Can this game stop being a monday game?

[juniglee]

At the end of the day, this remains a motivation issue. These "Monday people" have no motivation to play the game outside of Coil and capping myths. Basically, that is their only goal when logging in to play the game.

I stress again that people should go and find other goals within the game to keep themselves occupied and content. Just like in real life, you won't want to do something that you are not motivated to do yourself. Set yourself a goal, no matter how miniscule, and progress step by step. For example:

- I want to level and play a Warrior.
- I want to level and play a Dragoon.
- I want to get a fully levelled Weaver.
- I want to start and level Carpenter.
- I want to hit 1.5 million gil in the bank.
- I want to craft my own 2-star HQ equipment.
- I want to gather my own materials to make my own 2-star HQ equipment.
- I want to collect a full Battlemage set from Brayflox
- I want to collect a full Cavalry set from Brayflox
- I want to collect a full Infantry set from Brayflox

It's coming up with goals like these, and taking them a step at a time, that keeps the game fun for me. Once again, these are my goals and motivations, they will not necessarily reflect the same for other players. But the point here is to come up with your own in-game goals. Do not restrict yourself to only content that you see ahead of you. I am an achievements sort of person, so I will try to get whatever achievement I can. I set my own goals, and when I achieve it, I am happy.

Someone on Reddit mentioned trying to start a new character, and going self-sustainable to see how long you will last. What this means is, you level all your classes as you do, but when it comes to crafting/buying gear/materia, etc. try and do it yourself. Eg. Your new character has just hit Level 50 on a Paladin - instead of buying the relic weapon and materia off the marketboard, go and level a Blacksmith. While levelling your Blacksmith, if you need materials from other classes (ie. lumber from Carpenter, oil from Alchemist), go and level those classes to be able to craft those instead. To craft your lumber, go and gather your own logs via levelling a botanist. Maybe this is too time consuming for you, but if you have nothing else to do, why not try it. A lot of people just reject "content", whether actual, or artifically generated, on grounds that they may not enjoy it, but how will you know you won't enjoy it if you don't even try it? I once rejected the idea of being a healer, because I thought it would be boring to be a passive character staying at the back and healing, but my WHM is now level 38 and I am actually having fun playing as a healer in dungeons.

Creativity is a key component that many people seem to lack these days. A lot of people follow the standard rat race to 50, doing the same thing everyone does, then complaining about the same thing everyone else complains about. Try breaking out of the mold, and being different.

[Doo]

For example:

- I want to level and play a Warrior.
- I want to level and play a Dragoon.
- I want to get a fully levelled Weaver.
- I want to start and level Carpenter.
- I want to hit 1.5 million gil in the bank.
- I want to craft my own 2-star HQ equipment.
- I want to gather my own materials to make my own 2-star HQ equipment.
- I want to collect a full Battlemage set from Brayflox
- I want to collect a full Cavalry set from Brayflox
- I want to collect a full Infantry set from Brayflox

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So basically

Fate Zerging
Crafting repeatables
Make money
and
Vanity gear.

This game truly lacks variety.

[juniglee]

So basically

Fate Zerging
Crafting repeatables
Make money
and
Vanity gear.

This game truly lacks variety.

Or, do it a different way.

1. Do hunting logs.
2. Do dungeons. Even Sastasha. If there's a queue, spend that time levelling up a craft.
3. Collect ALL the vanity gear.

Just because you like the path of least resistance, doesn't mean everyone else chooses that path. I've leveled my tank purely from running dungeons.

Once again, it's all in your mindset. Follow the masses but don't complain about a lack of variety. Do things different, but don't complain that it is inefficient. Either way, you can't have both.

[Doo]

Once again, it's all in your mindset. Follow the masses but don't complain about a lack of variety. Do things different, but don't complain that it is inefficient. Either way, you can't have both.

Sorry I'm not good at making my own fun like regular people. For Example if speed run WP is the most efficient way to gear up, that's fun to me. You may enjoy doing it with a bunch of people in swimwear and take 2hours but that's not fun to me.

[juniglee]

Sorry I'm not good at making my own fun like regular people. For Example if speed run WP is the most efficient way to gear up, that's fun to me. You may enjoy doing it with a bunch of people in swimwear and take 2hours but that's not fun to me.

That's your prerogative. I do speed run WP with spiritbonding gear. I have 5k HP as a tank, and am capable of doing speed runs, even if for the first part I do one more pull than a regular speed run would. Still gets it done in 15 minutes, and I gain some materia after every 3 runs for my efforts. Just twist it up a little. Do some Praetorium - help out some newbies.

Or you can cap your myths by doing Titan HM 10 times after clearing Coil 1 - 4. Or Garuda HM 15 times. With a geared 1 tank/6 DPS/1 healer party, Garuda HM can be cleared in 4 minutes or less per run. That's 1 hour for 150 myth tomes (make it 75 minutes, since we should count zone in/zone out times, and the off time to go repair gear in between). I am also farming for the Garuda feather anyway, so more benefits for me.

It's like you're complaining that you're sick of eating chicken everyday, yet you still somehow force yourself to continue eating chicken everyday. Try beef for a change. But hey, if you're having fun doing WP speed runs, then more power to you. I personally cannot stand speed runs, and choose not to do them.

EDIT: ValeTudo hit the nail on the head with food analogy.

[Doo]

It's like you're complaining that you're sick of eating chicken everyday, yet you still somehow force yourself to continue eating chicken everyday. Try beef for a change.

The beef still taste like chicken unfortunately.

[juniglee]

The beef still taste like chicken unfortunately.

Try salad then lol