Playing with your significant other

[Antonio_Xul]

I bought this game for my wife at 2.0 as she is a huge Final Fantasy fan. She started as Archer / Bard because she didn’t want to be close to get hit and had all the mobility. She played for a while, but got nervous playing with other people which eventually drove her away. It’s sad really as she wants to play out the story, but gets too nervous in dungeons with strangers. She does play rarely, but stops as soon as a dungeon has to be cleared. I just duo it with her, so she can continue. She’s barely at Shiva. I do hope NPCs will be available for all dungeons so she can try again, but I doubt that. It’ll kill duty finder.

[savageink]

I got my wife to play, but she decided that since she is Japanese she should play on JP servers, then I never saw her in game again. She didn't like the MSQ forcing her to do dungeons all the time so she eventually just stuck with WoW for the pvp. These days she's been playing Fallout 76.

[Doozer]

In my personal experience, couples playing with each other can sometimes end up with the bf/hubby + 6 other people carrying the uh... better half through high end content.

Which is not fun for the other 6 people, as it turns out.

Someone sounds bitter. In my experience, it's often me and my partner carrying everyone else. I wonder which of us is actually correct?

[Kazrah]

I'd say do what I did with my late gf: show her the jobs and let her decide for herself, explaining things if necessary. Let her do things herself, but help her when she needs it. Show the way, but don't force her through it.

[Kacho_Nacho]

Anyone have any luck getting there spouse/partner into this game? I'd like to get my girlfriend to play this with me but it would be her first mmo and she's not much of a gamer either. She says she is willing to try though.

Any tips or suggestions to ease her into it? She would be on ps4.
What do you think is the most starter friendly class?

Easiest class? That'll be gladiator, especially if you offer to heal her as she learns the game.

Being a tank can be an incredible confidence builder. With your support, she can have a lot of fun just jumping into the fray.

[Arrhin]

My spouse got ME into the game xD

[grinkdaboy]

These days she's been playing Fallout 76.

you have my condolences

[zylo1010]

My wife plays on and off. She mained whm, leveled nin and rdm on the side.

[Kacho_Nacho]

My wife plays on and off. She mained whm, leveled nin and rdm on the side.

Red Mage is an excellent class for beginners. Too bad it's not available until you reach 50th level.

[Brynne]

My hubby introduced me to FFXI and we played until FFXIV hit and moved over. He's moved on since, comes in for events and whatnot, but I'm on most days.

Are you me? My husband also introduced me to FFXI shortly after we started dating. I wasn't a gamer at all, but was enchanted with the idea of making a character and having adventures in a fantasy world. We moved into FFXIV together as well. The only difference is that he still plays regularly and we will be jumping into ShB together on the first day of early access. But I definitely play more than he does.