Feedback while I can.

[Ritsugamesh]

It's a sad read, partly because it is another one of our own stepping away from a lack of satisfaction and partly because I've been on the same cusp for months now. I really hoped Dawntrail was the revitalisation they had talked about, the fresh entry into a new decade of FFXIV, a new world, more risks and innovation. We got absolutely nothing of the sort. The exact expansion plan copy/pasted from HW to DT. Even the marketing - 'SCIONS DIVIDED!!!' was a total joke. One drop of a boulder in an early dungeon and after that we're all best buds again. I actually feel lied to and cheated by this expansion honestly.

I agree that content takes time but other MMOs put out plenty more at a greater pace and with less funding than FFXIV. Furthermore, if people are enjoying the moment-to-moment gameplay the content cadence matters less, but the job situation is so unbelievably dire that we can't do the same daily roulette locking half our kit away and be happy anymore. I certainly can't.

All my friends have dropped off, my FC the last other login compared to mine is 20 days, next closest 60, and the only content I can do now is solo deep dungeon, PF content to get gear that literally won't matter in a few months (not that it matters now because everything is easily completable without top gear) and daily roulettes to get tomes to... Get gear to... Complete the same content a little bit quicker. There's just nothing to be excited about that isn't a far-off horizon in a years' time with no information about what the feature will be. I'm fully expected island sanctuary 2.0 - huge talk up, a giant island, exploration! No, enjoy your spreadsheet resource manager. What in the hell are we doing SE??

[Wojnar]

I really hoped Dawntrail was the revitalisation they had talked about, the fresh entry into a new decade of FFXIV, a new world, more risks and innovation. We got absolutely nothing of the sort. The exact expansion plan copy/pasted from HW to DT. Even the marketing - 'SCIONS DIVIDED!!!' was a total joke. One drop of a boulder in an early dungeon and after that we're all best buds again. I actually feel lied to and cheated by this expansion honestly.

I have the same thoughts, it was CP2077-level marketing.