Is anyone else not really enjoying themselves?

[BadAtGames]

Yeahhh, but only because I was really excited for Dawntrail MSQ and it disappointed me so bad that I lost any iota of motivation I had to play. Holding out hope that the next story they make will be something I enjoy and I can look forward to playing again

[Aurora428]

And Deep Dungeons and limited jobs! But those are much more limited.

Everything else realistically lasts about an afternoon before it's already old. It's a limitation of building a game around instanced synchronized swimming. Once you learn it, you know it.

FFXIV just isn't built to have a lot of meaningful things to do, and that's fine. It's a visual novel with a raid sim attached. Other MMORPGs have interesting worlds to engage with regularly.

I feel like people have been saying this forever and the content cycle just keeps getting slower and slower. It honestly feels like a coping mechanism at this point.

[koko-on-da-forumz]

Legitimately, if you're unhappy, now's the time to break your addiction.

There is literally nothing enticing coming out until 7.25 (probably?), and that's at least a year out.

[CuteBucket]

I'm waiting to see if the raids and side content are good. That's all I have to hold onto now, because this story has left me feeling so empty. It's giving me Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker feelings. I feel like I'm still in shock and needing time to process just how incredibly AWFUL the story I just experienced is. I only log in if my friends are on and want to do stuff right now, otherwise I'm playing other games.

I have a static that I've been raiding with for a few years and we've all become good friends through this game who have been there for each other in difficult times. That matters to me a lot and I don't want to lose it. So I'm going to log in for the raids because I enjoy raiding and spending time with my friends, but before, in the previous years of this game, I logged in almost every day simply to be in the world. It was my 3rd space, so to speak. It was the place I went to relax, just chill and talk to people, take pictures, just be playful and carefree. But the only reason I got to endgame at that time, the only reason I met all those people and made these wonderful friends that have changed my life for the better, is because a friend convinced me to play even though I'd never liked other MMOs because the story was just that good. It was the story that convinced me to keep playing and lead me to all those other things, and it was talking about the story and our characters that let me bond with others to form a static in the first place. The story is the heart of the game for me. I don't want to be a raid logger. But until the experience improves, I feel like I'm grieving something that I've lost, because I just have zero motivation to play, because all of the new stuff is tinged with the bitter flavor of how unpleasant the MSQ made experiencing it.

[george357]

the new content is a lot of fun and the new jobs are very interesting i unlocked both and started with viper learning my rotation and hot button actions building my single target and multi target aoe sets once i completed this i ran with it and had a great time got to 100 did all the viper job quests the msq storyline was decent and keep me interested am close to last area got hung up on fight will take some time to watch the video and learn the fight so i can get to the end game.

[Palladiamors]

I mean I don't outright hate it and feel utterly empty like I did at the end of Endwalker but nor am I enamored with it. The expansion was overall pretty meh, a horrible story mixed with some okay dungeons highlights the games weaknesses and turns whats supposed to be the MMOs strength into something to be shunned.

Not enough to keep subbing, for sure. I'll come back for the only reason I picked up Dawntrail to begin with, beast master.

[evanel]

After playing the game for like a decade I’m also in that boredom territory. Since HW the formula has been the same for early launch expansion. Leveling jobs to max doing past content, doing extreme trials, cap tomes. I don’t craft nor want to. At some point you do gotta just stop playing the game if it doesn’t make you happy.

[Striker44]

I'm so bored out of my mind; The new jobs feel like just a mess of combo that don't really matter. The MSQ just has me going from point a to b like always except this time the story is boring.

The graphics update is a great and needed addition but, what else is there? FF14 as been needing some innovation for awhile imo, how many expansions have we been doing the same thing... MSQ > tomes > raids > ex?

Without the continuation of what was an excellent epic expansion spanning saga; all these overdone game systems and lackluster story bore me more than ever!

There is just nothing new and whats there is soooo boring. As someone who has played since 1.0 I expected more of a "reset" something to keep the game fresh after Endwalker; more than just a new continent and graphics.

/sadge

I've just gotten into the second half of the MSQ, and so far I'm having a great time. Enjoying the story, the music is great as always, love the ambiance in both tunes and artwork in the various zones, the different themes.

I think someone else put it best, that each new xpac has the same general flavor, just with a different icing on top. My take at the time (which still holds true in DT) is that the flavor is chocolate, and I love chocolate, so I'm still having a lot of fun with it tasting the same and just having a different icing to top it off.

[Nitelancer]

I didn't enjoy the MSQ and had to push myself to get through it, but I enjoyed clearing the extremes and finding all the aether currents on my own (personal challenge). I look forward to the raids tomorrow.

[Vejj]

the MSQ was a great dissapointment for me. Never skipped so many cutscenes. The Jobs feels like back in Endwalker except for the Monk - in a negative way.
But bored? Actually not. Have maxed my Crafters and Gatherers (except fishing), barely defeated valigarmanda ex for couple of day and no time for trys because arcadia starts today.
For me... all a bit to fast. They could delay arcadia for more 1 week or two. I see enough players who are still into the MSQ.