Final Fantasy 14 is starting to lose appeal because...

[Enyalios]

An mmo is what the player makes it. If you spend you time only looking at the physical rewards of gear then you'll soon get bored. Our community hold events which we create. Our next event is the KG Oscars which we reward members as voted by the FC themselves. "Member of the year" or "largest contribution to the FC" it's a big event for us where we've decorated our house basement to look like an Oscars event.

I admit. An mmo without a goal is a boring one. If you aren't achieving anything then you soon quit. But maybe it's the goals that need to change, not the mmo.

[Melch]

An mmo is what the player makes it. If you spend you time only looking at the physical rewards of gear then you'll soon get bored. Our community hold events which we create. Our next event is the KG Oscars which we reward members as voted by the FC themselves. "Member of the year" or "largest contribution to the FC" it's a big event for us where we've decorated our house basement to look like an Oscars event.

I admit. An mmo without a goal is a boring one. If you aren't achieving anything then you soon quit. But maybe it's the goals that need to change, not the mmo.

Are you saying that people who have another PoV are wrong? If I want to see some Oscars, I turn on my TV watch MTV awards or Oscars ceremony. I'm not saying that you're doing it wrong but this is what I would have done because that's not what I'm looking for in a MMO. But I understand your underlying question is "What are we expecting from a MMO".