These forums are weird

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Alright, misread then - The internet is hard. lol

It freaking happens all the time here on the forums.
But you dont seem or feel Malicious about it, so all good.

Yeah I've done the same thing where I missed actually half of Shadowbringers and a couple patches of Stormblood. But I felt pretty good about it, and I felt great about still staying subbed while having a house and FC. I felt like I could hop back on and have no issues, nothing really wrong. Plenty to do, plenty to see.
I guess right now for me, and maybe others - Is I feel a little trapped with these predatory systems, and it really sucks that I love the housing so much but just not feeling anything else right now.

Maybe the spark will come back eventually and I won't feel so bitter. But right now, these systems just make it feel worse than it should be.

SEE!?
That feeling RIGHT THERE that you described, is much more Healthy then this...Trapped feeling from FOMO and Predatory Systems...but the thing is its also self-inflicted.
I always feel the "Copium" response here, but Endwalker is probly just that 1 Bad Expansion right now...or maybe just like Shadowbringers people will actually look back on it and suddenly remember things they did like about it....but in the moment I can see and feel some of the issues people talk about.
Can always be better next Expansion. They "Should" definitely see the backlash in some areas, and the praise in others and always work to further improve.
Its not as easy as many think it is to balance everything perfectly all the time and address EVERYBODIES Wishes and Concerns.

But never know until we get there.

[R041]

It freaking happens all the time here on the forums.
But you dont seem or feel Malicious about it, so all good.

SEE!?
That feeling RIGHT THERE that you described, is much more Healthy then this...Trapped feeling from FOMO and Predatory Systems...but the thing is its also self-inflicted.
I always feel the "Copium" response here, but Endwalker is probly just that 1 Bad Expansion right now...or maybe just like Shadowbringers people will actually look back on it and suddenly remember things they did like about it....but in the moment I can see and feel some of the issues people talk about.
Can always be better next Expansion. They "Should" definitely see the backlash in some areas, and the praise in others and always work to further improve.
Its not as easy as many think it is to balance everything perfectly all the time and address EVERYBODIES Wishes and Concerns.

But never know until we get there.

To be fair, if I seem more calm lately - It's probably XI digging into me. I think it's been giving me the other side of the big world Final Fantasy MMO experience I've really been craving. lol

XI is a pretty rough start, but only played a week and I got WAR 50, WHM 50, THF 50, BLU 50. I think if some people are frustrated with Endwalker, they should give it a shot.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

To be fair, if I seem more calm lately - It's probably XI digging into me. I think it's been giving me the other side of the big world Final Fantasy MMO experience I've really been craving. lol

XI is a pretty rough start, but only played a week and I got WAR 50, WHM 50, THF 50, BLU 50. I think if some people are frustrated with Endwalker, they should give it a shot.

All Im seeing here is something Healthy.
You are doing what I keep advocating for......playing something else you enjoy, if you arnt enjoying FFXIV right now. To take a Break.
You playing FFXI right now and being in a better attitude, is proof of concept.