Not surprising that it's that bad. Party finder never seems to learn.
The raid scene being so egregiously shit as of this expac really seems to have knocked all the wind out of your sails.
Having the free time makes a big difference. Raiding is too much effort. Everyone wants week 1/top parses. Nobody has the mindset for it and people will ruin your experience over it. Seeing videos as the following thrown around just cements it for me.
But it's October.
The community reminds me of Nerd Crew from RLM without even a shred of irony sometimes.
why are you in that FC to begin with.
Now that I think about prog was the only reason I joined and that never happens because most of them suck so fucking much. The only upside that I have with the fc is that its so retarded sometimes. That I don't need to come to farms to laugh at retards.
People obsess on clearing week 1 to a point where I can't help but think they don't like raiding. They like clearing.
MMO players make the mistake of trying to find another mmo that does the thing they want it to do. It is not uncommon with raider types to hear them whine about the good old days or how the game should be.
Of course. People have always treated raiding in XIV like a status symbol first and foremost, and so they all want to be part of the privileged few who "mastered" the fight before anyone else.
Honestly, I got into raiding cause I wanted to know what it's like and I ran out of other things to do but I'm starting to feel like there's no actual benefit to this. All it really comes down to is getting better gear earlier and bragging rights which is only going to matter if you're trying to impress other raiders. I'm still invested in the story and characters but I should probably take a break too.
I've been playing a lot of Total Warhammer 3 and Dominions 5 as of late instead of FF14. I just can't find enjoyment with it anymore. The only reason I would still play is if my FC wants to do raids, but they haven't really been on either. I tried to do PF, but it almost always devolves to me leading the PF or explaining the same mechanics over and over again. I don't want to keep mentoring a bunch of retards I don't know since it's tiring. Sure, I can brag that I completed something, but it's not worth the pain that is PF. Besides, the few benefits you do obtain become obsolete real fast. Don't get me started about the player base again. I've ready gone off about it in the thread, even more so with my friends.
Same here, and my break has been great so far. I'd recommend you so the same.
The fun of it for me is doing the content. Not getting gear, not getting a number on a third party website. The gear and bragging all goes away next major patch cycle because you have to clear new thing.
I enjoyed the story, but I find the gameplay really drab. Unless you do savage, game's content is either a glorified point and click simulator, or very easy. Problem with savage is you need to put up with the community.
Well, Bozja is probably the closest you can get to Matsuno-style writing in FFXIV.
The Ivalice raids were probably the worst representatives for Matsuno's work since they essentially crammed an entire game into a 3 patch questline. It's slightly better in the Bozja exposition-wise but that's not really saying much.
