I like FFXIV. Story is great. But this whole 'It's an MMO that respects your time!' idea is pure nonsense. It's countless hours of running around and doing fetchquests, and even after all that there is still the expectation that you log in daily, grind dungeons for hours, play the game non-stop without breaks. Which those of us who enjoy playing different games and also have a real life just cannot keep up with. I've seen people defend it's boring quest design with 'Well, that's just how MMOs work, don't complain'. Which, sure, you can say that. But you can't say then that this game is more of an RPG than an MMO. It's a story-focused MMO, but just like other MMOs, it expects you to invest a LOT of time (even more than others, I'd say, because just the main story takes 300+ hours). And it's perfectly fine for an FF fan to not have that kind of time on hand right now.
Log on daily, grind for hours? What are you on? I log on for my weekly alliance raid, my statics raid nights, and then whenever a friend asks if i want to play. My favorite thing about the game is all the grinds are at your own pace and if you don't want to.play for a week you dontlose a dang thing.
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u/NightVisions999 Dec 08 '24
I like FFXIV. Story is great. But this whole 'It's an MMO that respects your time!' idea is pure nonsense. It's countless hours of running around and doing fetchquests, and even after all that there is still the expectation that you log in daily, grind dungeons for hours, play the game non-stop without breaks. Which those of us who enjoy playing different games and also have a real life just cannot keep up with. I've seen people defend it's boring quest design with 'Well, that's just how MMOs work, don't complain'. Which, sure, you can say that. But you can't say then that this game is more of an RPG than an MMO. It's a story-focused MMO, but just like other MMOs, it expects you to invest a LOT of time (even more than others, I'd say, because just the main story takes 300+ hours). And it's perfectly fine for an FF fan to not have that kind of time on hand right now.