Well as we can see from the past several pages this is what happens when a game that used to have strong pillars upholding it like good story and content fall to pieces. This isn't how I pictured Endwalker would go at all. By this point I would've wanted to be grinding some Lunar Ruins deep dungeon or relic zone set in Ivalice. Not dealing with people that as far as I care to read up on take issue with me not wanting to play a game where basic attractiveness has been subverted in favor of this:



But by all means, keep it along with Island Sanctuary, Variant Dungeons, and Eureka Orthos. The people who gleefully pushed out those of us who wanted a high fantasy mmorpg with cool aesthetics have won out unless we get a surprise in the NA fanfest when the 7.0 trailer drops us in Ilsabard instead of copypasted fantasy Australia with G'raha Tia flipping burgers in the background. With how dreadful content has been this expansion and with people all too eager to remind us that the "majority" are ok with this I can't imagine how it could get any worse.

I don't see why I should act repentant. Not like it matters now anyway. Etheirys has become a world devoid of the things that once drew me to FFXIV in the first place. All that's left after Endwalker is a world wherein no higher threats exist than those we've already defeated, no gods or religions of import save Venat's co-conspirators, no plot relevant kingdoms left to visit, characters that didn't grow after 10 years of waiting still around, and no new content worth doing until halfway through 7.0 probably. So what, 2025? That just isn't acceptable.

I look forward to seeing the Luckybancho and Steam metrics for the later months of this year, that's for certain. When FFXIV becomes this again, let me know.