Time to Quit

[Bobby66]

I recently resubbed to try a solo leveling challenge similar to what I saw a youtuber doing. Been having fun with it. So I am going to be here for a long time.

[Renathras]

Curious to know regarding the dissapointment in the relic grinds AND the Mt.Rokkon Savage rewards being absolute donkey.

How many of you are finally giving up this game and quitting and leaving forever? I'm DYING to know your thoughts.

It never ceases to amaze me how people that insist they hate the game continue paying for it, continue posting on the forums about it, and continue saying how bad it is and making threads to stir discontent in others/try to get other people as upset as they are/try to get validation for their discontent.

EDIT:

Ah, I see. You're just posting this thread again and hoping no one remembers you did so a few months ago: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-to-quit-FFXIV

To post on these forums, you not only must have a paid account, you must have LOGGED INTO IT (the game) within the last 14 days or so.

If you hate this game so much and are having oh-so-much FUN(!!!) in Guild Wars 2 and WoW and New World (lol) and so on...

...why...
...are you...
...still HERE??
-Android 16, DBZ Abridged

You aren't posting constructive criticism and you're insisting 7.0 won't change anything, so you clearly aren't in that camp of "We love the game and just think we can change it", since for that to be true you'd have to think 7.0 IS going to change (or at least CAN be by criticism). But you aren't even offering criticism. You're talking up other games and insisting people need to leave this one because it WON'T change in 7.0 and there is no hope for it to.

Why...
...are you...
...still HERE??

[CStrife912]

It never ceases to amaze me how people that insist they hate the game continue paying for it, continue posting on the forums about it, and continue saying how bad it is and making threads to stir discontent in others/try to get other people as upset as they are/try to get validation for their discontent.

Pretty much lol in regards to the relic though we had that interview like a month or so ago where they actively said 6.45 relic would be tomes so it being exactly as said does not surprise me in the slightest. The only thing disappointing is variant grind, I’m wondering because they plan so much in advance it won’t be till 7.0/7.X where they make that content viable long term or keep adding to it. Maybe they won’t and it will be a shame but for people who know the game do understand they get feedback from the expansion as a whole to then plan 7.X patches around said feedback (well usually it’s like this)

For me personally I play the game enough to warrant a sub, I don’t think there is another mmo that can remotely absorb my time. ESO is beyond boring with its floaty combat and really shallow/short story. Blue protocol next year for global release but I’ve seen the Japanese playerbase already say there’s no endgame and it’s a pump and dump 2-4 weeks game. WoW is something that doesn’t click with me and I’ve tried multiple times over the years. So for now il play here and there and continue my backlog of titles

[Renathras]

For me personally I play the game enough to warrant a sub, I don’t think there is another mmo that can remotely absorb my time. ESO is beyond boring with its floaty combat and really shallow/short story. Blue protocol next year for global release but I’ve seen the Japanese playerbase already say there’s no endgame and it’s a pump and dump 2-4 weeks game. WoW is something that doesn’t click with me and I’ve tried multiple times over the years. So for now il play here and there and continue my backlog of titles

Yeah, same. I played WoW for years, but always kinda hated the art style and storytelling style ("Buy and read these three books about important in-game events that we won't actually portray in-game!". I like reading books, but why aren't MAJOR PLOT EVENTS portrayed in the game itself?!), and I finally just gave up at the end of Legion after taking most of Warlords off.

These other games either don't even appear interesting to me to begin with, I don't care for the art style of, I don't care for the combat of (Guild Wars 2, ESO), I don't care for the world of, or they burn out in a matter of weeks after launch (lookin' at you, New World!), or have a community shift to where it doesn't work with the game (I love old school games, so would love FFXI, except when I tried playing it a year or so ago, the prevailing responses I got were "Play with Trusts to level up, then come back and talk to us at level cap"; there's a somewhat similar case with LOTRO), and a lot are pay to win/paywall things. I'd rather have a sub than deal with GW2's 10,000 currency hell, much as I like the art style in that game (though don't care for the non-trinity gameplay and ARPG combat which is something else I generally dislike...)

FFXIV is the only one that I like the world, art style, combat, and lore of, and I find a lot to keep me busy.

[DiaDeem]

Something big would have to happen for me to quit. But I mean something actually big. So big that I haven't seen anything close to it posted even as just ideas in the forums.

[PaulH]

I think for me after my scholar main changed especially from SB to EW then I just adapted and as I do like the story and the environment, gameplay and people etc but stopped treating it as a main game mmo. As others have said there are more and oddly I found ARPGs fun and something to compliment the missing grind I personally like and switched to a dps as healing became boring for me, yeah I like button mushing and dot spreading etc. So it isn't binary for me to play/not play I just treat the game as something that ebbs and flows and it isn't a costly sub so it can continue to be around. I am going to fanfest etc so not going to hate on the game as it has given me years of joy and is just different now to what it was.

[Kaurhz]

Don't know why you care, to be honest.

Most people who leave do so quietly. Those that announce it as if it's some form of retirement from a career are usually those that come back after said announcement anyway.

Personally, I won't quit - As I'm far off from accomplishing everything that I want to, especially since I'm casually achievement hunting, which means my 'content' is spread all across the place. But I do think if the next expansion is to be this 'thin' then it might lead to me less frequently playing, or just spreading myself across more games.

[TaleraRistain]

I'm not. I consider the game still worth my sub. Still enjoy MSQ. Still enjoy optional content. Started progging in Savage after all these years because the interest hit me and I found I wasn't as allergic to schedules as I had been.

But sometimes a game becomes not worth your sub anymore. And the healthy thing to do is quit. Otherwise you're paying for something that makes you miserable. And it's hard to walk away from everything you built. It was hard to walk away from 10 years of accomplishments in EverQuest and 10 more in EverQuest II and WoW and one or two other games I've played over the years. But there's no shame in throwing in the towel if someone's not feeling it anymore. Speaking with our wallets is one thing we can do as consumers to make our displeasure clear.

[Kaurhz]

I recently resubbed to try a solo leveling challenge similar to what I saw a youtuber doing. Been having fun with it. So I am going to be here for a long time.

Ohh!! Is this Rath that you're talking about? He's incredible.

[NailBach]

He is indeed. I wouldn't have the willpower to skip NPC trading though