The Perfect Response to "Take a Break"

[Carin-Eri]

That sounds very much like FF14, with the recent interview on relics

Yeah - I'll concede the similarities, although in the case I was referring to it was far more about them justifying their commitment to lootboxes.

[Lunaxia]

I agree.

I realise I seem to bring up the fact that I played/quit another game prior to being introduced to FFXIV quite often...

Not discounting your opinion, but I skim-read your post and thought you were actually talking about this game until the last few sentences, lol.

I've been playing a long time, and, well, not so much in defence of OP but unhappy players in general, I personally find it pretty hard to imagine FFXIV being much worse than what it is now, especially compared to when I started. I'm having a "rechecking the empty fridge" moment myself and nothing has changed the fact that the game feels horribly mismanaged and boring to play right now. If anything, it only feels more obnoxiously flawed, because you're actively up for playing only to find there's nothing interesting to do.

[Carin-Eri]

Not discounting your opinion, but I skim-read your post and thought you were actually talking about this game until the last few sentences, lol.

I've been playing a long time, and, well, not so much in defence of OP but unhappy players in general, I personally find it pretty hard to imagine FFXIV being much worse than what it is now, especially compared to when I started. I'm having a "rechecking the empty fridge" moment myself and nothing has changed the fact that the game feels horribly mismanaged and boring to play right now. If anything, it only feels more obnoxiously flawed, because you're actively up for playing only to find there's nothing interesting to do.

Hm, well - in hindsight I've only been playing FFXIV for close to two years at this point and probably don't see what the long-term players see.

Still, if nothing else, I'll always appreciate the lack of lootboxes!

[Syln]

wow are you really trying to make an analogy ? In this forum ? :3

That being said i agree, telling someone that want more interesting stuff to do on ff14 to take a break and go play something else is completely out of touch.

That's some kind of Pavlovian reflex for some people at that point.

[Xlantaa]

If you get angry for a videogame...

[Arrius]

If you get angry for a videogame...

It's totally valid, it is a reflection of how you feel about the game.

This just flies out of the window if you cannot keep it in check and start affecting others negatively with your attitude.
Then you have riots in the streets because your favorite sports team lost the match, which was a game about only kicking a ball into a box.

[RaideDuku]

[TheMightyMollusk]

[hydralus]

I prefer telling people to keep subscribing and bitching about it on the forums because it's been very effective thus far.

[Noumenon]

The reason they tell you to take a break is simple: they cannot handle any criticism. Their ego is tied to the game, and the moment you criticize the game, it's as if you personally insulted them. The lengths at which they go to harass, witch-hunt, and doxx criticizers, not to mention some who even sent death threats to those who criticize, says it all.