Taking breaks doesnt work for me.

[caffe_macchiato]

Or....life is short and there are many other games or things to experience than just FFXIV. I take breaks when I'm bored and done with the game's content, sometimes for over a year and let the patches pile up. I don't create a list of all of the game's content and explain how I don't like any of it and then just hope for ???????? (I don't even know what OP wants out of a game) so I can keep playing.

Well, for some people (not us), they expect Square Enix to provide a service for the duration of the subscription period, much like Netflix provides new content each month. They expect $65 ($13 x 5 months) worth of content per patch cycle. And obviously Square Enix isn’t capable of that. They’re not Blizzard or HoYoverse after all.

Now, it goes without saying, but a few people (like us) pay our $13 for something besides gameplay. Me? I wish I could be playing VRChat, but I can’t wear headsets. And don’t get me started on Second Life. So it’s FFXIV for me. Having a 3D avatar with your friends is well sought-after these days. If we only had the gameplay, this game would be dead. Playing FFXIV for the gameplay is like watching porn for the story.