How i kicked the habit (FFXIV).

[caffe_macchiato]

Honestly I cant trust people saying that they've stuck for *x number of years* because that literally explains the burnout. It was bound to happen no matter what. It finally did to people and it didnt help for them that the expansion set itself up for being the finality of the 10 year arc of the game.

Obviously a lot of people who played for that long took that message for it being a good stopping point for sticking to this one game for so long.

Right, correct. Anyway, why don't you ask yourself the following:

Why didn't the poster take a hiatus at any other point in the past ten years? Why now? Do you think there's some magic formula that says that gamers are done with an MMO after exactly ten years, no more and no less? And how did you come up with this? Research? Surely it can't be that content sucks right now, right?

You won't answer, because you're just pulling more excuses as to why FFXIV is "the best game ever", "totally worth the sub", "the content is fine", and "if you don't like it, unsub". And, of course, your favorite: "if you don't like it, that's your fault!"

The denial and copium is mind-boggling at this point. Don't you think that perhaps there's a possibly that the content just sucks right now? Or is the super-human Yoshi-P and CBU3 perfectly capable of performing double the work in the same amount of time? If they are, then surely we'll get twice the content now that FF16 is done, right?

The FFXIV fanbase is its worst enemy. It's sad to see this game go the way of WoW, but I guess we all have to pack it up and move somewhere else.

[kaynide]

We may not have agreed on a lot of things in the past, but this is 100% good stuff Dixie. I'm glad for you and hope this healthy attitude sticks for years to come.

FFXIV may not be all the things you want it to be, but it'll still be here with open arms whenever you do decide to pick it up again...and if/when you need another break.

It's a great chance to try stuff on your backlog too!

For me this is basically the last... 1/4 or so of every expansion. I might play a bit, but there's just a lot of other stuff out there to enjoy.

[Soge01]

You dropped this, OP.



All jokes aside, it does feel nice playing the game on in off rather than constant. I've been doing this for a few months after picking back up Breath of the Wild and now Tears of the Kingdom.

[Thurmnmurmn]

Right, correct. Anyway, why don't you ask yourself the following:

Why didn't the poster take a hiatus at any other point in the past ten years? Why now? Do you think there's some magic formula that says that gamers are done with an MMO after exactly ten years, no more and no less? And how did you come up with this? Research? Surely it can't be that content sucks right now, right?

You won't answer, because you're just pulling more excuses as to why FFXIV is "the best game ever", "totally worth the sub", "the content is fine", and "if you don't like it, unsub". And, of course, your favorite: "if you don't like it, that's your fault!"

The denial and copium is mind-boggling at this point. Don't you think that perhaps there's a possibly that the content just sucks right now? Or is the super-human Yoshi-P and CBU3 perfectly capable of performing double the work in the same amount of time? If they are, then surely we'll get twice the content now that FF16 is done, right?

The FFXIV fanbase is its worst enemy. It's sad to see this game go the way of WoW, but I guess we all have to pack it up and move somewhere else.

While what you're saying is possible. There's also the possibility of just straight up burnout. The longer you play the more likely it can happen.
And the content may suck for you and I'm sorry for that. There's some aspects this expansion I'm not a fan of either but there's also some I love. How you view the content can vary from one person to another.
A good example was me with stormblood. I was a new player back then so I had a blast during that expansion but obv there were plenty who didn't.