Oh, not myself. Just what I'm observing in other people. I'm detecting a certain depression setting in amongst some of the players. They find that parts of the game are broken and are unable to break themselves away from their expectations. A classic conversation of the sort happened recently. Currently Gladiators are considered a little broken. This is because they stop gaining SP in most parties after level 20 (apparently - I'm not there yet). This is mainly due to the SP being heavily tied to damage being done. Since Gladiators, by their nature don't do a lot of offensive moves when they tank and they are rather anemic when they do, they get shafted in the SP department.
Of course they end up in parties where the dps buzz-saws ahead of them and out strips them. Leaving them depressed. When someone points out to them that they could simply change jobs for a bit while SE fixes the class, they complain that they have already committed too much time to Gladiator... I'd like to point out that at this point we're two months in to a new MMO... And they are complaining that they are too commited to the path they started on... Honestly the mind boggles.
The good news is that in all probability we will not see an enormous drop in presence in FFXIV come the 23rd. That's when Cataclysm comes out. The reason for this is that by now most of the WoW tourists have already left FFXIV. The bad news for Square Enix is that the general lag ridden interface, various issues like Gladiator and some other things (like the storage issue) are interfering with most players enjoyment to the point where the nicer newer features aren't enough for them. Also they are loosing hope in the long wait between the last patch and the first update in November (only what? 1 week away). Also the supposed Juno equivalent not being open yet is proving to be a show stopper for a certain overly grindy set. There's not enough content yet they complain. Mind you I've seen this problem in EVE online frequently enough to recognize the symptoms. They are simply trying to play some other game with FFXIV. I call this "the inability to enjoy the game you are playing because you really want to play some game that does not yet exist". The biggest issue I have with this is they bitching and moaning it entails...
We'll have to see if the player bleed slows down after the patch next week. Meanwhile for myself, last night was a leve and crafting night. I managed to get some arrows done for Jonel which allowed me to ding 16 carpenter.
Physical: 39, Hand to hand: 11, Sword: 17, Axe: 12, Archery: 7, Polearm: 11: , Shield: 9, Thaumaturgy: 11, Conjury: 12, Woodworking:16 , Smithing: 15, Armorcraft: 15, Goldsmithing: 15, Leatherworking: 16, Clothcraft: 17, Alchemy: 18, Cooking15 , Mining: 18, Botany: 18: , Fishing: 15.
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