What is your "dealmaker"?

[ern815]

I like the progression of a game like this, I like to have a character that I have for years and years, see it grow, design new glam for it , etc.. A lot of the content right now is very new. The biggest thing that effects me in a game like this is burn out since I don't have a group of people to play with like I used to for mmorpgs. I play by myself the majority of the time. Burn out is what always breaks it for me.

Pretty much this. However, I also like the aesthetics of this game and the character creation options which allows me to develop a character design that I really liked.

Other MMORPG games did not have that aesthetic factor in it as compared to FFXIV imo. In addition to the above:

- Gameplay is relatively easy to understand
- Community is generally nice and helpful
- I have a house even though it's a small one and I get to use it to express creativity for decoration.
- Same character gets exposed to all different jobs without having to create a new character.
- Lore & story are very much on the interesting side. Loved SB for the incorporation of Asian/Japanese culture into the game.
- Brought back references from previous FFs that I used to love. (FFX fan here and was glad to see Yojimbo and Ixion here).
- Some interesting cross game collaborations
- Wide glamour choices, though some are repeated designs and class locked but overall there are some great gear designs in here.