I don't feel like doing anything.

[Mikita]

I played almost every day from 1.0 through to the end of 1.23, took my time, never ran out of things to work on, and enjoyed the whole way.

Now ARR has a myriad of things to do, but I don't find it fun anymore. Most days I just sit around town and chat with my best friend for a while before logging out.

In the old version we had a small-ish LS, but we did things together every day as soon as enough people logged in to form a party. Now in ARR everyone just logs in and goes off to DF immediately and we never see each other.

LS chat is pretty much just paltry greetings when people come and go, peppered with an occasional "I beat [whatever]" to which come the half-hearted "Congrats" replies -- I say 'half-hearted' because none of the experience, pain or joy was shared in any way so it's just an obligatory response out of politeness.

I was never interested in games. But FFXIV hooked me because I felt like I was part of a small band of friends, who were part of a larger community, who were facing a world full of danger and uncertainty. ARR has none of that sense of adventure.

I'll probably stay around a bit longer... but it's not for FFXIV anymore.