The game needs to open up

[ZephyrMenodora]

Good to know, because tedium is all we got. Amazing how in their quest to strip everything players found annoying in the game they ended up with the most tedious of all.

Here is the dictionary definition of it:
tedious
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adjective

too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.

Is this not XIV in a nutshell at this point? I fail to find a word more fitting TBH.

XIV has it's issues, yes. But making me google every quest where in the zone they hid an update, or have to waste time while enjoying underwater by finding air isn't going to fix them and would just reduce my enjoyment of the game.

Your other suggestions seem promising though.