Burnout: Recovery Strategies?

[Yumi_umi]

1) wait till sub finishes
Lol if u did bulk month subs
* better to do month by month to avoid wasting money if ur close to burning out
2) stop playing after sub ends
3) do anything else that isn't playing ff14arr.
4) keep up to date on whats happening in the game via forums, youtube, friends etc.
5) come back to the game when you are ready/ have seen some new things get added in, tht interest u.
6) log in and surprise ur buds in the fc with a " im backkkkkk" message and wait for the " welcome back " messages.
7) proceed to pick up where u last left off.
* bonus points if they nerfed things u were planning to do
I.e atma grind, boss requirements.

[Risvertasashi]

Best strategies vary from person to person...

But usually, simply stepping away and taking a break is a good idea. You don't even have to go completely cold turkey: ...just, maybe log in once a week to socialize if you want.

But like others have said... focus on some other hobbies or pasttimes for a while. When you're ready, the game will still be here. Just because you're not among the first to complete the new shinies in patch 2.whatever, doesn't mean you've missed out. It will still be here.

[Purrfectstorm]

* bonus points if they nerfed things u were planning to do
I.e atma grind, boss requirements.

This part was great and so true! I don't push endgame content very hard for this reason. I don't have fun when the content is super hard and it's good to know that the difficulty will eventually be eased. Someone else said it but the most efficient way of doing content is not logging in.