Fading in FFXIV Heavensward

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One of the goals on my gaming to-do list was to keep playing the daily Trial Roulette in FFXIV as long as I'm having fun with it.

A couple days ago it stopped being fun for me.

I've never been a fan of endgame grind or the gear treadmill that happens when you reach max level in a MMO.  That's where my character is at currently in the newest expansion, Heavensward.  I was doing only one trial every day (the one I think is the most fun) but even that has lost it's appeal.

I'm not done with Final Fantasy XIV.  I still think it's a great game.  But I am done with it until they do the next major content patch.  I want to experience new things in my games, and I'm not getting that from FFXIV right now.  Luckily for me, they've been fantastic about releasing regular content and story updates in the game.

Now I just have to wait for the next one to land.

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  1. SylAugust 18, 2015 at 1:06 PM

    Yep not done roulettes for two weeks now or so. I would love to see Alexander but the pug grind is getting to me at the moment and it's not like I can go steamroll the place together with friends either. So basically pugging for more pugging, yeah I think not. Guess I'll just fall behind as usual :)

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    1. VoidAugust 18, 2015 at 1:30 PM

      Sounds like we're in the same place. But, I'm still super excited for the next content patch to drop! I love the story in the game.

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