Why are you still playing this game?

because i dont want to play real life simulator

The only reason I'm still playing XIV is for the raids and that's it. Anything else just makes me bored out my mind how easy and simple it is.

Thats the question i ask myself every day...

I keep playing most likely because I am addicted to the game. #bluntanswer

I often wonder why I am still playing. I enjoy the game and I have fun with it, but sometimes I feel like I've done everything there is to do. I have reached a point that I should be playing other games and doing other things but for some reason I do not. I suppose this is what is considered an addiction. I don't really have anyone that would miss me if I vanished the very next day, so it's definitely not the socializing that keeps me around. No matter how much I get burned out and bored, I continue to log in staying faithful and hopeful that a spark returns. Sometimes it does for brief periods but never lasting.

Sometimes, the fear of falling behind also keeps me playing. Missing out on the freshness of content. It's never fun to fall so far behind to the point you're now carried in unsync'd parties. Other times, it's the fear of losing the house. If I were to take a break, I'd want to be able to return with my character left exactly as they were. Not with my furniture and materials revoked and stripped away. But that's me being selfish.

Bottom line is, I think I keep playing solely because I am addicted to the game. If I am as burned out as I say I am, taking a break should be easy but it really isn't when I do enjoy the game.

Because of my Eternal Bond partner. He loves the game and I love playing with him, that´s all there is to it.
If it wasn´t for that I might resub each patch for the story or maybe wait until each expansion came, but nothing else. I find the game very boring outside of the MSQ and the first run through each dungeon / raid.

Because it's the only mmo I like. I've tried others but for some reason this is the only one that has clicked with me.

(That and my brother and my irl fiance play it too)

Stockholm syndrome.

It's just a fun way to pass the evenings.

Really the only reason I am still playing is because I really love my Paladin. not the job per-se, (even though SB gave me 2 things I wanted since ARR), just her as a character. It's nice to have a means to put my old D&D character to life in a modern MMO.

I just wish the gameplay was more compelling.

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Really the only reason I am still playing is because I really love my Paladin. not the job per-se, (even though SB gave me 2 things I wanted since ARR), just her as a character. It's nice to have a means to put my old D&D character to life in a modern MMO.

I just wish the gameplay was more compelling.

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Sadly, I don't see PLD becoming compelling... it's stuck in the easy to play class category. The game apparently needs to have a class which is easy to pick up for a newbie.

Because it's awesome.

I'm "still" playing because I'm a new player, about six months in now. I like the graphics, I like the MSQ story, and the community is friendly and active. I was tired of WoW after nine years and FFXIV appealed to me more than GW2.

There are things I'd change if I could, primarily the alt-unfriendliness. I like alts. But overall I enjoy it.

Main reasons I keep playing:
1) MSQ
2) Glamour
3) Graphics
4) Community
5) House

Overall, I'm still playing the game; if I ever get bored with it, I just play other games until more content arrives.

Social aspect and Merchanting after a long day of real work... So yea, FFXIV is cheaper then drugs, cigs and booze...

Least here can do some content with people, chill, design a house, help others enjoy the game. By doing so, I feel happier myself. Just needs more FFXI in it...

I'm still playing because at this point, I am driven to be a good player. I feel so far behind my peers right now, so I am driven to be as good as them. That's essentially my only reason for playing right now.

I'm barely playing. I log in to raid and that's it.

Aside from that, I still enjoy the MSQ.

I've just came back after a couple of months off. I love it when you first login and my FC chat goes crazy with everyone welcoming me back, it's a great feeling and I am lucky to be in a FC that is like this.

I'm not too good at grinding up levels, but I find on each return to the game, I am able to get a set class and or job to 70. I normally return just before new content is due to drop, so I get up to speed with any raids I've missed out on and then I am able to run through all the new experiences with my FC, which is so much fun.

The reason why I had to stop playing was FF finally had killed off my suffering PS4 and I decided to get a PS4 Pro to play the game on, as I got an 4k TV with HDR at Christmas, just for gaming on, so to finally have the PS4 Pro to get the most out of things is pretty cool.The improvement of my FPS when doing more image/item heavy fights is really noticeable. So yeah, playing FF with my new TV and PS4 Pro is another reason I play!

I can play an mmo a long, long time. I put nearly six years into XI. You're also talking to a console gamer where playing a game over and over again is the norm. The repetitiveness you speak of I can take standing on my thumbs. My progress is sloooooow, but steady. I'm not kidding. I came with the 3.1 patch two years ago, and I only just recently got Bealsar's Wall into my Duty Finder. A big reason for this is because I do play content over and over again. I have three ARR relics and three HW relics to give you an example.

I keep playing for a lot of reasons. So many that it is difficult to encompass them all into a single word or even sentence. The easiest way for me to put it is I always have something to play for. I participate in so many of the game's activities: Crafting/Gathering/Fishing, Glamours, Housing, Hunts, Party Finder, Alliance Raids, MSQ, Gardening. Within these activities, each has goals, and each has a re-playability factor. If something starts running dry, there is always something else to do.

That is without mention that I also have to admit that there is definitely an emotional attachment to the game, my character, and some members of my FC. I am far more committed to this game than any other I have played. It's kind of intertwined into my life and holds a spot much like going to work, the gym, visiting family, etc. I literally can log on and do what I refer to as "chores" day in day out without progressing much of anything ^^

raids, content patches, working on other classes.

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I can play an mmo a long, long time. I put nearly six years into XI. You're also talking to a console gamer where playing a game over and over again is the norm. The repetitiveness you speak of I can take standing on my thumbs. My progress is sloooooow, but steady. I'm not kidding. I came with the 3.1 patch two years ago, and I only just recently got Bealsar's Wall into my Duty Finder. A big reason for this is because I do play content over and over again. I have three ARR relics and three HW relics to give you an example. (Snipped)

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I guess you could class yourself as someone who would get a platinum trophy as you get 100% of the content out of the game you're playing?

My kitten is pretty. <3

Because I love all of my goofy friends and am hopelessly addicted.

Because of Regal Golden Lions, literally the best FC on Mateus lead by myself, the King of all Elezen.

Several reason on why I still play FFXIV:

1. The thrills of combat I get from doing dungeons, trials, and other battle content. If the battle content didn't click with me, I wouldn't have continued my journeys in FFXIV in the first place.

2. I like to help others and earn some cool stuff along the way (gil, exp, gear, glam, housing, etc.) I like to make a difference in someone's game life. I also am a firm believer that a little goes a long way.

3. My desire for earning achievements that I can reasonably reach. For example, fate achievements, getting EX primal clears, earning EX primal mounts, earning tank mounts, etc. Those Stormblood wolves will be mine for all 3 of my active characters soon enough. The flying tank mounts are a bonus as well since they are quite time consuming.

At the end of the day, if I believe in myself, put my best foot forward in any duty I go in, and work together with others as a team, I will be enjoying FFXIV for years to come.

Because I'm not a gil billionaire owning a large house and catbois who debase themselves for my amusement, for a little bit of gil...yet.

Simply put because I still have fun, and I also quite enjoy the story.
It still does many things right, it helps that I usually avoid doing everything in the first 2 days like some crazy people so I have still lot of content left :p
I don't play as often as I did in the beginning but it's still my to go MMO when I'm not Bullet Jumping my Space Ninja through Space Ships using Space Magic. (12.7 points for who knows what game I mean)

RP, housing, RPing in my house.

Some people PAY for this game just to troll on the forums.

Roleplaying, the other aspects of the game slowly lost my interest over the years and Eureka was a bust. I'm giving the story one more chance to grab me, but only because it might involve the Garleans doing something other than dying in droves. I couldn't care less about Ala Mihgo and Doma.

If I don't like where the story is going, well I figure this is the patch that will decide where the Empire and its people are going in the story, so that will decide it for me.

Fighting imperials just isn't entertaining anymore, It's like how ARR and Heavensward overplayed all the dragons and dragon bosses.

I still play for a few reasons myself.

1) The community, because this is the primary reason I play an MMORPG. If the community isn't great, I don't stick around, but if its great, I'll hang around for a long time.

2) If I am honest, time devotion. I'm an old 1.0 player, I've been at this since 2010 and I have Legacy status. I have to much time in this game to easily just walk away.

3) The Lore/Story... Seriously. This game has amazing lore & story. One of the best imo. It is a guessing game of "what will happen next!" and I do love theory-crafting. Ever since they brought back in The Horn" as an important story-bit, where I was sure for a time it was a plot-hole to be forgotten, I've realized not only how far in advance these guys have their story figured out, but how every piece of information dropped is a hint to something in the future. I /love/ a good story and I love even more a story that makes me think, try to guess ahead, and see if I am right.

1) Black Mage
2) I can no longet get what I want from World of Warcraft, but I can here.
3) I love the community
4) Guild Housing & Player Housing
5) Professions are done so well here that they are the best I've seen in any MMO!

1) addicted to the story
2) can't abandon my Avi until the last expac is fully done
3) weekly tome limit (which I lazly try to max each week)
4) ... yah got nothing I play cause its part of my weekly route now & has been since 2.0

Fordola & Asahi redemption.


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To the extent that I am, I want to keep my house and it's something my girlfriend and I can do together. It's getting harder and harder to log on by the week, though.

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Fordola & Asahi redemption.


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Asahi don't need any redemption, he needs to die! >:[

I managed to survive housing hell and fear auto-demolish. I don't play as much as I used to as I feel the game goes more downhill with each expansion compared to my golden days in ARR. It's just so repetitive. :(

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I guess you could class yourself as someone who would get a platinum trophy as you get 100% of the content out of the game you're playing?

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I don't know if I've earned a trophy lol, but I definitely try to absorb as much of the game as possible. I'm not exempt from burnout, which is a big reason why I pace myself so slowly when it comes to progress.

Grew tired of WoW and them gating too much behind grinds
Because Lotro doesn't have an effective instance/duty/dungeon finder. If it did, I wouldn't be here as much as the dungeons are way too easy.