep me busy while friends were taking a break and we weren't raiding, but I gave up on most of the 'casual content' this expansion.

I have 7 alts (5 at 90) and I've decorated about half of their apartments and FC rooms
I have 5 omni-crafters and gatherers (all 90 but I barely craft these days, mainly I make furniture for my housing)
I got the skysteel tools for my gatherers and some of crafting tools but they were obsolete before I finished all and I was running out of bag space
I have all battle classes to 50 or above on my main
I did the HW sightseeing log pre-nerfs and finally got SB when some kind person helped me get the lamppost after Kugane Tower (the struggle I had to get up that tower was enough to make me leave sightseeing alone after that, though).
I do have all the shared fates done for ShB and EW (I collect music rolls)

Things I've started and given up on include:
Fishing log - gave up when they added all the Ocean Fish to it
TT - gave up after grinding hard in SB and then realizing just how hard it would be to get all the cards
Verminion - I did it occasionally for MGP, but I can't remember the last time I bothered
Relics while current - I usually drop out of these on the final grind when I start feeling life's too short and it's going to be glam in a month or two anyway
Blue mage - couldn't find people to do the group content with
Deep dungeon - groups just keep falling apart

Things I haven't started:
Mahjong - I hear it's really time-consuming and I've never played before
Side quests - What's the point?
HW relics - Just hearing friends doing these was enough to put me off
Expert crafts - Sounds like a horrendous grind for not much reward, don't see the point

So there's plenty left for me to do, but there isn't much I want to do.
I've recently taken the advice to try other games and it's been a lot more fun than forcing myself to do stuff here.

[PetThisMiqo]

The idea that there is a content drought or that there has ever been a content drought is a lie created by toxic players who want something to be angry about. These players do not represent the community. Only a handful of players have truly completed the game. They are the minority and if they complained about it then they would be elitists for doing so. The amount of content released within each patch is perfectly fine. The angry minority needs to stop complaining about issues that do not exist. Stop, slow down and enjoy the game as it is like the many other players out there. This game's goals are not to enslave you and force you to grind forever. The Square Enix developers are kind enough to create engaging content while keeping that content within reach for the majority of the playerbase. Take advantage of that kindness and be grateful for it.

[Eastwall]

Why do we pay a monthly sub when 80% of the game is single-player?


After nine years of no enforcement, tens of millions of plug-in downloads, 20,000 people logged in to Mare, and FFXIV becoming more and more associated with being “that game with the mods”, I think we can safely say our confidence is very well-placed.

Yeah, l got to admit l feel like l have discovered a new continent like Columbus

[Colt47]

Been playing this game since launch. Do I have content I haven't done? Absolutely. Is it content I got any interest in doing? Absolutely not.

Island Sanctuary -> Did the first part of it before they updated it recently and got zero interest in going back to do more of it. It's just not fun.
New Deep Dungeon -> Tried it a few times, but I got every job I really like already leveled to 90 and anything else I don't have leveled is that way for one reason or another. Crystaline Conflict ended up being a more rewarding and fun leveling system for alt jobs than the Deep Dungeon.
Criterion / Variant dungeons -> I sometimes do one. They exist. I don't know what they are other than another dungeon that has a few cosmetic items linked to it and that is it. Barely played them and probably wont complete them unless I get into some mount collecting mindset again.

What have I done this expansion?

Manderville Relic Weapon
Savage (Only gear progression outside of tomestones)
EX Fights (Mount farming)
Roulette stuff for tomestones
newest 24 mans for the upgrade coins and the armor collecting.
Custom Deliveries
Maps (Sometimes. It's kind of time consuming but an easy way to fund doing savage...)
Beast Tribes (All are done now so I'm not really doing anymore of them. They are kind of grindy and only worth it the first time around or when leveling. Even then, PvP is better for leveling)
Crystaline Conflict (Only the seasons with the rank 25 armor)

90% of my time is getting eaten by savage and map runs and I really don't get the point of making savage so time consuming. I don't see a point in having it other than to trickle a bit of money during content draughts when people would typically unsub, but I'm paying by 3 month segment. I didn't find I saved much because there weren't too many points I would unsub for a month and there are enough things to do outside of savage that they really do not need to rely on groundhog day death fiestas like other games. At least, I'd have reasons to do the other content they are releasing.

And also I'm going to add that endwalker is basically Grind Walker. The three big things to do are PvP, EX mount farming, and Savage / Ultimate. Shadowbringers was "Grind Bringers", but they did a better job integrating less taxing things into a grind than they did on this expansion. Namely, they had a casual grind that people could do for the relic weapons that tapped into alternative content instead of the roulette.

I love Roulette, don't get me wrong, but they stacked sooooooo much on roulette this expansion. We have the crafting mats needing comedy, the relic weapons needing comedy, the items to upgrade crafted gear using comedy, and while that may not sound like a lot, selling comedy for gil to buy tinctures and food is a common way that people who raid keep themselves afloat, and it gets really tedious doing roulette thrice over for relics on top of it all.