What do you get out of XIV?

[ItMe]

Simple. No rage.

Is your name ironic then? :P
So you'll stick to PLD and we'll never see you rocking WAR then?

Either way I agree, the lack of tense and angry players makes this game super magnetic to me.

[Quintessa]

Unless he really meant malice and not mallace.

[MsMisato]

hmmm.

the adventure and people I met throughout my many years here. its one the place I can get away from real life and just not have any worries for a brief moment.

[Puremallace]

Is your name ironic then? :P
So you'll stick to PLD and we'll never see you rocking WAR then?

Either way I agree, the lack of tense and angry players makes this game super magnetic to me.

Pure Mall Ace orrrrrrrr I was super drunk in 2009 when I tried to be edgy while drunk/high and spell PureMalice naming my BELF in WoW and the name just stuck and is never taken.......

[ItMe]

Unless he really meant malice and not mallace.

Oh... haha huh... I've somehow been misreading their name this whole time : D

Pure Mall Ace orrrrrrrr I was super drunk in 2009 when I tried to be edgy while drunk/high and spell PureMalice naming my BELF in WoW and the name just stuck and is never taken.......

Hahahahah the world may never know~

[Gameovers]

Miqo leo tails,super anime dragons, and insanely hot tall bunny girls.


And I switch between all of them cause I CAN'T PICK A LOOK TO STAY AS!!!!!!!

[Rosenstrauch]

Pain peko.

[Iscah]

It's an enjoyable RPG with a big dose of character customisation.

As an RPG, I like the story and characters, and I like how different threads of the narrative come together over time or explore different aspects of the world.

The world itself feels well thought out and enjoyable to explore. Having full-size zones and not just a miniaturised overworld map linking the towns and dungeons makes it feel like a place I know and navigate around.

Having a fully customisable "blank slate" protagonist is a bit of a novelty and a creative springboard - not that I ever get around to writing anything down and I don't RP, but having a few different characters (a traditional RPG party in concept) and thinking about how they would react to things, what each one exactly would be doing in a scene, which answers they would give.

Character designs look good and are fun to play around with - generally I'm not trying to create something specific but just trying different combinations until it looks good, then working out the character after that, so it doesn't feel too limited.

And of course, glamour. I haven't played many games at all that give you such fine control over your outfit, and certainly not in this volume of options. In most single-player games, at best you might get a few alternate all-in-one costumes and maybe your weapon visibly changes according to what you have equipped, but you don't just get to mix and match all the pieces like this.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I like punching gods in the face.

[Realism_Snide]

I've not been able to stop making characters and pick a main.!

You just answered your own question for yourself. What you get out of ffxiv is the enjoyment of creating and playing a variety of characters and going through the story with them.