"Just wait until *insert next patch*!"

[Boblawblah]

So 6.35 is here and we got:
- A relic 'grind' that is literally identical to the last step.
- Beast tri- I mean tribal qu- I mean daily chores.
- A copy pasted PotD that despite having some new mechanics is the exact same thing we've had for years.

When I said that 6.25 was a bad patch, people told me to wait until 6.3. When 6.3 was a bad patch, people told me to just wait until 6.35. Well, 6.35 is here.

So when is it acceptable to say that we've been getting multiple bad patches in a row?

Never? Well alright then, guess I'll just keep waiting until *insert next patch here* then.

Could you give some examples of people saying "just wait until 6.35, it'll get good then"? I assume you must have a good sized list, as you're basing your entire argument on it.

[Kaurhz]

Could you give some examples of people saying "just wait until 6.35, it'll get good then"? I assume you must have a good sized list, as you're basing your entire argument on it.

To be fair, there were quite a few people. Equally, this OP knew what they were getting regardless of what other people were saying.

Just a case of a needless 'Got'cha' post.

[ElysiumDragon]

Dead game is dead, or something like that.

I mean, the active player counts are higher than usual, the devs are seeing increasing accessibility result in more subscriptions, so they're going to double down on it. HW simps might mald over the game being 'dumbed-down' or whatever, but SE won't listen if the money tells them otherwise.

[Xeronia]

"You cant complain unless the game WOD's itself"

Funny one thing WoD had was laborious grinds for reps before Tanaan Jungle and even after it's addition some were still horrible. I remember spending hours doing one of them in Shadowmoon Valley just killing mobs but the name escapes me. Was fun to group with people to kill the harder enemies for more rep.

[Vahlnir]

Funny one thing WoD had was laborious grinds for reps before Tanaan Jungle and even after it's addition some were still horrible. I remember spending hours doing one of them in Shadowmoon Valley just killing mobs but the name escapes me. Was fun to group with people to kill the harder enemies for more rep.

Tanaan Jungle wasn't awful per say (it actually had a lot to do) but it had the unfortunate timing of coming after 6.1, and horrible content besides outside of raiding, and at the end of WoD itself which had been abandoned in favor of Legion. If more of WoD had been like Tanaan, it might have ended a little differently. Luckily, it's not the worst expansion anymore. Shadowlands took the cake and the entire bakery on that front.

[Y2K21]

Tanaan Jungle wasn't awful per say (it actually had a lot to do) but it had the unfortunate timing of coming after 6.1, and horrible content besides outside of raiding, and at the end of WoD itself which had been abandoned in favor of Legion. If more of WoD had been like Tanaan, it might have ended a little differently. Luckily, it's not the worst expansion anymore. Shadowlands took the cake and the entire bakery on that front.

Shadowlands being worse than WoD is the worst meme by people who unironically cope about how """""""""""""""good"""""""""""""" WoD was - it wasnt. You had one bonus content patch and basically a gigantic long content drought that was already brought on by raid/pvp or die syndrome combined with a centralized mechanic that made the game a lot less social and ruining gathering professions/market until Legion.

SL is a bottom 3 expansion but definitely not the worst - it will always be WoD.

But back on topic

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At this point, I am basically quitting this game - I cant justify sitting on a subscription for 20 minutes of content for a month of money. I was already heavily let down by Endwalker as a whole - the only thing actually interesting is Pandaemonium and anything loppritt but that cannot carry my interest. A lot of friends also do not play this game anymore and I am not heavily into the RP scene at all. While I might not really like Dragonflight and am basically just raidlogging with my friends and guildmates - I feel the game is atleast trying to mix up the content cycle rather than be complacent, which I would rather see in how it comes out. With FF14, this definitely feels like an uneasiness in the game's atmosphere especially with a heavy split focus to FF16 (a game that is solely going to be playable on a $500 system for about 2 years until a PC port comes out). In a genre that is generally stagnating, I wish that FF14 would put more focus on the successful product rather than let it coast on being a life replacement game that has veteran players tied to their sub due to housing.

Either way, the forums going to be interesting nonetheless.

[Ayer2015]

The content in 6.x have been VERY underwhelming. If this is the future of what FF14 is going to look like I may as well just play the expansion on release and then come back for the next one.

[Rehayem]

Don't worry guys, it's just gonna get better from here. For sure. 100%.

[Vahlnir]

Don't worry guys, it's just gonna get better from here. For sure. 100%.

[Rehayem]

Also forgot to mention, I know people in my circle that are actually perfectly fine with today's patch, especially relic step. Their mentality "I can take it easy with just dailies" shows the short term view they have. It's very disappointing to see the game go into that direction.