Current state of ffxiv

[Valence]

I mean, I don't like those, either. I think Azys Lla might be the most hideous zone in the entire game. The Garlean tech, Anyder and Omega I'm indifferent to, at least they're somewhat similar looking. Solution 9 is a completely different flavor of futuristic, though. It bothers me the same way the NieR raids do - it doesn't fit in.

I have the diametrically opposed taste. I'm a sucker for SF interacting with fantasy worlds. But that's tastes right?
I just find it an odd thing to say, since FF has always been about mixing literally everything possible genre into one, including musically...

[Garruss]

I've never had a issue with the tech races they have added in the past even Azys Lla still felt like it fit into the style for FFXIV but the cyberpunk look of places like Solution 9 are a bit too much for my taste to work with the setting. I find myself just going there to get my gear and then getting out of there back to a most visually pleasing environment

[Jojoya]

I have the diametrically opposed taste. I'm a sucker for SF interacting with fantasy worlds. But that's tastes right?
I just find it an odd thing to say, since FF has always been about mixing literally everything possible genre into one, including musically...

A lot of us have no prior experience with the FF franchise. We came here and judged the game for itself, not how it compared to other FF games.

If SE has decided this game needs to be more like the other FF games, it's their right to make those changes since it's their IP. But any change to a product comes with the risk of losing customers not because they see the product as bad but because it has become too different from what fits into their comfort zone.

[PassinLay]

And people wondering why there are no houses to buy.

reading really isnt your forte is it ?

they have 5 houses with over 400 available, where is the problem again?

[TemporalFruitsAndVeggies]

Most of my playing is autopilot these days. I run an Expert Roulette while I drink my coffee in the morning. Then I show up to raid night, mostly to hang out with the gang for a few hours. That's about it. Sometimes if I feel compelled to play more I'll work on a crafter for half an hour. There's just no real hook for me anymore. The game needs a good hook, like Legendary items in Guild Wars 2.

[Eastwall]

This is actually really sad that the game uses house hold you hostage for sub fee..

[Eastwall]

Most of my playing is autopilot these days. I run an Expert Roulette while I drink my coffee in the morning. Then I show up to raid night, mostly to hang out with the gang for a few hours. That's about it. Sometimes if I feel compelled to play more I'll work on a crafter for half an hour. There's just no real hook for me anymore. The game needs a good hook, like Legendary items in Guild Wars 2.

I made a legendary amulet from ranked pvp. The grind was so brutal. It forced me to play wvw. It was such a cancer experience that l Don't plan to make the back piece. l plan just to afk farm for gold Then buy legendary weapons when they drop in price, lol

[Shikiseki]

They neglected to create social content in this game for so long that it finally caught up to them... But hey you can clear the game solo now every 4 months *confetti*

[MonteCristo]

They neglected to create social content in this game for so long that it finally caught up to them... But hey you can clear the game solo now every 4 months *confetti*

It rly does feel like a single player game with multiplayer added on which for an mmo just doesnt feel right. Half the time i was playing could clear most stuff without having zero communication in chat

[TemporalFruitsAndVeggies]

I made a legendary amulet from ranked pvp. The grind was so brutal. It forced me to play wvw. It was such a cancer experience that l Don't plan to make the back piece. l plan just to afk farm for gold Then buy legendary weapons when they drop in price, lol

Funneling everyone into WvW for legendaries is probably my least favorite GW2 design choice, but I at least understand why they did it, and these days you can get it down to about four hours' worth of playing. I find that legendaries on the whole are much more palatable to craft when you don't obsess over them, but just kind of work through the checklist a little at a time while playing other content you enjoy for gold, which will complete other parts of the checklist. If you obsess over them, it ends up feeling like Atma from the ARR Relic grind, one of the worst periods ever in FFXIV history.