Feeling lonely in a big FC and getting Burnt Out

[Catwho]

There's still so much I want to get into such as Triple Triad, Chocobo Racing, MNK, DRG, NIN, PLD, WAR, BRD, buying a house, etc. But then I think about having to grind out a profession, and the fact that I can't afford a house IF there even was a house available. Being poor is a barrier to entry and leveling a craft feels like a chore. Does this make me lazy or is that content only for a select few to truly enjoy? And leveling a DPS seems like a chore as well when queue time are awful and doing the same leve or fates over and over again is another tedious grind.

The crafts only feel like a grind if you don't level them smartly. Leve allowances for turn-ins and the Ixal quests make leveling any one craft go pretty fast, but you want to level them ALL at the same time at first, at least until you hit 15. Crafting really is its own mini game (with a sudden miserable sharp difficulty curve at endgame now, hopefully that gets nerfed) and if you level your gatherers too, you can be completely self sufficient even without a lot of money.

As for leveling a DPS, I leveled all the classes to 50 before HW dropped, mostly through daily leveling dungeon roulette. The queues were not so bad and I usually did chores or even exercises while I waited during the longer ones. My goal was always a level a day, nice and slow.

[Assirra]

Re: finding linkshells

How the hell do you do that? Outside spamming for hunt LS

I want to know this as well.

Recently moved server and made a thread in the server forum asking for some linkshells just to chat but no reply whatsoever.

[ShaneDawn]

I understand what you're going through completely. Both me and my closest in-game friends were once part of one of the biggest FCs in our server. While no one was particularly rude, there was only a handful of people to really talk to or to regularly do content with. That's the reason why we eventually split and formed a small/medium-sized FC of our own with the said group of friends. While it was a bumpy road at first, I regret nothing about it.

I would recommend for you to "search for your wings" elsewhere. In your own FC, someone elses, or perhaps something in-between with a group of friends? I generally have better experiences with small FCs rather than big ones.

There's likeminded people out there, although they may not be easy ti reach at first.

[Twilite]

Re: finding linkshells

How the hell do you do that? Outside spamming for hunt LS

The lodestone. But your search has to be specific. "Chat" isn't going to bring up anything..

[Sapphic]

Because BIG FCs tend to have several cliques in them. You're going to feel lonely in them, because you are alone in them.

This.

The more people you put together, the more divided they become. Why I also don't like huge FCs. Don't believe the recruitment blurb either for them.

@OP. I'd recomend looking for a smaller social FC.

[Whiteroom]

A big FC is not really a FC. Just a group of people with their names on a list. Smaller FCs will have more camaraderie.

[Nadirah]

The lodestone. But your search has to be specific. "Chat" isn't going to bring up anything..

That's almost as stupid to me as looking to socialize in strict IC only channels or topic locked forums with narrow scopes.

[Yukiko]

FCs in FFXIV as it currently stands is just a rotation of one or more static groups with 8 players where members get traded between them... Thats game mechanic and needs to be changed.
And about grinding, its working as intended - Square Enix is targeting to force us playing only one class (including crafters).

[Sylve]

Square Enix is targeting to force us playing only one class (including crafters).

Lol, no.
They want to focus on getting one class to the very best gear, and your other classes are slightly behind that.
You're never going to get all your Jobs into the very best gear available, crafter of DoW/M.

Learn to not want everything all at once.

[Yukiko]

Lol, no.
They want to focus on getting one class to the very best gear, and your other classes are slightly behind that.
You're never going to get all your Jobs into the very best gear available, crafter of DoW/M.

Learn to not want everything all at once.

Sounds like you are not on my server

There are many reasons to change class, to say its just because wanting all to max is either naive or ignorant.