This game is getting stale, I mean REAL stale

[*Logan*]

I find myself playing this game less and less these days and the content offered in the patches lately are not helping me hold my interest.

This topic isn't about me though but about the game in general.

The big issue is lack of content now, and the game has always been very cheap with loot drops so there are not much rewards for playing once you max level the classes you want to bother with.
Another issue is lack of exploration.
There is no point in exploring the maps once you find the currents; you can just fly over everything, there are no treasure to find unless you have a map, and you just end up farming for dungeons to get enough currency to buy a single gear piece and then stand around for the rest of the week.

Other MMOs such as ESO, make everything an adventure.

Go exploring, find a dungeon, find loot, enemies to fight, other players, etc.
You don't need to switch classes just to pick up a plant or a rock, you don't need to switch classes to do your daily crafting writs,and with the games endless leveling system, it always feels like your making progress to advancement, even if it is minor it's still something. Plus, they release expansions like every couple months ongoing for years!
New areas to explore, enemies, dungeons, story generally fully voiced...

Even Fallout 76 is looking more appealing these days and yes you could call that an MMO as well. Fallout 76 has added many new locations, quests and NPCs which is much more to say for FFXIV these days. Once again, you don't need to level a seperate class for crafting or gathering, you can just DO IT.

Has SE gotten so comfortable that they feel we are satisfied with this?
The only ones having lots of fun these days are the new players who still have four expansions to chew through.
What about the veterans? Am I really supposed to be that entertained by solo island content, and more alienating savage raids and trials that only a handful of players bother with?
Crafting and gathering achievements? diadem? Wow no thank you. That is simply not FUN or worth paying a subscription to do!

Maybe you can relate to the problems with this game.
It's hard to miss once you play for a couple years.

Just my thoughts on the state of the game and the boredom veteran players potentially face.

[serker31]

Originally posted by *Logan*:

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Go play something else then.

[Sunny]

No game can be played indefinately.

The best thing veteran players can do when they start feeling burnout is to take a break. Usually between expansions is the best time.

[Hobo Misanthropus]

I assume you've cleared all Savage/Ultimate?

[*Logan*]

Originally posted by Sunny:

No game can be played indefinately.

The best thing veteran players can do when they start feeling burnout is to take a break. Usually between expansions is the best time.

A well crafted entertaining title should not require me to have long "breaks" from actually playing it in order to be entertained by it.
That logic makes no sense.
A good game should be fun and addicting.

[Sunny]

Originally posted by *Logan*:

Originally posted by Sunny:

No game can be played indefinately.

The best thing veteran players can do when they start feeling burnout is to take a break. Usually between expansions is the best time.

A well crafted entertaining title should not require me to have long "breaks" from actually playing it in order to be entertained by it.
That logic makes no sense.
A good game should be fun and addicting.

If that's how you define good, then go find a good game. I define good as one that lets you take a break *without* predatory addictive mechanics or unreasonable pressure to participate just to keep up with people who aren't burned out.

Here, even the development team wants you to take a break. It's part of why the patch structure is what it is; it's built to let you go do other things, play other games between expansions.

The logic makes plenty of sense. It's called burnout and it's a very common thing.

[Oberon]

Originally posted by *Logan*:

What about the veterans? Am I really supposed to be that entertained by solo island content, and more alienating savage raids and trials that only a handful of players bother with?
Crafting and gathering achievements? diadem? Wow no thank you. That is simply not FUN or worth paying a subscription to do!

Don't complain about having nothing to do, while turning your nose up at content you haven't done yet.

[weiss]

Originally posted by serker31:

Originally posted by *Logan*:

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Go play something else then.

yea that o.o am doing only the weekly 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th and if possible savage and then expert and and lv 90 roulette daily oo. and thats all i do. *shrugs* ya dont need to play FF14 non-stop everyday. just saying, if you would play a game everyday, doesnt matter which one would get that pretty fast stale too.

[Sevrojin]

Originally posted by Chiro:

Originally posted by serker31:

Go play something else then.

yea that o.o am doing only the weekly 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th and if possible savage and then expert and and lv 90 roulette daily oo. and thats all i do. *shrugs* ya dont need to play FF14 non-stop everyday. just saying, if you would play a game everyday, doesnt matter which one would get that pretty fast stale too.

such a weak copout saying "play something else"

if the game was fun people wouldnt need to do this but the fact of the matter is SE and BU 1 are getting really lazy and cheap with ff 14 (seeing how the main story is over i dont entirely blame them)

this game needs mid core challenging content like EX and savage level dungeons

and for that matter the raid bosses in this game are nothing more then extremely scripted dance routines where its more about learning positions then doing damage.

FF14 game design is fundamentally garbage that caters to the LOWEST possible denominator hence remaking dungeons for solo purposes.

SE and BU1 are essentially done with makeing 14 good and are only going to life support it with low tier work till the game finally dies and they can sell you the next main line mmo

[Qoojo]

It's ok to get bored of a game and stop playing.

[Scarsick]

You have over 6k hours and are complaining the game is getting stale?

Originally posted by *Logan*:

Other MMOs such as ESO, make everything an adventure.


Even Fallout 76 is looking more appealing these days

Go play 76, ESO or some other game then. It's a very clear case of burnout, and you're forcing yourself to play for whatever reason.

[Oberon]

Originally posted by Sevrojin:

such a weak copout saying "play something else"

if the game was fun

It's not about "fun." It's about running out of content to do. And you can't expect a game to have infinite content.

Originally posted by Sevrojin:

this game needs mid core challenging content like EX and savage level dungeons

We're getting those.

Originally posted by Sevrojin:

and for that matter the raid bosses in this game are nothing more then extremely scripted dance routines where its more about learning positions then doing damage.

That's because everyone else is carrying you and able to clear before hitting enrage.

Originally posted by Sevrojin:

FF14 game design is fundamentally garbage that caters to the LOWEST possible denominator hence remaking dungeons for solo purposes.

And that's why so many people play it. Because it's bad.

Originally posted by Sevrojin:

SE and BU1 are essentially done with makeing 14 good and are only going to life support it with low tier work till the game finally dies and they can sell you the next main line mmo

6.1 and 6.2 have both been pretty solid, so your conspiracy theory here holds about as much water as a sieve.

[HolyGrail]

only reason I'm skipping this tier is because of fc drama, otherwise i'd have been all over it..

[md]

you got like 7k hours on this game lmao. No shi you gonna feel that way.. go play ESO then

[Hezz]

Yoshi-P actually encourages people to just sub up to play the new content then go unsub once you're done until more content hits. And so, if thats how you feel, go ahead! Unsub and play some other games! Its ok to!

Otherwise the point of FF14 is to make your own fun. It's very much so a social experience.

[Raansu]

A grey parser who hasn't done any end game doesn't really have a right to talk about lack of content.

There's also crafting, gathering, gold saucer, hunts, fate farming, treasure maps, tribal quests, wonderous tails, masked carnival, RP or pvp if that's your cup of tea, etc....

There's plenty of casual end game content along with the higher difficulty stuff. It's not square enix fault that you lock yourself into a niche and don't venture out into other content. I'm honestly amazed you have played as many hours as you have without actually doing anything in the game. Then again you probably just idle 99% of the time in Limsa.

Go play something else. You'll find out real quick that ESO and F76 really arn't that great.