Rawr!
So, Final Fantasy XIV is still keeping me fully engaged and interested. The seasonal based events have dif stories and rewards each year, the old stuff being available in the mog station so that anyone can get the rewards if they want them always, which I find a much better system than the whole "always take stuff away to make it seem elite" nonsense, since nothing is made elite with temp content, just cheapened by how much effort you put in, to only find that the newest coolest thing a month or two later has appeared.
But anyhoo, the All Saints' Wake Halloween event was fun, and I did make a youtube quickie guide without spoilers for the story, but that is over now, but basically, Square Enix gave all players a new witch outfit, a new minion, the pumpkin butler, and a flying mount, the broom, which lasts forever, unlike a certain other Halloween event in a certain other game that gives a broom... Cough.
Honestly, the event made me realize that I just don't touch WoW or like it anymore, at all. My sub is about to expire for WoW and I think I am going to let it, and just remove it from my computer. I am to the point where I just don't want Blizz to have any of my money or attention, and honestly, their product doesn't deserve it at this point. I already removed Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone. Their games are repetitive boredom at this point. I actually get thrills and excitement in Final Fantasy XIV.
Like the new event, that ties in Final Fantasy XI with Final Fantasy XIV, it gives tribute to the mmo that preceded, some nice nostalgia, flashes of major storyline from FF11 and the music. And then, to top it all off, you get a red FF11 outfit so you can always remember. This event runs thru til Dec. 31st, so make sure if you play FF14 that you get it done, it starts in the Limsa Lominsa adventurer's guild.
I also am not the only person who has found a happy place playing Final Fantasy XIV either, because they are to more than 5 million subs now, which means they have more people actively playing than WoW. I feel like some of that number were people who left WoW for FF14 because Blizz chased them off, but that is cides the real point.
The point is that FF14 is still fun. I am max lvl, doing max lvl content, and still having fun. I am not bored, I don't dread dailies, nor do I have to fight with myself about playing. Patch 3.1 just came out, and it has been like taking a game I already was loving and jazzing it up, like adding oreos to the top of an ice cream cake.
3.1 added a nice chunk of content: 2 new dungeons, a 24 man raid, a new beast tribe, Lord of Veminion (Minion battling like a really basic version of LoL mixed with old Age of Empires battle mechanics) new gear and outfits, more flying mounts, minions, Triple Triad everything, easier MGP gains, being able to go as a free company on your airship to the Diadem, which is a new zone, that changes, with elite baddies to kill for gear and spoils and fun, and of course more storyline, plus so much more. They did changes and UI fixes and housing managing and even tiny things like, new things to grow in your garden at your house, and multi purchasing for stuff you get with Grand Company Seals. Little things that most people wouldn't freak out excitedly about, but they managed to pump greatness into an already great game.
I so far haven't found a single aspect of 3.1 I dislike. Nothing. It all has been good times and nice challenges mixed with excitement.
And relic weapons and more is coming right around the corner with 3.1.5
I bought an expansion and they give major content patches. The A Realm Reborn time before Heavensward they did over 50 content patches, and supposedly are going to do at least that many for Heavensward. Actual content, that isn't temp, and isn't going to leave you feeling like you missed something you will never get back. Stuff that just builds on a great foundation. It all makes me so very glad I play this game, and only wish I had sooner. If you read this, and haven't tried it, do. Just try it for a month or two and you will be hooked. And it is a good feeling. It really is.
Rawr! :)
