I just can't believe

... Ya'll people are mostly lovely ;D

What has everyone been doing to pass either the queue time, or just outside of the FFXIV world?

And those who are taking a break while things calm down, totally valid!

I've been playing.
Maxed out all of my crafts last night, spent the morning gathering mats to make the white gear I'll need later.

Watching youtube, playing Switch games, and fishing for memes

Watching Brooklyn 9-9.

Maxed out both SGE and RPR last week and this week; working on DNC to get the ranged DPS role quest done, then will work on leveling WAR and RDM for the final role quests that I need to do, then go back and level everything else. Hopefully I can get all of that done in a timely manner, but... probably it would take me awhile and considering the long queue times it has cut into the time I would have available to level anything. Also been using fantasias... I have a problem, but after this last fantasia I refuse to buy anymore, I swear!

Also been writing a book in the spare time I have! Since I'm off for break until Jan 10th, I have nothing better to do when I'm not playing FFXIV and it is something productive to do while listening to music from the latest expansion on YouTube.

I try to log on as soon as I get home from work and stayed logged through dinner time but on occasions when that's not possible and I get a 2 hours long queue:

I play some Farm together. It's just so nice and relaxing! I like to pretend I'm playing FFXIV's upcoming island sanctuary, tending to my crops and raising animals after saving the world again from (insert threat of the hour here). Even the Warrior of Light needs some me time, y'know?

work emails, youtube, occasional frantic relogging to pray that I get back to my que spot, encounter another error, restart the program again, get another error, get back in, go back to the que, and pray this time, this time would be different

Oh My God.....a positive Thread amongst the Chaos.
BECKEY, GET THE CAMERA!!!!!!

In all seriousness, I use the Queue time to get some little housework done, maybe take a quick Bio Break, a Washup, maybe make a snack/lunch and get my drinks ready. Check emails or do some paperwork....
Its pretty much the same thing I do whenever I get into Praetorium in the Main Scenario Roulette. There is alot I can do and get done in that timeframe.

Watching trashy shows on Netflix like Selling Sunset and Tiger King while waiting in queue. I get to play 2 hours after work before I need to go to sleep. Weekends I spend time with family, and I play at night again when I can.

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Originally Posted by Drkdays

Watching Brooklyn 9-9.

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NINE-NINE
:D

Watching Youtube, playing on my Switch, browsing the web, listening to music, that kinda thing.

I get to login around 2pm on weekdays so I get maybe 40 ppl queue. It's nice but I really feel for others who login an hour later and beyond. If that weren't possible and I had to queue, I would work while in queue because work from home is the best thing that came out of covid lmao

I am done with the MSQ and have backed my play time off from the 6-8 hours I was doing. Down to my normal 3hrs average give or take a little, I also play mostly late at night. So that makes one less person in Q during the afternoon and prime time hours..

I just play starting about 7:30 AM eastern US. Takes me 5 minutes to get on. Eventually, I'll log off, and that's in for the day, since I won't sit through a 4K queue.

How about work? The majority of us cant play in the morning or in the middle of the night, we have a normal job where we need to work during the day and most firms dont allow third party software so using team viewer or stuff like that to start the login from your workplaces is no optioin.

Playing in early morning before work and in the evening after work I mostly have been watching my comfort show, Two Broke Girls. Keeps me in a good mood for early morning playing.