Grinding in FFXIV vs Other MMOs

[Ardeth]

Time gating killed this game. There's no reason to be subbed year round. Just buy the expansion, beat it, maybe do one savage tier for fun, unsub until next expansion, and catch up everything you missed in like 1 day or 2.

There is hardly any reason to stick around or build communities in this game as its design actively discourages it.

Exactly. It's literally meta to play an expansion at lauch. Bask in the hype. Ignore it for two years. Rise and repeat. A lot of the FCs I have been in have been like that. People disappear for years at a time and come back to do the new thing and leave again.

I just don't know how they would fix it? Wow added one of the best pieces of solo progression in decades, and I got bored of it pretty quickly. I hate Bozja and Eureka. I'm just kinda lost on what is good content to do over time. I'm currently subbed to get everything to 100. I don't have much, and I'm going slow, but it's a boring journey.

[Kuroka]

Exactly. It's literally meta to play an expansion at lauch. Bask in the hype. Ignore it for two years. Rise and repeat. A lot of the FCs I have been in have been like that. People disappear for years at a time and come back to do the new thing and leave again.

I just hate how this changed... my FC was never THAT full but usually during major stuff you had your core members being there, but now, so many just dissapear as they either burned, or just bored out... Im kinda done looking for new ppl, it just feels pointless to even try. Unless youre into the Live simulator stuff and mods which i despise with all my being lol