@Casuals , do you think the message has gotten through?

[Mawlzy]

The only meaningful reward an MMO can give you is that you are playing with a lot of people and making a community based on the content you play. The only people who successfully do that in this game are roleplayers and raiders, because it's the only type of content where you need to be social to succeed.

I completely disagree, as apparently does SE.

"Social" means different things to different people, and the only meaningful measure of "success" in any game is that you are enjoying the game.

If all FFXIV means to you is a source of raiding content that has to be cleared, then yes, you need to coordinate with other people. But there needn't be anything remotely "social" about it; it's purely transactional.

In a story-based MMO, you can watch the movie on your own or in a theatre with others. Anyone who uses the Market Board is participating in the multiplayer aspect.