Talk to me! [It is an online game]

[Venkah_Fhey]

Hi!

I am Venkah Fhey, a WHAM and weaver miqo'te settled in New Gridania [Phoenix].
I love being a healer and keep you all alive, although that usually means to be more focused in your HP bars that in the other thing on screen

I started playing less than 2 months ago and not the amount of time I would have played if I had arrived to Eorzea a decade ago... But I enjoy every minute I am there.

The point of the title of this thread is to remark something I have found in this game that is different to the ones I played years ago, when I was younger: lack of communication.

Back in the days, I had to talk to a lot of players and now I find it difficult.
I could be people nowadays want to do things faster and don't find time to stop and enjoy the fact of being in an online game with other players or maybe it is because the chat is a little chaotic sometimes and I am sure once or twice I didn't notice someone was talking to me.
I thought duties would be a good moment to meet the other members in my party. I like to know them, keep their names and sth to help better in duties. For example, if I know you are newer, even than me, or you are playing under some kind of pressure, I will take a better look on you; if you are an experienced player that alman apple cake, ost can heal himself at the same time makes a 500 hit and cooks an apple pie, I will attack our enemies more times than usually.

But the truth is that, as soon as the cinematic ends, I find myself having to run trying to reach the tank or, even worse, a DPS, already hitting a monster.
When duties end, is the same. I am always the last one to exit, I don't care what is in the chest and I get the leftovers, but only once a player has stay with me and it was the time I got the best advices in the game. It was refreshing reading my name and having a small chat, I appreciated that because it was the first time I feel I was in an online multiplayer game.

Maybe FFXIV should have some quests qhere you have to talk to other players or improve the chat to make it easier and more noticeable between all those system and ingame messages... Or maybe I am missing sth and do not how to do it myself.

Well, sometimes it is hard to find me, due to my timetable , but if you see this miqo'te wandering, do not hesitate to get mi atention... Unless I am on my unicorn, then I only see the wind in my eyes... And the bugs in my mouth xD

See you in Eorzea!

[Sotaris]

Nice.... blogpost?

[Mikita]

Welcome to FFXIV!

Unfortunately, duties are probably not the place to meet people. A lot (most?) of the time, people are just there to get the daily reward and just want to get through it as quickly as possible. Also, most duties have you teamed up with random people you will never meet again, so all around there is little incentive to talk.

Perhaps a better way to meet people is to hang around the Aetheryte and try to strike up conversations with people using the /say chat. Other people within earshot may also jump in. And if your server is like mine, Limsa Lominsa is the most populated out of the 3 starting cities so you may have better luck there.

[Venkah_Fhey]

Oh, maybe it should have been a blog post, I remember have found that section somewhere but no, I only wanted to introduce myself and to share I thought.

[Venkah_Fhey]

Welcome to FFXIV!

Unfortunately, duties are probably not the place to meet people. A lot (most?) of the time, people are just there to get the daily reward and just want to get through it as quickly as possible. Also, most duties have you teamed up with random people you will never meet again, so all around there is little incentive to talk.

Perhaps a better way to meet people is to hang around the Aetheryte and try to strike up conversations with people using the /say chat. Other people within earshot may also jump in. And if your server is like mine, Limsa Lominsa is the most populated out of the 3 starting cities so you may have better luck there.

Hi, Mikita, thank you for replying!

I am aware of that, I only say that it could be less impersonal, but I understand.
I will be improving my chat skills these days

[Mikita]

Oh, maybe it should have been a blog post, I remember have found that section somewhere but no, I only wanted to introduce myself and to share I thought.

You can get to your blog by logging in to the Lodestone: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/

At the top right you will have a character drop down menu where you can go to your blog.

[Aelin_Ashryver]

Welcome to ff! I would say find an active FC on your server. You can check which are the top FC's on your server with the lodestone. Hopefully you find a nice community there! I would invite you to my FC but sadly I am on Zodiark not Phoenix!

[Venkah_Fhey]

You can get to your blog by logging in to the Lodestone: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/

At the top right you will have a character drop down menu where you can go to your blog.

Oh, great. I have plans )

[Venkah_Fhey]

Welcome to ff! I would say find an active FC on your server. You can check which are the top FC's on your server with the lodestone. Hopefully you find a nice community there! I would invite you to my FC but sadly I am on Zodiark not Phoenix!

Thank you, Aelin!
I am a member of one FC... The first one that asked me, I must be very easy xD, but it is overpopulated I feel like I need sth smaller or that suits me better, now that I am more used to the game.

[Awha]

Welcome to FFXIV. I personally like the anti social aspect of dungeons.