MMO Social Epidemic

[Gelesto]

I often do DF dungeons with 2 of my friends and we use other means to chat (Ventrilo, Teamspeak etc.) just because we don't say more than 2 words to you doesn't mean we're not talking and socializing

[indira]

i dont bother talking because someone always wants to be a smart ass or has an attitude problem.

[Black91CRX]

I don't talk much in duty because I'm on PS3. It's pretty much impossible to talk while in battle with no keyboard.

[TatamiTami]

I'm very social, in FC chat and on vent, but during instances I have to put down my controller, reach for my keyboard, type something, and then take the controller again, to be able to chat. This I can do in short pauses or just typing one or two letter abbreviations, but it's difficult to type long sentences while pushing button combinations on a controller. Still, I sometimes feel that I want to say things, but it's just not possible. Also, I'm concentrated when I'm gaming and sometimes I can't talk because of that, not even in vent. I wish ppl would stay after an instance and chat for 20 seconds, about the run, it would be nice.

[Shizato]

sorry OP, but players who enjoy being social while playing a game online are not going to stop being social while playing a game online unless the game does not LET them be social while playing it...

since FFXIV is not one of those games (there are many chat channels, linkshells and FCs to be social in), seems to me that you happen to be playing with alot of players whom do NOT enjoy being social while playing a game online, nothing more

[Skotie]

If you want social maybe you should start a anti-duty finder committee.

[Mildoze]

Sadly, this all comes down to all experience is relative. To you, your server, and the people around you. If you log in and no one is chatting in shout, then you que and get a half baked party that is too busy figuring out how to dance they don't chat mucn, and then you back and in your massive FC that is super impersonal... yeah I could see how some could say this game has a lacking social experience. But so does real life. It is what you make it. Try this; Be spontaneous, be friendly, use emotes, and just try... try, to make a friend. Dare you can't not find someone to hang with while you play this game that you've never met in real life.

[Kalamari]

Duty Finder systems have done some pretty nasty things to the networking in MMORPGs, lots of people will never meet on their server because they can just skip all the communication with the impersonal cross-server DF grouping system. Don't get me wrong I've met some wonderful people in random DF groups and you should still try to be polite and talkative in those, but mostly you never meet the same nice folks again after the dungeon so it makes making new friends in ARR much more difficult. I've been stuck on a japanese server as I gambled on being able to transfer off soon.. so making contacts on the server is not easy either..

If you can, run content only with friends you've made on your server and your FC, it makes for an infinitely more enjoyable experience than DF can ever give you.

[Leira_Raine]

Here's my two cents. It's less of the lack of social. I live in my own FC and LS bubbles though often I shout and make conversation in parties. I take that initiative. Some people aren't that social unless they are spoken to. I know outside of game I am that way. It's not because I don't want to talk, it's just taking me a long time to mull over what I want to say to initiate conversation. I normally say hello, and if a party is quiet, then I let it be or sometimes I just begin to throw jokes.

However, I had the experience that someone was silent throughout an entire run until he was mad at us. We were in WP, and we were goofing off, grabbing almost everything, and he'd just start yelling at us and calling us stupid. We made it a challenge to actually get him to talk since he never said hello at the beginning. And it was so fun messing around with him! The three of us had a good laugh in the end. But it's what you make of it. If areas are quiet, do say hello and bring life to it.

[ArcheustheWise]

Every 2014 mmos have the same exact thread. Every single one.
Ends up with a common agree about how many jerk sociopaths are online. Some will tell you they chitchat on LS/FC (eventually).
Some will question "talk about what , hi was enough, now do your job or you're kicked".
I understand what you may feel missing: an alive highly social community, everyone smiling each other even if never met, helping each other, working together chitchatting about the battle, laughing if dead.
Those days on mmos are long gone, i doubt they will come back anytime soon. Let's deal with it or jumpship hoping next mmo will be more social (it will not).

It will change the day mmos stop being theme parks and more social based, think swg (pre cu of course) or uo... now days its all about loot and levels.. and thats the problem.