Quote Originally Posted by Carin-Eri View Post
Wait - so the Forum is now the true Endgame?!
Convincing other people of your argument and getting legitimate discourse in response on this trash heap is harder than any content in the game currently. Combat here is more engaging than in-game.

OP, you're wasting your time.

I get it, there seems to be a bubbling contingent of discontent rumbling if you have a specific lean in the game. But you really gotta understand that you're already operating from a horrible position from the outset. Much like there is no honor in defending CBU3, as you said, there's no honor in being a tireless vanguard for a game that will probably never exist. You will get adjustments here and there, but it's not a losing battle, it's a lost one.

Ideologically, I agree with you. Almost all of my friends are those silent leavers, and my social circle in XIV is completely devastated directly as a result of changes to the game, but we all just found other stuff to play with each other in.

Realistically, you're ironically too hopeful. You are literally making yourself more miserable for no reason. Nothing you say, nothing you do will have any effective change when you look at it from the scope of industry-wide standards and the current trajectory of the game. Yes, you may consider the game to be as bland as plain bread, but there is no other option that will lead to immediate results. Even hypothetically, if changes were implemented, they would take years to bear fruit, and you really don't want to roll those dice when SE is the dealer. You may get a pity concession here and there, but the house always wins. Nostalgia and memories from the past expansions will not give you current happiness. So you have to entirely divest your investment for the product if you want to stay relatively sane.

I'm not engaging in this thread because I dislike it. I honestly think there is nothing wrong with being passionate about something you love. But you should take care of yourself, and not open yourself up like you are right now in threads like this.

It's okay to give up, there is zero shame in it. You can even stay subbed, as long as you understand that your perspective simply isn't worth anything.