Quote Originally Posted by Grant_Wilshire View Post
I'm new to MMO's. I remember seeing FF XI at E3 before it released and being so excited. Then I got married, graduated college, and started having to earn some real money so that my wife could finish school. I didn't have time for FF XI much less FF IX and FF X.

So when I started in with FF XIV I was so excited to finally play and get "online". I've found that my expectations have not been met. I have been playing a solo game that has brief periods of interactive play. I rarely get a hello (even from my Free Company), mentors totally ignore my mistakes and don't offer assistance as to how I can get better, I feel like I'm all alone even in the midst of a handful of people standing around the Palace of the Dead entrance. Maybe I'm to blame - I'm willing to work on my side too. I always say make yourself the perfect companion instead of looking for the perfect companion, and I'm trying to do that.

Maybe it isn't the game causing the issue, maybe it is just the new type of people who play these games because from what I have heard FF XI had this close community I was hoping to find. I guess I am 10+ years too late.
The real problem with FFXIV is that there is no sense of community from being out side ur own Free Company. Even then sometimes that can be lacking.