Need advice - Before quiting (?) or coming back after a break...

I need advice from anyone who had quit and / or come back later.

I will try to keep it short but it's difficult.

In a nutshell, reasons why I am thinking of quitting are two.
Real life (building my house, expanding my business, studying to get a new license).
Lack of enjoyment in the game. (Not going to explain why because so many others say it here every day anyway.)

Now I am very busy and I have not played in over a week. I used to play almost every day, at least to do Roulettes. But I have no time and no motivation to log in. But I miss my FC friends already.

My subscription renewal is coming up, so I want to make a decision before then.

My questions are these:
What should I do with my money and items? Should I give them to someone / put them in our FC chest?

If I keep everything, but never return to the game, it's such a waste! I have friends and / or my FC who could use money and items.
But, what if, someday, I decide to come back? I will have no / little money and few items.

Right now, I think there is no chance to come back. I can only imagine becoming more busy and, if I even have time, there are other games (not online games) I want to try playing.

I thought about logging in, just to talk to people, but I don't want to pay subscription fee just for it. I can go out and meet people to talk to instead.

Before my subscription time runs out, what should I do? Does anyone have a similar experience? Anyone who gave away their money / items and came back later?
If you did return after a long break, how did you feel about the game? Was it worth returning to?

You seek answers that nobody can give but yourself.
If you want to completely stop the game because you don't like it at all then give away your stuff to a friend or keep them and just stop playing. Gils in this game are not that useful anyways.
If you are just bored and want to take a long break and change your mind when 4.0 drops keep your items.
You must seek answers inside you for this.

Quitting the game isn't something I've done before, but I'd recommend keeping at least some valuable items and money just in case you ever decide to return. I get that you may not want to return to the game given your circumstances, but remember that as an MMO this game can have a long lifespan. It may be too time-consuming and boring at the moment, but when like 6.0 (if the game lasts that long, which nobody can really know) comes out you may regret giving away everything.

As for going logging on purely for the social aspects (speaking to friends etc), I think this is actually a really common reason why people continue to play. That said, there are so many other ways to communicate with friends online that paying a subscription fee for it probably isn't necessary.

XIV is intentionally designed to be played in short bursts. It's natural to get bored and want to play other things because the game isn't designed to keep the player occupied indefinitely. Even the devs themselves have said to simply play a different game when you feel like this. So, my recommendation would be to keep at least something and give it some time before doing something like giving away all items/money, deleting characters, etc.

I got burnt out and tired of this game after doing most heavensward content. I unsubbed and a year later I ressubbed, idk why, and I love it again! The high level dungeons trials and raids are such fun and other elements add a nice touch too. Playing with real people offers something over single player games, although I like those too. The story is decent although I find it kind of difficult to follow.

I'd recommend keeping it for now. If you truly never want to or can't find the time to play again you can always pop back on during a free login weekend and say a proper goodbye

Yes. It's called getting tired of the game or burnt out, my friends and myself included are bored.
I'm done with the game for the most part until 3.5 in all honesty.
It happens.
If you miss FC friends, see if they got discords or something to chat with every now and then.
But real life > some video game. The game will be here for you if you decide to come back.
Don't cancel your account entirely. You won't be totally 100% busy forever.
You really won't be seeing me because XV is out lol.

Only you can answer those questions I'm afraid, I've known so many players that quit for good only to return 6 months later. I wouldn't worry too much about your stuff to be honest, money is not that important in this game unless you need penta melded crafted gear for high end raiding, and most of your stuff you can't give away anyway. Not only that but if you do take 6 months off by the time you get back your gear will be trash so you will be straight back into the grind again regardless.

I would say though as someone who has quit twice now (only returned 2 weeks ago) It always does me good. I mean sure, I'm behind the current curve but catching up doesn't take that long in this game, aggressive vertical progression is a double edged sword and while hardcore veterans are burned out by it, returning players benefit from it.

So take a few month out if that's your instinct, it's not the end of the world and you can always just come back if and when you're ready.

My advice, keep it until the expansion.

I quit shortly around 2.3 or 2.4 I believe and was gone for almost a year and only resubbed shortly before HW came out and I've been playing it ever since and for pretty much the same reason, I got bored and tired of the game. Not sure how much money you have but I would certainly recommend keeping a nice nest just in case you do come back if you decide to give it away. Sure people may enjoy the money but they also would have so many options to make it themselves.

1. keep your marketable amout of gil, unless you are a glamour hog, you realy dont need it.
2. purge any gear that isnt your main class(s) top of the line, by the time you get back it will all be worthless usage wise or price point. (glamour excluded)
3. sell all mats, asside from very specific uses mat prices go down over time.
4. if you craft/gather buy a top of the line omni set for each. for general purposes this type of gear keeps for a very long time.

this will give you a clean start if you decide to come back later. allows you to give some to friends but not railroad yourself if you come back. also as said above dont cancel your account just turn the auto renew off. socailizing is just that it is all going to be what channels you and your friends are willing to use, there are lots available.

You don't have to do anything. If you have a house though, you'll probably want to pass the property off to someone instead of letting it selfdestruct.

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Originally Posted by FinaSel

I need advice from anyone who had quit and / or come back later.

I will try to keep it short but it's difficult.

In a nutshell, reasons why I am thinking of quitting are two.
Real life (building my house, expanding my business, studying to get a new license).
Lack of enjoyment in the game. (Not going to explain why because so many others say it here every day anyway.)

Now I am very busy and I have not played in over a week. I used to play almost every day, at least to do Roulettes. But I have no time and no motivation to log in. But I miss my FC friends already.

My subscription renewal is coming up, so I want to make a decision before then.

My questions are these:
What should I do with my money and items? Should I give them to someone / put them in our FC chest?

If I keep everything, but never return to the game, it's such a waste! I have friends and / or my FC who could use money and items.
But, what if, someday, I decide to come back? I will have no / little money and few items.

Right now, I think there is no chance to come back. I can only imagine becoming more busy and, if I even have time, there are other games (not online games) I want to try playing.

I thought about logging in, just to talk to people, but I don't want to pay subscription fee just for it. I can go out and meet people to talk to instead.

Before my subscription time runs out, what should I do? Does anyone have a similar experience? Anyone who gave away their money / items and came back later?
If you did return after a long break, how did you feel about the game? Was it worth returning to?

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I quit for 1 year and after coming back i regret paying the subscription. The game is dead, there is little entertainment, it is a repetitive annoying chore of poorly designed pattern of instances to keep you busy till the new content comes out, which will be obsolete 8 hours right after the release.

The xiv model is based on repetition and mindless grind, with 0 innovation and no long term accomplishment.
As i explained in detail here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...es-To-the-Game third post from top.

so personally if the game doesnt change drastically (i doubt it will) im done with it forever after this subscription i just reactivated runs out.
What to do about items and stuff? give them to your closest friend, if you are sure you wont come back, even if you are not, you wil always find someone willing to help you rebuild what you had, that said i doubt its gonna be hard because this game is dumbed down to the infinity.

its extremely easy to gear up, and gils are useless anyaway. they throw gear at your face with tomestones.

Yeah you can tell i dislike the game, i do really hate how this game turned out to be after playing Square titles since 90's.
Good luck and have fun with your real life and projects. This game is at a point that doesnt deserve a time investment at all.

Tbh if you do that then you'll be vary behind and playing catch up is an pain play at least an hr an day. I have an busy life and I play this when I can and if I get bored I do something else for an bit

Keep everything. If you decide to come back, it's all there waiting for you.
You worked for it, why get rid of it.

Thank you for all of your posts.

I read all of them.

I am still undecided, but leaning more towards keeping everything.
I hate playing "catch-up" though.

Maybe I can try to play 1 hour a day...but I'm not sure if it is worth the subscription fee.
The grind is mindless and boring and I can find few reasons to do any content. Honestly, I am more interested in the story now than anything, but with each update it is only a couple hours a long and the story fights are easy and boring.

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Originally Posted by Lollie

3. sell all mats, asside from very specific uses mat prices go down over time.

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That's not always true. I would keep everything if I was op

I logged on today with the intent to run a few dungeons..... instead i logged in looked at the dungeon list and that's it.... i thought to myself "why bother?" The tome gear is worthless for the most part for my main (BLM) and most of the gear is freaken ugly. I cant believe they ended HW with this horrid gear. Then I thought maybe I could go for the new relic weapon to past the time.... then I remembered how boring it is to upgrade each step.... so i logged out of the game and ended up here talking about how boring the game is............

In other words I rather talk about how boring the game is instead of playing the boring game...... ok im going to go read a book latas..... :p

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Originally Posted by FinaSel

Thank you for all of your posts.

I read all of them.

I am still undecided, but leaning more towards keeping everything.
I hate playing "catch-up" though.

Maybe I can try to play 1 hour a day...but I'm not sure if it is worth the subscription fee.
The grind is mindless and boring and I can find few reasons to do any content. Honestly, I am more interested in the story now than anything, but with each update it is only a couple hours a long and the story fights are easy and boring.

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Wife and I play maybe 2-3 hours per week.
If you aren't in a hurry to complete everything and can afford it, it's still fun. It definitely lessens chances of burning out on the game.

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Originally Posted by FinaSel

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Here's my advice take it or leave it:

Go ahead and take a break. Keep all your stuff. Come back when the expansion hits if you are financially able. Bust out the main story quests to get in to the new xpac and just start leveling from there. You can hit the new level cap and start fresh with everyone else.

It's better to keep your item in case you come back later. I'm thinking to take a break too but I hate when I planned to online again at 3.5 and wanted my subs ended there's christmas event and heavensturn and I should attend it in order to avoid buying at cash shop next year ;w;

There aren't any worth-to-keep items, which also can be traded.
So you will keep your gear and all used things like minions, music scrolls, etc. anyway.

The only thing you might hand over to someone are materia, crafting mats, any other tradeable thing and gil.
All of those things are not needed thaaat badly when returning, if you keep at least.. idk.. 500k or something.

You're simply burnt out. I took a short break back in April, though stayed subbed since it was only a few weeks. That helped reinvigorate my interest in the game again once I came back. Right now, I'm kind of feeling that burn out again, albeit only a little. So I'll probably dial back the daily log ins to play other games. In that case, I suggest keeping your stuff as you might feel the same. Nonetheless, we can't exactly offer advice without knowing why you're losing interest.

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From what you say, it seems you will be happy to give out your possessions when quitting permanently, but also you would be glad to have them back if you come back.
Since you seem unsure about returning one day, I would suggest keeping your stuff.

Now about the personal experience of quitting and returning in FF XIV:

I started playing the game during FF XIV ARR BETA. Then about mid-year 2014, I decided to stop playing. Since I knew my interest for the game was not entirely dead, I chose to give out all my possessions as a deterrent to prevent me from returning:
- my decorated FC house (that I was kind of using as a personal house)
- All the mats/shards I had collected so far from my retainer and FC storage.
- And about 18M gils.

I really did not plan to come back into the game.
But finally I have returned since end of September 2016 (so I took about a 2 year break).

Luckily for me, my old FC house has been kept alive thanks to a friend who used one of his alt to prevent the house from being demolished.
And although almost all the decos were gone, I was really happy to find back my lovely house.

Did I miss all that I gave away when playing again? Not really. Getting mats back is fast enough and gils don't really matter unless you're in hurry to buy something expensive.

Would I have been a bit more comfortable if I did not give all away?. Yeah, but that's it, just comfort. As long you keep your character geared so you can go back into action right away, you don't really need anything else.

So that's about it, if you decide to give your stuff away, I advise you to keep your character geared and something like 5000 gils at least to afford early teleport cost in case you decide one day to come back.

I'd say keep your stuff.
You really sound like you are interested in returning in the future. People say it doesn't matter that you gave it all away because it will all be worthless in the future anyways, but that is not entirely true.
I quit in early 2014, planning to never return. I did though, about a year later, and have been constantly subbed ever since. I had an absolute blast playing catch-up, but it would have been a lot more annoying and unpleasant if I had given everything away before I left.
My best friend had to recently leave the game for nearly a year for work-related reasons (travel to a different country, couldn't take more than her laptop with her). For her as well, returning was a smooth process because she still had all of her stuff.
Having the ilvl that is max at the time of quitting means you are still high enough to jump back in on a high point instead of having to start all over at 0. If you keep your Gil, you can buy crafted gear, new glamours that got introducedwhile you were away, and all kinds of pleasant things. Tier 5 materia from 10 months ago is still worth a ton and great for your gear. Etc, etc.^^

I would keep the gil just in case. You may regret it later on should you decide to return.
Myself i have similar circumstances and just log in for the sake of logging in these days it seems.

I had a friend who took a long break and kept all his stuff, then resubbed and came back on in order to give away all his gil. He never made it to Heavensward, but he bought a company workshop for us, his old FC, and gave all his friends who were online some money to burn.

Keep it, and if you decide later that you're done for good, logon during a free logon period and have a big giveaway.