FFXIV totems need to change

[Ath192]

The grindy content is TRASH though

I mean, when it comes to opinions everyone likes and hates different things so essentially its like:

The [insert anything] content is TRASH though.

Good news is you don't have to do it. And theres probably hundreds of non-grind mounts you can get in game. But nah, those were too easy to get and now you're bored right? So you want the one you have to work for. But instead of grinding it out you complain about it so they make it easy.

This way you can move on to complaining and destroying other content in the game until its all just handed freely to you and you quit because they gave you everything and now nothing is worth anything.

If you don't see how destructive that cycle is and what it's done for this game you are kind of blind.

The only thing I agree with is the mount should be purchasable with 99 totems from the start, but I'm okay if that doesn't happen. Also 1 totem should be the norm. 2 Totems makes no sense. At that point why not give 100 totems and make the mount cost 9,900. It's just an arbitrary number.

[LoganMccree]

Good news is you don't have to do it. And theres probably hundreds of non-grind mounts you can get in game. But nah, those were too easy to get and now you're bored right? So you want the one you have to work for. But instead of grinding it out you complain about it so they make it easy.

Lmao do you think people actually mount farm? Nobody is sitting through that trash content when there are like a hundred superior games to play out there. Who's even playing FF14 in 2025? It's just an ERP hub.

[Ath192]

Lmao do you think people actually mount farm? Nobody is sitting through that trash content when there are like a hundred superior games to play out there. Who's even playing FF14 in 2025? It's just an ERP hub.

-Yes
-A few clearly
-Probably the people posting on its forums
-I can't argue with it becoming an ERP hub

[LoganMccree]

-Yes
-A few clearly
-Probably the people posting on its forums
-I can't argue with it becoming an ERP hub

I don't know why you think this sort of grind is OK when your literal signature is:

Below we have a transcription of what Naoki Yoshi-P Yoshida said at PAX:
- "For some players, like me, I kind of get sleepy because it's so repetitive."

With how stale, homogenized, and gutted job design is; with how repetitive and uninspiring encounter design is; and with how pointless rewards from the stale encounters are, why would anyone be fine with the slop of a grind that you get xpac after xpac, patch after patch?

I seriously have to question the sanity of people who enjoy grinding for extreme trial mounts every single patch. Are you playing a video game or are you just coming here for your second job? The fights are lame, the jobs are lame, and the rewards are also lame. Maybe some of you are grinding for mounts not because it's actually any fun but because you are desperate to find something to do in this dying MMO. Break free, go play other games.

[Ath192]

I don't know why you think this sort of grind is OK when your literal signature is:



With how stale, homogenized, and gutted job design is; with how repetitive and uninspiring encounter design is; and with how pointless rewards from the stale encounters are, why would anyone be fine with the slop of a grind that you get xpac after xpac, patch after patch?

I seriously have to question the sanity of people who enjoy grinding for extreme trial mounts every single patch. Are you playing a video game or are you just coming here for your second job?

I've complained about all of that. I also stated why I enjoy having a grind. It's literally something I can log in to and mindlessly farm if I don't want to start another game. Without any grinds in the game there is so little to do around here it would just make sense to unsub.

To me, logging in to do an EX or two and see if I get the wings is the equivalent of someone casually booting up overwatch and playing a match or two to kill time. It's not peak gameplay, but at least it's something I can do in a game I'm already familiar with. It's casual content for me.

I hope you can make sense of that.

[LoganMccree]

Without any grinds in the game there is so little to do around here it would just make sense to unsub.

That's literally the point. The mindless grind is POINTLESS. It exists only to make you stay subbed, but it's complete junk food.

In a good MMO, you grind because you enjoy the content and find it fun, not because you want to log in and stay subbed.

You should 100% unsub if you're reaching the point where you're unironically logging in just to grind for extreme mounts.

[Ath192]

In a good MMO, you grind because you enjoy the content and find it fun

I do find it fun, to casually play coop with 7 other players and see if I get a mount. It is junk food, and idk if you noticed but junk food chains are everywhere because people enjoy it.