commendations are really depressing

[Mezolitik]

I haven't played post 2.1 so apologies if anything has changed but the Duty Finder leaves people with no reason to actually create relationships with players - most of them are on other servers, so you're never gonna see them again anyway. It's a terrible system, relationship wise.

After two months, I have just two friends, despite running dungeons almost every day.

Maybe try running with the Party Finder? I think that matches you with people on your own server. They might be more inclined to hang around.

[Jyoeru]

I haven't played post 2.1 so apologies if anything has changed but the Duty Finder leaves people with no reason to actually create relationships with players - most of them are on other servers, so you're never gonna see them again anyway. It's a terrible system, relationship wise.

After two months, I have just two friends, despite running dungeons almost every day.

Actually, I have made friends on duty finder. Many are on my server. I also made friends just talking to people on my server. If ANYTHING, FF14 has proven more friendly and social than WOW post-TBC. Game is new. Maybe that's why.