That Familiar MMO Feeling
The title of this post could be taken a number of ways, but I didn't mean it in a good way. I'm less than a month into Final Fantasy XIV after more than four years away from MMOs... and I'm already getting sick of the grind. After playing so many single player games I can easily see where they are artificially inflated grind between meaningful events. I know it's because it's an MMO and they need to extend their content. They need to keep people subscribed. But, this amount of extra time and grind would never hold up in a single player game. I'm already sick of it less than one month in. I'm pretty sure that doesn't bode well for my future with MMOs. I knew this was liable to happen if I tried out a MMO again. I just didn't anticipate it happening so fast. It makes me realize how much I wish I could check out other MMOs for the core content without all the MMO trappings. I would love to experience all the storyline quests in S...