How much do FRIENDS make a difference with you?

[Kaurhz]

They make a significant difference, though sadly at the moment I'm largely considered a solo player, and most unfortunately this is not out of decision either. But most of my friends simply don't play any more, and finding friends with mutual outlooks is nigh impossible. Where I want a normal discussion or friendly talk, the majority of people I know or come across either immediately want to talk about how terrible their roulette run was, or whatever other complaints they might have. I would transfer servers and find more friends, but frankly that's a bit of a risk. But hey, if anything I still have my love and addiction for grinding.

[Rufalus]

I would still play this FF if it was an offline single player game because I like the story and the jobs, but my amount of hours played would be greatly reduced. Yes I'm primarily a solo player DFing things on a whim and not scheduling static things with friends but I like to visit friends and /hug, interactions like that often when I get breaks from whatever individual things I'm working on.

[Hestzhyen]

Not a unique story by any means, but... I used to chat with people raid, help with questing and daily turn-ins and such. I got into this game because someone else I bonded with in LoL left that for XIV and I joined their FC for a time. Four years later and I'm pretty much by myself.

I tried joining and creating various FCs, creating and joining social groups, and for the past two years it's mostly been myself and my SO. Now that they've effectively quit due to boredom it's just me. And that's OK. For what I do, I don't need friends- XIV is ridiculously solo friendly. I kind of miss being able to raid and helping people get their clears of hard content with a good reliable group but I don't have the energy to try again. If I feel like bantering, NN is always there.

If anything I wish I had people to rely on now that I'm the one with a demanding job and not enough time to do the hard stuff except for the rare days I have off with nothing to do. But them's the breaks.

[Azper]

Most of my friends have sadly quit. Some days I log in to an empty friend list and promptly log back out. It's gotten to the point where I seriously question renewing my subscription, which I haven't let lapse since the game relaunched in 2013. If it weren't for my house, I probably would have let it expire months ago, but even now it seems like a waste and is really the only thing left tying me to a continuous sub. It's just a matter of time before I cut that cord, too.

I like the game, don't get me wrong. It just doesn't hold my attention like it used to--which I'm apparently not alone in.

[Janhyua]

Been playing for 3 years+ I still have a handful of friends I play with that's because I raid alot and raiding trait comes with salt and friends along the way....

Joining a static is the easiest way to make new friends and enemy

[Knahli]

This has nothing to do with the thread. I just wanna know who did your commission. I like the art style and want one

Ahaha, that would be the friend I was talking about, Clover. She 'might' be accepting commissions? I'm unsure as of right now but I'll leave her DA link here in case you were serious(I hope that's allowed). If you are interested though, you might want to keep in mind that the specific commission as seen in my signature is a bit unique as her sister had added in some extra touches I believe, so you should check out her other work first before deciding.

Same. I've completed lots of relics, and always do my roulettes, so I have run my fair share of dungeons.

When I get burned out on dungeons, I tend to just stay away from them for a while. That's the easiest way to build up the incentive to do them again, I find. Allow the rust to settle in before running them again if doing them with a familiar job, or take them on as an different job, or even role to start the learning process all over again. But one thing I always tell myself when running dungeons is that we are all there for some reason, and no matter your role you are helping the others in your group obtain their objective. Community service is probably not the biggest incentive to run content, but it really does go a long way in keeping everyone subbed.

I know you are on a legacy server, so I am not sure if you have ran alliance raids, but those can be a change up from the standard dungeon. The chat is often amusing, and they seriously remind me of a playground where everyone is pretty much doing whatever the hell they want. If you're a glam chaser, there are SO MANY to be obtained in the 24-mans.

I am happy to hear that you have found companions that help keep you logging on. If they ever leave, you come and find me.

I think its a bit passed that stage as I have taken many, very long breaks from dungeoning in general and the appeal seldom comes back. I used to really love 24-man raids but something happened from Dun Scaith onward where I had very oddly lost interest.... which I can't really explain since I thought Mhach was awesome. It took my friend ages to convince me to come along and finally tick Rabanastre off my list before Ridorana...? Riodor-....Ri-..... THE LIGHTHOUSE ONE was released. I did both and enjoyed them! Beautiful visuals, nice fights that weren't too stressful(despite enjoying a bit of that chaos back in Mhach, I welcomed a bit of ease this time), and yet I stopped at a single playthrough both times. Its odd, though I guess since my small group that I would play with has been whittled down to pretty much just the two of us, doing things like that feels a bit less like a bit of random fun and more like a responsibility, so the allure of them wasn't quite so enticing. There are some very nice armours from those raids, as you said, which I normally would be quick to farm but I guess a bit of my 'Tanking Shyness' got the better of me this time around so I never rushed off to grab them. I don't know, it feels like I keep finding excuses when it comes to 24-man raids these days and I am honestly not too sure why!


My friend, Clover, is more or less my only active friend remaining as I was never one to seek people out but, as close as we are, it does make it feel somewhat lonely these days when I am more interested in a much more laid-back approach to content and it would have been nice to have more voices to liven up the shells or runs... but oh well! At the very least, she will play this game until either she or it dies, so there's no worry about that incentive bailing on me at least, haha.




..............buuut! That was a really sweet thing to offer, thank you! Even if it came to that, I am admittedly far too shy around people I don't know well but your comment did make me smile a lot!

[KaivaC]

@knahli Oh yeah, I was definitely serious. I love having commissions done (seriously, my old character Kaiva had like 11 or so done for her haha). I'm at work, but I have that linked saved, so I'll reach out to her in the near future to see if she's accepting. Thank you

[Gabrielleblanc]

F-rend? What is that?

[Super_Bee_Brian]

Most of my friends have sadly quit. Some days I log in to an empty friend list and promptly log back out. It's gotten to the point where I seriously question renewing my subscription, which I haven't let lapse since the game relaunched in 2013. If it weren't for my house, I probably would have let it expire months ago, but even now it seems like a waste and is really the only thing left tying me to a continuous sub. It's just a matter of time before I cut that cord, too.

I like the game, don't get me wrong. It just doesn't hold my attention like it used to--which I'm apparently not alone in.

I just hope my FC mates are not on the same boat. lol

[Dibella_Heartilly]

I think making friends online is nice I think it's a good way for people who have social anxiety can become social in new ways, I personally love making friends in this game