99% of FFXIV is single player. Each expac has at least fifteen hours of cutscenes. Endwalker alone has 23 hours (I wish I was joking).

I apologize on behalf of Square Enix and the FFXIV playerbase for the false advertising. This game should not charge a subscription, nor should it be advertised as an “online” game/MMO knowing full well that the vast majority of your time is spent in solo cutscenes. Fortunately, we have hope. World of Warcraft: Dragonflight comes out on November 28 and has a ton of new multiplayer content including raids, which are more than the amount of cutscenes. In fact, pre-patch is currently live, so you can play endgame content from the current expansion and level up quickly.

FFXIV is seen as one of the greatest and most beloved games of all time because of its story and amount of cutscenes, but not because of its gameplay. If you wanted to play a video game, you best look elsewhere. I mainly just keep subbed so I can take screenshots, since I already beat all the story quests.