bored...

[Sephrick]

I'm board.

[LillithaFenimore]

That's not Holy's or my argument; so your whole statement is irrelevant.

Sorry...I got bored with talking about being bored and didn't read the whole thread LOL. I was just going off the quote that Holy posted, sorry.

[Renshi]

Use your imagination and do something you might consider fun =)

[Sephrick]

Use your imagination and do something you might consider fun =)

Like playing Assassins Creed or trolling IGN Stories about how awesome Suckrim is? In other words, not logging on XIV?

[Holy_Dragoon]

Here, this might help illustrate my point a bit better. I should have taken the time to respond in this matter originally, as my point is obviously getting lost. My fault for making an assumption that people would rather read short concise responses as opposed to properly conveyed ones. A refreshing thing too I might add.

Keep in mind not all of this is directly related to this thread, but my points about fun and gratification hold merit to this thread.

This example is always interesting and comes up relatively often. If doing any of the things you've mentioned held value for the person in whose face you're throwing them, they would have done them. The gates and camps are not content, as a side note. That's like saying commuting to work is content in my day. It's incidental to some other thing I'm doing. In other words it's a means to an end, not an end in itself. If I go to some camps on the way to a quest, great. If I never visited that place before, it's because there is no reason to go there or pass through there.

It's an interesting issue because when people on these forums say they have nothing to do, what they really mean is there is nothing left for them to do that they want to do. Is the post itself a form of trolling? I don't know with certainty because the person might be genuinely asking what else is there for them to potentially do in the upcoming patch. I tend not to just assume people are trolling because it's a bit of a jaded way to approach everything, despite the fact that it seems to be the norm here. That being said responding to them by stating all the things they clearly didn't already do for whatever reason isn't an answer. That form of reply is definitely trolling the OP and contributes nothing. You're intentionally suggesting a bunch of ridiculous things just to bait the person and to prove in a back handed manner that "see! you haven't done everything! so there!"... That's just silly.

Maybe it's the OP's fault for not clearly articulating that he or she has done all the things they wanted to do in the game and are now awaiting some new choices they haven't yet either explored and done or passed on instead of phrasing it as "There is nothing left to do". But it certainly doesn't make anything better by replying that way.

Exploring the vast Eorzea isn't content? I guess traveling the globe isn't relevant IRL either for that matter to you.

The first thing I look for when I feel am bored of the "popular" content such as Ifrit, is go take a look at my own list and see what I have not done. From there I decide hmm, which sounds more enticing today. I ask if I'd rather go alone, or bring along a couple people form my our LS. Perhaps I will ask if they need anything done, and go help them instead because adventuring with others is a lot more fun than running around alone to me. Maybe I don't even want to do something on my list and go take out a high Level Molboro in the Black Shroud. Some of these offer physical reward, some to not. Sometimes it is about personal challenge and personal gratification and not about the gil/exp/equipment/material reward. Think outside the box for a change, there is a an entire world out there.

SE has provided the world to us to explore, expecting them to hold my hand and guide my day to day actions seems pretty silly in my opinion. Forgive me then for not articulating in novella form when I post these types of responses. I actually take into consideration that the OP might have done the obvious things they enjoy, but are looking for more enjoyment. The point I am making goes well beyond the simple "see! you haven't done everything! so there." If I wrote a more than a paragraph, would most people even take the time to read it? If I simply said "think outside the box," would that please you more as a response? Or did you peg me as a troll for attempting to provide something tangible for the OP in the form of a checklist instead of a well written response?

Can we move on now and continue helping the OP find meaningful things to do instead of attacking specific responses, and each other for that matter?

[Renshi]

Like playing Assassins Creed or trolling IGN Stories about how awesome Suckrim is? In other words, not logging on XIV?

Whatever it makes things fun, it doesn't care if you log in the game. If you find it fun then do it =)

wait...

[HiirNoivl]

Use your imagination and do something you might consider fun =)

Hmmm... what might I consider fun...

Sorry I already did that.

In game I have:

Played hide-and-seek
Participated in LS scavenger hunt (that was a blast. )
Had a DPS contest (who can kill X mob the fastest?)
Had a Big Game Hunt (Morbol r72 pwned)

In other words... anything BUT current SE provided content is fun...

Ifrit is fun... until you haven't had a drop in 30 kills. Then it stops being fun.

Getting aethers was fun, but then I got them all...

Now I'm just tring to get all the Guild Token Achievements before they're lost... so I'm using all my leves for that...

I only log in for leves now. Not much else. (Yes I'm playing something else if I have no leves.)

[Holy_Dragoon]

Hmmm... what might I consider fun...

Sorry I already did that.

In game I have:

Played hide-and-seek
Participated in LS scavenger hunt (that was a blast. )
Had a DPS contest (who can kill X mob the fastest?)
Had a Big Game Hunt (Morbol r72 pwned)

In other words... anything BUT current SE provided content is fun...

Ifrit is fun... until you haven't had a drop in 30 kills. Then it stops being fun.

Getting aethers was fun, but then I got them all...

Now I'm just tring to get all the Guild Token Achievements before they're lost... so I'm using all my leves for that...

I only log in for leves now. Not much else. (Yes I'm playing something else if I have no leves.)

This is what I mean when I say "think outside the box." Out of curiosity, have you found all the Purple Aetherite gates?

[Jennestia]

Just because it's in the game doesn't mean it's worth doing.

And we come to the problem -- You have stuff to do, you choose not to do things.

[HiirNoivl]

This is what I mean when I say "think outside the box." Out of curiosity, have you found all the Purple Aetherite gates?

You don't get anything for those. D=

After I'm finished with the Guild Token Achievements I'm going to go for all the Faction leves. But I'll only log in for LS events or leves. Nothing else is much worth it right now.