Why are you still playing this game?

[Krotoan]

A lot of people are constructive yeah, but devs need to read both constructive and destructive posts...

Gonna have to disagree with you there. Destructive posts help nothing. A suggestion for change is NOT destructive. Everyone has a right to be heard, but sometimes the response is: "and? what would you like us to do about it?" The post that Rinuko is responding to sounds like whining and doomsaying. *blah blah game is dead* *blah blah no content*.. no examples, no helpful suggestions, just negativity that everyone has heard before.
I fully support people discussing change, but someone just coming in here to say the thing I like sucks and implying I'm foolish for liking it? Nah, give that one a pass.

[Chiramu]

Gonna have to disagree with you there. Destructive posts help nothing. A suggestion for change is NOT destructive. Everyone has a right to be heard, but sometimes the response is: "and? what would you like us to do about it?" The post that Rinuko is responding to sounds like whining and doomsaying. *blah blah game is dead* *blah blah no content*.. no examples, no helpful suggestions, just negativity that everyone has heard before.
I fully support people discussing change, but someone just coming in here to say the thing I like sucks and implying I'm foolish for liking it? Nah, give that one a pass.

If you are a creative, receiving any criticism is better than receiving nothing. If you receive no criticism you don't know where you stand.

[Krotoan]

If you are a creative, receiving any criticism is better than receiving nothing. If you receive no criticism you don't know where you stand.

Crticism =/= negativity though.
I can be a downer and contribute nothing valuable. To clarify : I understand both pros and cons are necessary for true development, but nobody needs someone who just gets on a message board and posts "it sucks"

[Trunks]

I play because just about any fantasy world is a lot better than the real one we have to deal with most of the rest of the day. And FFXIV's fantasy world happens to be very pretty (probably 50% of my in-game time is devoted to hunting pretties).

Ultimately, I play for the raiding. If that weren't present I'd probably drift away from the game, as in the past. I don't even raid much relative to my total playtime (and we're pretty bad at it, too, which extends the shelf-life of content), but it's the glue that holds everything together. I enjoy pushing myself to improve in that context.

To that same end, I just find group content to be fun. Particularly as a healer, I actually enjoy the challenge of picking up the slack for others.