A letter to Yoshida and the development staff of ARR

[Sadana]

However the reason it stayed around for so long and the reason people kept playing was because of the things that kept people playing together,

I'm going to over-simplify things for a moment... so you're saying that the fact that we don't HAVE to work with others is XIV's weak point when it comes to community? :/ I don't want to be forced to work with others... I want to do it because I WANT to. For example, I've been blasting through the atma book requirements because I work together with friends on them. I don't HAVE to but it sure does make it easier! And more fun! Bonus! In my opinion, people who just solo this shit are hindering themselves. The game doesn't force people to work together but smart people do. There are some recent good threads about community in this game and how to make it work (yes, it takes effort.) I'll find the links...

Here you go:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...te-a-Community
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...bout-community...