I saw the thread this morning, and started thinking why I play. The one thing compelling me hard to play nowadays is levelling all the Jobs and enjoying their gameplay, but I feel like I don't love it so much that I'll take them to Savage. Then... I started to complete my level 80 short-story Job quests for all the Tanks, and I realized. It can be at times a very wholesome game. Every character has something to say, some sort of story to them. It feels like the exact sort of escapism I've been craving lately, with the stresses of IRL.

Not to mention, I've loved all iterations of my WoL. I wouldn't go so far as to say s/he's my self-insert, but I see him/her as an entity I cherish. It's just a game, I know, but there's visible effort to try to grow our attachment to our character. I for one have fallen for it.