What keeps you playing?

[Rosekitten]

I was thinking about this for the past week. Kinda took a break. Still not sure on my motivation to play now but eh.. personal housing is up there on the list of wanting to at least try it out or stick around for. Pretty much gave up on raids due to no static and with two little ones I can't dedicate certain times to get into one. Plus each group I've tried to at least get the kill count on the content.. has been .. just awful. I thought I had run into terrible players in other mmo's...

I do have a few goals set that I'd like to complete before I fully give up on the game. but as someone else said there isn't really anything else that's kept my attention so might as well play this. I'm in the process of looking for a new FC so I'm hopeful that if I get into a active one that might solve my issue. I get very bored playing a mmo as a solo. Not even sure where all of my FC mates ran off to. >_>

[joshsecret]

What keeps you playing?

1. Habit.
2. Slight addiction.
3. The idea of getting my moneys worth. (need to stop subbing for 6 months but the discount is nice... but it makes me feel like i need to play....)
4. For fear that they will implement the 35 days off and you lose your FC house.
5. Hope that one day, with some odd patch, i will recover that feeling of 2.0 & 2.1. (FLs came close)
6. Because there is a chance (like last night) that i log in, join a random group, and finally beat something that has been a roadblock (T7).

i read somewhere awhile back that input was appreciated but one thing to try to do is give examples or alternatives rather than just saying, "i don't like this".
so with that said, i would truly love it if new primals would return to DF from the start. once 2.2 hit and this new way of taking those out until the following patch,
i have slowly become more tired and aggravated with this game. i like to do content on my time, not my servers. plus i like the anonymity of the DF for learning and wiping.

[Teirshin]

The simple fact that atm there's nothing better out there, which isnt saying much good really about the path SE is taking this game.

I log in, do some dailies, and log out.

I used to want to log in, now its just a chore almost to even keep up with dailies. The playerbase can be hostile and frustrating (moreso here than in any MMO I've played in years) which doesnt help.

Gets worse with every patch since launch too. At this rate, I'll be done with the game by years end unless they change the path they're on with things.

[Magis]

My FC and friends, the game's lore and characters, and that no MMO interests me currently besides maybe Everquest Next which won't be out for ages. The gameplay not so much.... other than coil I guess.

[CodeCass]

It's a way for me to stay connected with the many friends I've made in the game! It's also fun to see where the game goes as time progresses! And as others have said before, being able to set fairly lofty goals for myself, and to keep at trying to fulfill them!

[Lionhand]

I recently unsubbed and let the rest of the days run out. Its the grind that got me, I used to be more than willing to do them but the hunts killed it for me because all previous efforts to craft or to raid was invalidated by showering everyone with sand and oil by another mindless grind. So I figured to just observe when the next "big" thing will erase all efforts to hunt to upgrade gears and be there for it. I hope.

[Karnyboy]

I have noticed that there is a large vocal portion of players that complain and gripe about aspects in the game and how they are no longer interested in the game because they themselves aren't taking the responsibility for the corner they put themselves into.

Nobody is forcing you to log in every day to cap soldiery, Tues grind coil,etc but yourself. This is an mmo, all the content will be there tomorrow and the day after...so you cannot blame se for your ocd style obsession to play the game every day to lose the fun of doing things at a casual pace.

[Warlyx]

Ninja job , FC , and still have things to do (that are somewhat boring ) , PvP queues arent helping :_(

[Noxifer]

For me, it's mostly about the friends I've made. Lately it's been a bit of a grind, since me and a few others separated from previous FCs to start our own and had to rank it up and get the gil for a house (and then had a bit of a letdown when the plot we wanted sold JUST as we got the rank and money D: ), but we got a house just this week and things got a lot better with the fun bits of decorating and not needing to craft/spiritbond/etc to get points and money.

I was part of a group of players who started a linkshell for people tired of the endgame "exp only! speedrun only! loot only!" mentality, and we filled up the last spot just the other day XD So many fun people to talk to, and almost always people willing to help you out when you need a dungeon/primal run. Except Aurum Vale That always seems to make people run for their lives, for some reason.

Still haven't downed T5 yet (due to never having found a full group willing and ready to learn it with me), so my FC's next goal is to recruit people who mesh well with us, both skill-wise and personality-wise, and get a static that way.

Back when the game launched and all the way to February or thereabouts, this game was pretty much just a Co-op between me and my flatmate. It wasn't until we met the people who we started that linkshell with that we began to socialize more with others, and it became a completely different game from then on :O Back then, I said (after Titan Story mode) that I'd never do any HM Primals. The horror of it all! But now, I actually think the HM Primals are fun! (Even Titan!) And I've even dared to join other people in TeamSpeak!
I don't think I could go back to Co-op anymore. XD

TL;DR version - The people make me look forward to playing almost every day. Sorry for the wall of text

[ExiaQuanta]

Make gil
Save up for personal housing
Lvling crafts
Gear for alt classes
Help friends and fc mates
Have fun with friends and fc mates
To beat your friends and fc mates at a friendly competition (I.e who can clear/do/get this first)