How do you manage staying fully active in the game with a full time job?

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Originally Posted by Nabian

...I manage to have enough time to cap tombstones...

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Every time I read tombstone, I think at the good things of the past...

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Originally Posted by LalaRu

Every time I read tombstone, I think at the good things of the past...

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I hate it. It's like when people say "turrent" instead of "turret". Or "calvary" instead of "cavalry"..

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Originally Posted by SerLuke

I do a few roulletes each day and I also run a FC but I don’t even know what to do with that anymore, now that I’m working full time I feel like I have even less time to play now and there’s other games I want to play too, is it possible to work 8 hours day plus drive 45 minutes both ways and still have a lot of time for this game and other games or am I just trying to push myself too hard? It just starting to feel like a burden logging in somedays and I don’t want to do a disservice to my FC either

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Setup things to do and maybe delegate peeps to run said events. Before i changed servers the last fc i was in, the leader always set up events and such but couldnt participate due time constraints. The big thing is to communicate with your fc even if you are only on for a an hour. That what they did with this fc. Even though they werent there everyone thought they did s great job running the fc though. You're allowed to have a life outside of the game, play other games and such.

Communication is key though i believe.

I do 2 roulettes a day and try to do all the shb hunts trice a week to cap on tomes. Other than that I do lots of crafting.

Try running a fc, full-time job and 5 kids a 15, 14, twins 3 and a 18 month old. With about 1/2 way though 5.0 I gave up now that there is only 6 active members.

It's a long forgotten skill called "planning"

I have a full time job work 40 hours a week. have evening classes 3 sometimes 4 nights a week, a partner a family, a few social activities such as an model aviation club. various stuff for the kids after school activities. And i still have time to play games binge netflix or hang out with my mates and have a laugh.

admittedly i don't play XIV as much these days but still time for games in general.

The problem many people seem to have these days is time management. or effective planning. it's not that you don't have time so much as you can't manage it.

people are so instantanious and superficial these days they don't know how to plan. i could ask a load of friends on monday "hey guys wanna go karting or something on saturday?" and if i ask 8 3-4 will say yes or no straight away. the other 3-4 will be "mmmm i dunno what i'm doing yet i'll let you know" to afraid to make a plan incase some miracle opportunity comes up and they miss it. then what happens is on friday night or saturday morning they'll come to you and be like "we still on for karting tomorrow?" and then get all butt hurt when you say nope we couldn't get enough people so we're doing something else instead... and now they're sat at home bored and depressed all weekend because we're all out having fun without them and they weren't invited.. yes you were you were invited a week ago!!!

IMO this attitude also transpires into games. it's why people say getting statics is impossible and things like that. it's not impossible at all. its just people dont want to make any plans ever. telling a bunch of people you can raid on a friday night isnt any different form saying you'll go out for a meal on friday night or go catch a movie... but people are just afraid to commit to a plan because something better might come along or whatever. and in always waiting for that something better. nothing ever gets done... thats why people find they have no time. because they spend so much of it twiddling there thumbs waiting for something to come along instead of actually doing something..

i also have a full time job. I play 2 hrs on certains days, & 3 hrs on other days. I dont play on Sundays. Certains days I may play roulettes & beast tribes to level alts. Other days I do raids, hunts. trials. I'm off Saturdays & Sundays. On Saturdays, I may set aside a few hours for some gathering & crafting, Gold Saucer, & Raids.

It's basically prioritizing what you need & want to do. I dont gather or craft much, not a priorty to me. But doing raids, trials, roulettes are.

I hear you OP. I've pretty much hit middle age a few years ago and realized that maybe I should hang this game up. My generation it's rare that both spouses play games but at least the millenial gen has this luxury. I work 45hr a week and have other commitments like gym that I don't want to give up.

It stings that I can't raid, or have the time to go with a static but the game story is too good and I feel obligated to see it through. I can at least farm EX primals and craft, though I think Savage is off the table for me. Can't spend hours wiping to the same fight like back in the old days.

I have a desk job and my own office, so I can play at work.

It can make group content tricky, though, since I can technically get pulled away at a moments notice.

By not having children.

FFXIV is a great casual MMO even for savage people. If you can get yourself a static raid group you only really need to log in for raid times with them.

Having an MMO that you can “finish” for the week or month and come back to later isn’t a bad thing at all imo.. this idea that an MMO has to be your only game you play and keep you engaged is pretty flawed.. there are WAY WAY to many good games out there to spend all my time playing one even if you made the best MMO of all time.

I work full time, 40 hours on 4 days a week, with three days off. I found a static that raids on my days off and do my roulettes either before or after I go to work. It's easy as long as you manage your time correctly.

This isn't a game where you need to play for very long every day. That's the whole draw. You can cap up on tomes in like 2-3 days of roulettes.

Also just don't do things you don't want to.

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Originally Posted by SturmChurro

I hate it. It's like when people say "turrent" instead of "turret". Or "calvary" instead of "cavalry"..

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Loose when it should be lose is one I see all the time.

I think it's fairly easy to stay "active" in FFXIV, as long as you set realistic and clear goals for yourself.
I'm personally working as a freelancer, meaning my time for video games is extremely limited since I spend a lot of it on work, family and social stuff. I think I play FFXIV maybe around 4-6 hours per week or something.
Which is probably still more than some people, but definitely a lot less than the majority of my FC for example.


I have a level 80 character, I have done some of the savage raids and Extreme trials.
I'm working on crafting at the moment to slowly work through my recipes to get them all done.
I'm clearing up quests from Heavensward as well as slowly collecting all things.


I however don't have every single relic
I don't have every savage kill
I don't have the best gear.


And that's the whole point of this game: You don't have to.
Focus on what is fun for you and play that.
Nobody cares if you're running an expansion behind, as long as you interact with the people around you.

Current max item level needed for casual content is 435, easy to achieve with Goetia Tomestones. With that in mind and sticking to only one class (healer/tank preferable to reduce waiting) the amount of time required is just a few hours per week. Extreme/Savage requires more commitment but not the number of hours people usually associated with it when you use the gear available and take a casual approach.

Crafting is the only activity in-game right now that will eat your time if you want to stay relevant. If you stick to culinarian+botanist+mining you can participate in any crafting/gathering related content by using scrip gear.

Im sure your FC can understand. Real life is more important than online, do your job well, get cash money, take some days off and you have plenty of time to play. I was the same when i worked, didn't feel like wasting time on FFXIV after working and was too tired. Instead i played some shorter single player games or watched some movies. I don't really bother with FC's myself, our leader is hardly ever on and a few people are round, i feel free to do whatever i want without being attached to others.

The only people that can stay on 24/7 are those who work from home on their pc, technical support and such.

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Originally Posted by Driavna

Current max item level needed for casual content is 435, easy to achieve with Goetia Tomestones. With that in mind and sticking to only one class (healer/tank preferable to reduce waiting) the amount of time required is just a few hours per week. Extreme/Savage requires more commitment but not the number of hours people usually associated with it when you use the gear available and take a casual approach.

Crafting is the only activity in-game right now that will eat your time if you want to stay relevant. If you stick to culinarian+botanist+mining you can participate in any crafting/gathering related content by using scrip gear.

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Yeah, you can spam Eden once you get a tank or healer to max, just roll on everything, theres no limit anymore on how many items you can get, Facet items ilvl 450 can be bought of the market too.