What keeps you playing?

[sayafrost]

People I play with, goals I set for myself is what keeps me going.

Same here.

On the other side if I get bored, or I'm alone and did what I wanted to do for the day, then i just log off and play some other game, but till now mostly i wasnt online it was because i was away and couldn't log in.

[HeroSamson]

Golden saucer, future old style final fantasy bosses, nostalgia ---- sephiroth appearing or even kefka <---- one day maybe.

story and something to do.

[Gramul]

I want to see what I haven't done yet.

[Mogi]

The world is so nice to look at and i love trying to find new ppl to help and stuff ^^

[EdwinLi]

Keeping a decent level of time spent playing this game so I don't burn myself out.

As for contents...

Hildibrand Series

Main Storyline (a decent level story and plenty of time that makes me want to see what happens next)

Classes/Jobs for 1 character (being a FF game and able to play all class/job for 1 character it only a matter of time before they add a class/job I enjoy above them all)

[RuruKun]

I play for the lore, the graphics, the goals that I've yet to reach, for the people that I've yet to meet. For the outstanding landscapes and vistas that still captivate me and make me stop to admire them.

I play for the hours and upon hours of hard work poured into the making of this game, for the hearts and minds that also went into it and continue to touch our hearts and tickle our imagination. I play for the fact that I can go back to a time where I was once able to dream up these fantasies, that made me smile and hope and love before all of that was taken from me rather prematurely. I play for the fact its possible to do all of that again.

And most of all, I think ...I play because this game isn't neccessarily about a realm being reborn, but that an individual can be reborn as well.

[coldreactive]

The ability to undercut the market to make items more accessible to players that don't have the gil.

[LillithCale]

--Playing the game with my boyfriend, first and for most. It's one of the many things we share, and it's one of my favorite ways to spend time with him at home.
--Roleplaying!
--Beating T5. I still have SCoB to do! So excited! And then, after that, the myterious Coil 3.
--Finishing my Animus books to move onto Novus.
-- Spirit Bonding in preperation for my Novus! The changes to SB rates have really made it a lot easier to get my own materia! Especially since I have crafting classes I can use for crafting gear
-- Doing the random Hunt here and there, saving up seals for Alexandrinite (or however you spell it!)
-- Punching Ramuh EX in the face. I'll get you next time Gaget! *fist shake*
-- Getting the pretty purple pony from Ramuh
-- Getting my Botanist to level 50
-- Treasure maps! AhhhhH! THESE ARE SO FUN!
-- Hildabrant quests and Post moggle stuff! I still need to do the new side quests.
-- Dying my Chocobo and getting him to rank 20! Should I do DPS or Tank for his second path? Choices!
-- Beast Tribe Quests.
-- Seeing what they come out with next!
-- Vetern rewards! That Warrior of Light Barding will be mine, mwahaha!
-- Personal housing. I can't wait to get into gardening!
-- My FC. They make me smile every day. I love those guys <3
-- Finding out what the new race will be! My money is on the Rat race from FF9! (Eeeee! FF9 is my favorite game and Freya one of my top favorite FF characters of all time)

[Gilraen]

Friends and the wonderful story.

[Madruck]

Yoninxi, before I say anything I will state I left FF14 because of poor game mechanics back in April. I still come back unto these forums in hopes on info that SE has finally corrected their design blunders to no avail. Most people stay in game for nostalgia for Final Fantasy, some people are WoW refugees that got tired of Pandaria and will return back to WoW once November hits, while some are actually committed to the game based solely on time already spent and current in game friends. Most players who are pretty big into gaming will notice that once you make it to 50, maybe you wanna level every job to 50 including the crafting jobs or maybe you enjoy endgame content on FF14 as I did....there are countless reasons. But you will eventually come to the point I reached 5 months ago, FF14 is nothing but fanfare at its largest, once you get to the pennicle of where you want your character to be....you will be left with nothing but content with no clear progression (Coil is the only endgame so far other than Crystal Tower) or content based solely on slot machine mechanics (RNG), or you will end up in a FC with a bunch of elitist (WoW Refugees),that SE does cause the game to have btw to only have your experienced ruined by such players in a FC or in a random group. Once you get to level 50 and you start to see this for yourself....you will learn very quickly that there are other MMO's out there with way better and clear progression and will actually have a company behind it listen to its player base alot not on some occasions. Those are some of the main reasons why I left FF14 5 months ago, but I am still hoping that they will finally listening to its player base and stop making mechanics based solely on RNG and luck of the draw!