Quote Originally Posted by Valence View Post
I think you're being either disingenuous on purpose and provocative for the sake of it. I have already written multiple times what my problem was with Bozja and Eureka, and you told me "it's probably not the content for you", which is just condescending and dismissive, but I'll admit that yes, in the state it was delivered, 90% of it was probably not for me.
I don't know you nor do I follow every post you make. I am speaking generally about what I've seen and heard over the years from the whole community. The post you are replying to wasn't a direct reply to you at all. You previously asked what I liked about bozja and I answered in a separate post. I didn't even say in the post you're replying to "It's probably not the content for you," but even if I did, I don't see how that's an issue. Some content in this game just isn't for me, and that's okay. I have zero interest in crafting and gathering in this game. Diadem and the Firmament? Not content for me. I don't bother with it, or I do the bare minimum to get the story. Fishing? Not for me. Don't like the RNG elements. I get bored. But I have friends who LOVE fishing in this game and get really into it. I have some friends who hate PvP and have zero interest in doing it. It's just not for them. That's to be expected in a huge game like this.

And yes, when I was in there with my friends during Shadowbringers, I found all of that content fun. It wasn't a grind to me, it was a change to goof around and meme with hundreds of other players together. Maybe I just approached it with a very different mindset? Of course I have to take the time to fight through the map, getting stronger as I go to unlock new areas and new fights. I don't think that's a design flaw, I think that's pretty normal mode of progression for video games. Where is the satisfaction if I can just instantly do everything? I'm just really tired of people ragging on some of my favorite content in the history of the game. What did we get instead in Endwalker? Nothing? Island Sanctuary, I guess? Which was a boring, tedious spreadsheet simulator chore that wasn't relaxing or fun at all. The Endwalker patches really hurt from the lack of midcore battle content. I had a couple friends quit the game over it, because they felt like there was nothing for them to do except do casual content (which they found boring and unfulfilling) or raid (which they didn't have the schedule availability and time for).

Of course I want the devs to try new things and make even more unique challenges for the next exploratory zone. I didn't care much for Eureka until the later half of it and Bozja fixed a lot of the issues I had with Eureka, so I'm hoping that they will do the same this time around. But you seem to be expecting some fundamentally different game mode entirely than what the battle system of Final Fantasy XIV even is. Which if you think the game is as is is stale and boring, is a totally fair and valid complaint to have, but have it with the whole game, not just Bozja.

If they release this new thing and it's literally just reskinned Bozja 2 Tropical Boogaloo with nothing new whatsoever, then yes, I suspect I would be annoyed by that.