No content for 1 year :)

[Rolder50]

If you're a rapid content consumer, you are always going to end up at a loss for things to do unless a game introduces a grindy power progression system that the player base decides is mandatory, such as WoW did. And WoW proceeded to lose most of its player base as a result because most people just don't have enough free time to keep up with what the rapid content consumers demand.

You don't have to be a "rapid content consumer" to run into issues. Namely because, for anyone who is caught up with the story and done a good chunk of side content, the offerings of each patch are downright pitiful. Like let's look at what 6.5 will have...

An hour or two of MSQ
Alliance raid that you can also do in an hour or two.
Small updates to spreadsheet simu- I mean, Island Sanctuary.
Timegated custom delivery quests.
Another set of 1500 tomestone relics (while most people will have 1500 before the patch goes out, so that's basically zero time or effort needed for your main jobs relic)

So we have an additional, what, day of content to last us until the expansion? A week at most if you aren't a "rapid content consumer". It's a joke.

[Nebelheim]

We still get new content. That content not being interesting to you is a different issue.


The only ones bored are the rapid content consumers with a very narrow area of interest in the game's content.

Other players have plenty to do. They don't get to play 12-16 hours a day. They're lucky to play that much in a month, let alone a day or a week. They'll be spending their time getting all the things that you already got while they were at work or school. They'll spend their time doing the things you aren't interested in doing.

If you're a rapid content consumer, you are always going to end up at a loss for things to do unless a game introduces a grindy power progression system that the player base decides is mandatory, such as WoW did. And WoW proceeded to lose most of its player base as a result because most people just don't have enough free time to keep up with what the rapid content consumers demand.

Even if you only play an hour a day it will only take a week to finish a majority of a patch except for savage raids

[Varilyon]

Why no content? The forum is up for you 24/7!

[MonsutaMan]

Why no content? The forum is up for you 24/7!

Forums are XIV's best content.

Forums > XIV Twitter, Youtube, reddit.

The forums are RAW.


reddit, twitter & youtube are merely XIV damage control platforms.

[Darkobra]

You know what I did when I ran out of things to do in this game?

Looked at my over 1000 game library and picked one of them.

Went out to the real world and drank with friends.

Travelled the world.

Learned new skills.

Pick one. Start with that. This is a game. Not a life.

[LinaAkayomi]

And there are some people that want to actually play the game, unlike you, but there is nothing for them. Also lol @ "chained down"

I actually played the game, and beat most of what I want from it. Hell, there's content I haven't even touched yet (Most of the Gold Saucer, Unreals, Ultimates, etc).
You can't expect a game to constantly spit out new content. We get a delayed launch for 7.0, and that sucks, but don't act like other expansions weren't "dead" after the x.5 patches either.

[ZephyrMenodora]

I actually played the game, and beat most of what I want from it. Hell, there's content I haven't even touched yet (Most of the Gold Saucer, Unreals, Ultimates, etc).
You can't expect a game to constantly spit out new content. We get a delayed launch for 7.0, and that sucks, but don't act like other expansions weren't "dead" after the x.5 patches either.

I don't think anyone is expecting constant new content - it's unrealistic. But the release cadence has definitely slowed down from the schedule XIV has been on in the past, and while the game is still doing well - it's never a good sign. Kind of like how ESO is selling a quarter of no new content as "quality of life" instead of just saying there is less content.

I think one theme is that people relied on not only the game staying to it's old schedule, but also the relic grind to occupy them during the lulls. Longer patch cycles + no real grind this time on the relic is leaving people bored faster than usual.

[LinaAkayomi]

Longer patch cycles + no real grind this time on the relic is leaving people bored faster than usual.

On one hand, true. On the other, we both know that even if we got another Bozja/Eureka people would probably find something else to complain about.
Not excusing the longer developement cycle, hell I was hoping to get 7.0 by December 2023 at the latest, but it is what it is. Either unsub and come back closer to 7.0 or find something else to do in game, there's tons of optional content to keep oneself occupied. Maybe it's just me being old, but MMOs have always been like this, cycles of "alive" and "dead" moving alongside patches.
You either hang on through player events/optional content, or cycle through MMOs/Other games.

[ZephyrMenodora]

On one hand, true. On the other, we both know that even if we got another Bozja/Eureka people would probably find something else to complain about.

Oh, for sure

[TaleraRistain]

I actually played the game, and beat most of what I want from it. Hell, there's content I haven't even touched yet (Most of the Gold Saucer, Unreals, Ultimates, etc).
You can't expect a game to constantly spit out new content. We get a delayed launch for 7.0, and that sucks, but don't act like other expansions weren't "dead" after the x.5 patches either.

This isn't really delayed. They're getting back to their normal expansion schedule. Endwalker was the outlier. It's usually late spring/early summer.