How do y'all do it?

[whilke]

Which brings me to what I want to say- it absolutely blows my mind that people have completed all the content in the game after only 2 months.

Maybe your mind is blown because I guess you've only been playing this game half as long as most everyone else? This game is 4 months old now, not 2. Maybe you started late?

[Shakarlyn]

Everyone plays at their own pace, OP. Some people like to B line for targets. For example, I'm currently working on my second relic and second set of DL. I've not touched Coil because I don't play at a good time for it. Some people have less time. Someone with a full on family isn't going to stay up until 3AM after work like I do. I play after work every night then also play during the weekends. I still get house work done, read my study material (not in school, but trying to expand my abilities) when crafting/gathering.


While you are baffled at the speed some players have completed content, you should redirect that attention to yourself and focus there, in case it makes you feel insecure/left behind. If you have friends or regulars you play with, just be relax and content with them. That can go pretty far in your playing. Just because others like to rush to specific content does not mean you must do so as well.

[Sunarie]

I honestly don't think the people who have "ran out of stuff to do" have actually done everything (excluding the 1.0 players that came in with everything maxed, of course). It would be much better to say something along the lines of "I've done everything I find fun".

When you get to 50, technically you can level crafts, work on getting achievements, getting the best gear, leveling other battle classes, or getting pets, but not everyone finds each of these things fun. For instance, many people don't actually want to level other classes other than for cross class skills for their main class. They don't want to craft or gather because they don't find it at all fun and it's not really a beneficial thing to do unless you care about stockpiling money. Gear can only be progressed so far every week so that is typically out for those types after the first few days.

Others, like myself, find fun in getting the crafting classes to 50, and working on gathering things. Just personal preference really, and an error of players comparing content available in this game to content available in other games with several big patches and expansions out.

[ReiszRie]

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Once you're able to run coil effectively, you'll get 150 myths from T1-4 within a span of a couple of hours at most.

The rest of it, I'd run WP at approximately 20 mins per run for 5 runs, bring the total time spent to cap myths at around 4 hours per week

[Cryexia]

Lessee... single mom, 2 teenagers, working as a nurse on 12 hour shifts, hobbies, boyfriend, etc....

I manage about 1 or 2 hours per day, 3 - 4 days per week. Been playing for about 5 weeks now, and I am a whole level 23. Usually once work is finished, I am way too tired to do anything other than eat and go to bed. My work schedule is all over the place too, with day shifts and night shifts all mixed together. Then there's the kids who need attention and love, and my boyfriend who needs attention and love, and ME who needs attention and love... you get the picture.

I figure I will eventually get to level 50. I am not in any huge rush, as the game will be waiting for me when I am ready to play it.

[Katiyana]

I generally just talk to my friends and FC most of the time, with a few WP/AK runs here and there to get towards DL gear.
I don't focus on Maxing out my Myth tomes every week because ... even if I don't cap i still need x amount to get Allagan and the tomestones aren't going anywhere.

So yeah I make it last by not doing that much in the first place lol, i'm strange :3

[KamikazeMan]

If you're in a good FC and have a good understanding of how the game works, you can pretty much get everything in the game done within a month or two with casual play. That's just if you stick to using one job.

[SupaCancerion]

Cool, thanks for all the info everyone. I'm really just trying to compare my gaming style to others' in order to assess how to complete/get more in a shorter amount of time. But this definitely satisfies my curiosity and really helps me understand the FFXIV community a lot more.

^_^

[Vmage]

How do y'all do it?

efficiency.

years of playing MMOs has taught me how to be efficient with my time, and I'm a min/maxer at heart anyways

[Grogin]

There are three ways that people have gotten to the point where they have nothing left to do:
1. They most unlikely is that they have the free time to actually do everything in the game.
2. They are Legacy Players from 1.0 that have previously completed a large amount of the content and truely have done everything.
3. The most common is that their are players who are only interested in a very small portion of what the game offers, and thus have completed everything that pertains to their specific interests.

I really enjoy almost all aspects of this game, so there is a lot of content for me to complete. However their are people that do not want to craft and gather. Their are people that do not want to explore or read text for story purposes. That is their decision. However, if they complain, it is our decision and the developers decision to ignore them if we so choose.

The bottom line is, if you like the game play it, if you don't unsubscribe and go play something else.