Unsubbed Thread (Tell us why)

[Garolymar]

The quality of the MSQ usually makes me forgive a lot of the blandness when it comes to class design in this game, but Dawntrail was awful and I honestly can't even muster up enough will to continue playing so I've cancelled my sub today. I'll keep a lookout for updates to see if anything changes but I doubt it'll be any time soon that my interest is reignited. Besides the MSQ my biggest complaints are class design being homogenous, especially tanks. We basically only have 1 1/2 tanks with different flavours of special effects. DPS is better but they all do still feel very samey. Dungeon design is just bland, there really is nothing exciting going on in these things anymore and without any big story reveals it really shows how boring it is to run them.

I didn't even try the EXs this time around cause I didn't care so I won't really comment on them. Raid was fine too I guess, I liked the music. I guess what would really entice me to come back is if the classes got the same sort of flavour they have in PVP in PVE. Give me a Dragoon that can jump to avoid deadly mechanics. Lets see a reaper that can mass CC mobs to interrupt multiple casts, a DRK that actually sacrifices health and defensives to do more damage. That would be interesting. Until then though I'mma just play something else.

[CaedemSanguis]

December/january ? Dude I hope it releases in max 2 months. The xpac has been out for 2 months already, I hope they don't make it a trend to do 6-months wait times. It was dry enough already with 3-4 months patch cycles.

nah it's 4,5 months after the patch (in this case after savage release) and ultimate is 2 week after 7.1, and it might be delayed by an extra week since there is xmax/new year eve

[lolnotacat]

I'm sticking around till 7.1. I usually love Alliance raids and that's gonna be the real barometer to the game's direction as far as I'm concerned. I'd consider unsubbing right now and coming back for 7.1, but I still would prefer to not lose my medium house; Though the new GW2 expac is making me reconsider that concern a bit.

[ViaDesperare]

Unsubbed, just waiting for my time to run out.
1. Story is terrible, it's just worshiping YoshiP's furry Waifu that's he's trying to get pregnant.
2. Healers suck, begging for people to heal isn't going to do him favors this time
3. Phys range is awful, specifically MCH bringing nothing to the table
4. YoshiP can't stop lying, and the false advertisement that got me to buy the sub pisses me off
5. Broken payment system to force people to pay for 2 months with a game time card pisses me off more.
6. Class balancing poor AF, the Kneejerk viper changes that didn't listen to the players should not have happened.
7. YoshiP ignoring JP and EN on feedback, when he said that you should listen to criticism because it's from people who care.
8. Game reeks of SBI/Consulting influence, so I'd rather not support that.

[sharknado]

I have around 2-3 weeks left. In EW I took a break at the launch of 6.1 till ~6.35 for a moment and then 6.55. Now I'll probably wait for 7.5X. The second expansion I find not really playable outside of the MSQ hype period (and the MSQ was worse so I care less). My backlog of things to do (some relics, some job leveling, Eureka glowing armor...) is long but I just don't have the motivation. I spammed a lot of DT dungeons, and got DoH/DoL done as well.

7.1 should have "Cosmic Explorations" for DoH/DoL - although nothing is known - how it will play, whether it will require actual jobs, whether it will have actual rewards and not yet another mount/pet/achievement (200+ crafter materia and the 7.3 DoH/DoL scrip component please, if not I don't see a point in playing before 7.5X). Expansion went out and we don't know anything about expansion-specific content... Also, the expansion is just a copy-paste of the template, there is no testing, no innovation, no nothing...

[Anarnee]

I have not unsubbed since HW, it was only for a week because of some personal issues that had little to do with the game.

I however am considering dropping my sub in the next cycle if they do not address the issues of the graphics update making people ill.

I enjoyed the MSQ of DT and I enjoyed the battle content that I've been able to get into. I want to support the game and the Devs, but I will not support them if my ability to play uninhibited is not restored. I'm already ill, I don't need a game making me feel worst.

[Claire_Pendragon]

MAIN REASON: I honestly just dont find any of the tanks fun. I dabble in them occasionally, and mostly played RDM in savage content, but it just doesnt quite scratch the itch. And in a similar way, I just couldnt get into the healers either.

Secondary Reasons: I feel that every patch and expansion seems to water down content way too much. I just get on for the MSQ, and then quit. While I have my issues with DT story, It's not why im quitting, I expected to come into DT, play the MSQ, and then quit anyways. This will also be the 1st time I just dont bother trying to get into savage, or try too hard.
EDIT: I woulda quit after 1 month, but since SE refused to accept visa cards, I was forced to get the 2month sub card from amazon.

[AlucaDragonheart]

My sub ran out today and I don't think I'm going to resubscribe again until the FF11 raids. Also, after getting all the tanks to 100, I just have zero desire to play this game anymore, especially since getting the tanks to level 100 felt like I was just playing the same class but with a different weapon/visual effects.

Guess I'll go back to FF11 itself, and go back to WoW, I hear War Within is fantastic so I'll probably spend most of my time on that game.

[Vikor]

I don't trust the narrative going forward and while the battle content is fun, it's not enough for me. Its crazy, I was so ready to enjoy this expansion and I just couldn't do it, and the longer I thought about what bugged me the more obvious it became that I just needed to vote with my wallet.

I first felt like CB3 as a whole were getting a little big for their britches in EW with some choice decisions that, as someone who has spent years trying to convince myself Blizzard will change, felt very Blizzard-like. Dawntrail feels like an extension of those decisions and I just don't feel comfortable blindly giving a company my money for years hoping for change again--I need to see CB3 actually do something to prove that they aren't just running the XIV cash cow on cruise control.

[Serilyn]

I unsubbed just under a month ago because dragging myself through the MSQ just sucked all the joy out of the game for me (I did every side quest and read everything, didn't skip any cutscenes so I feel I gave it a fair chance).

I was planning to switch to subbing every alternate month to keep my house. But since then I've thought about how unsatisfied I was with the story, how our WoLs were treated and our lack of choices or even acknowledging that we might NOT like Wuk Lamat (and in the end area they mock our choice to disagree by just having it all loop back into forcing us to agree). Just the poor storytelling with everything being predictable, repetitive, boring (I took a while to get through everything because it kept making me want to fall asleep or do anything else), full of plot holes, not making sense, badly written and sudden or no character development, and plain written in a very dull way (which I assume is due to a localization change).

I know people like to make this comparison, but I really have read a lot of fanfiction. And this is written like the ones that I glance at and immediately ignore because I can tell they're going to be bad and frustrating to read as the writer hasn't had enough time to mature and develop their craft, or has plain refused to. I had some inkling of this in the patches but gave them the benefit of the doubt because this is FFXIV, they couldn't possibly write something that bad, right? But they did.

And then there are the recent interviews that seem to show that they don't really understand the problems people have with DT. I just don't have faith in them anymore. I resubbed a few days ago and I'm going to empty my house out into an apartment as much as I can, then let it go.

One funny thing: I'm speeding one of my alts through DT skipping everything. And it is actually FAR more enjoyable that way. Having the game muted, a video playing in the background. The only downside is the spot the thing game that I can't skip through.

I'll also have to resub to collect any gil back after my house demolishes. But after that I'll treat this as I do other MMOs: Check back briefly every so many years to see what is new and what has changed. Maybe I'll watch some streamers go through the next expansion to see if things have improved.

Oh also the recent payment changes especially regarding SEA players whose pleas have gone completely ignored (or those like me who have a different region from where we live now), along with things like the serious graphics problems causing health concerns for people and even the mount tilt giving people problems. All of that happening without any response from the devs seems pretty bad to me.

I hope things improve. I hope I hear about how great and awesome the patches and next expansion are. We'll see.