Quote Originally Posted by Atelier-Bagur View Post
For starters player interaction is entirely optional, never once does the game force you to group with other players to progress and as much as we like to believe that FFXIV is soloable, its not, you still have interact with players to progress through the game.
You have to group up with people to do the world bosses which drops exclusive materials. And while you can solo a lot of the random events, you'll find yourself barely completing them on time or not at all while solo.