Quitting ffxiv for good

[Jojoya]

Good luck to you. I hope you find a game or two that scratch your gaming itch in a good way.

As for "mediocre" content, if something is fun to someone then it is fun. In the end, that's what they're paying for - to have fun. Even if you're no longer having fun, many others still are.

If you think companies read these threads, you know very little about how corporations work. These forums aren't even moderated.

They are moderated but the moderation is outsourced like most companies do these days.

They'll get read by the Community Team on occasion but not on a regular basis and I doubt much of the feedback gets passed onto the developers.

[Avoidy]

I've been around a long, long time. Gaming since the 80's. Using the internet since the mid 90's.

When did it become popular to announce you were leaving something? This was not something people started doing until the last 5-10 years. Where on Earth did this desire for attention come from? Hoping that people try and convince you to come back? That's like someone in a relationship saying they're leaving it, and wanting the partner to fight for them...

It's been popular way longer than that. If you were ever on GameFAQs back in the mid 2000's you'd see them all the time.
I think a lot of it is a very justifiable bitterness towards companies that take your money and time but won't listen to your feedback for years. So when you finally do quit, it's after a long time of constant BS and it's usually after some final straw has pushed you to be like "That's it, I'm done," and that moment is usually full of emotion. And so, in that state of mind, people will take to an official forum usually hoping (against their own common sense) that someday somebody responsible for all this crap will read their thoughts and understand that their decisions have pushed someone out who used to be quite loyal. I can 100% understand where OP is coming from in his feelings. I don't think it's hard to empathize with him if you actually give it a shot.

If you didn't see this sort of thing in the 80s or the 90s it might've been because the monetization model was different. Nowadays, games are sold to you as a live service with really predatory cash shops attached alongside other gross monetization models. Back when I bought a game in the 90's, it was just a single experience and the thought of getting thousands of hours out of it and building multiplayer communities within it was kind of nonsense. It was easy to put down those games when I was tired of them, and for some of the older ones it wasn't even possible to really vent my feelings because those communication methods (forums, internet) weren't even around yet.

Anyway, farewell OP. Personally I'm in a very similar boat, but I'm waiting for JP fanfest and Dawntrail. I'm also having fun with a small niche group of friends; if they ever left, I'd disappear so fast.

[hynaku]

I'm guessing will see you back in 7.0 along with all the others that have quit.

[ty_taurus]

I'm guessing will see you back in 7.0 along with all the others that have quit.

This attitude is actually disgusting.

[Aword3213]

This attitude is actually disgusting.

How many facepalms do you need when people just can't help but bless this forum with their cermonious return?

The guy who said he unsubbed last week? turns out he will resub next month judging by his recent posts.

[TheMightyMollusk]

This attitude is actually disgusting.

Is it incorrect, though? A lot of people dramatically talk about quitting and then come back later.

[Carin-Eri]

Is it incorrect, though? A lot of people dramatically talk about quitting and then come back later.

Agreed.

Speaking from experience, those who genuinely quit a game tend to do so without any noise or fanfare at all.

I quit the so-called F2P MMO I'd played for over ten years back in 2021 for various reasons, the primary reason being the studio sacrificing new content (only two new episodes, worth about 45 minutes of play time, a year last time I checked) in favour of gamble boxes. There were other reasons too, but I digress.

In my case I silently quit that MMO as realised that, in that game's case, complaining about their sleazy marketing tactics and the poor quality of the game on it's forum/social media didn't matter - because if you do that, but give them your money anyway, you are communicating exactly what you are willing to accept in the primary language they understand/care about.
And yes, I'd have to concede that for some the same might apply to FFXIV.

[VerdeLuck]

This attitude is actually disgusting.

Come on lol, this is the equivalent of a toddler saying they're going to run away if they don't get ice cream for dinner. It's an empty threat. Anyone who was going to actually leave would just leave and play another game.
Coming to the official forums and making a big post about "If you don't start removing QoL to cater to my idea of what this game should be, I'm quitting" is a temper tantrum and attention seeking behavior, plain and simple.

Just quit, bye, see yah, don't let the door hit you on the way out. Other people will keep playing the game and having fun if they like it, and you move onto a game that you find more fun. I've done it dozens of times with games that have just lost the spark, and I've never felt the need to make a large "Why I'm quitting" post.

[AnnRam]

Well nothing is going to change to be honest, the golden mine for SE right now its the ERP community and Mare Lamentorum map.

[Atelier-Bagur]

This attitude is actually disgusting.

Yeah because its a common occurence with most MMO players who announce their "leaving"?