What makes you log in everyday?

[NovaUltimatum]

It used to be for fun back in 1.0. I had a lot of good friends I played with because the game encouraged you to work or party up with others. I liked that it was different and better looking than XI.

In 1.23 it was also for fun, I had a blast! I tried to get everything done that I could do before the servers went down.

For 2.0, what kept me logging in was the fresh new game smell - and wanting to conquer the game as quickly as possible. 2.0 was a new game, but still had that nostalgic feel to it, and I liked exploring the new world and seeing new sights. I also had an amazing group I moved with from 1.0 and had a lot of fun.

When 2.1 came out, it was around the prime of ARR for me. My static and FC had cleared coils by then, and we were all maxing out our BiS's and doing primals. Things were a bit grindy, but not too much.

Come 2.2 I was questioning my logging in. Content seemed very repetitive or rehashes of previous content. The static I was in was questioning breaking up because people were bored. Alot of people in my FC at the time would only log in on reset day, and that's it. They eventually stopped logging in altogether. The main group in the FC i joined 2.0 with became toxic and elitist buttholes and most of the people I knew from 1.0 were nowhere to be found.

When 2.3 hit, I was pretty exhausted. The game feels like an uphill climb in every regard. Every new piece of content is tedious and unrewarding for the time invested. I have been left to PF groups for coil and have no static. Only a handful of people I know from 1.0 remain. I have been keeping myself busy with Novus and Nexus as of late, and just not my Nexus bow not long ago...but I'm not really having fun anymore. I'm tired of grinding, tired of fates and also primals. I am also not looking forward to 2.4 because the DF ques are going to be terrible!

I guess the thing that keeps me logging in is the nostalgia I had for 1.0 and the experience I had in the few years the game was up. I like 2.0 in a lot of ways, but they found a way to make you grind every piece of content, until you hate it.

This is really upsetting to hear. I can only hope that the game becomes a brighter experience for you down the road, before it gets too much to bear. I didn't play much at all of 1.X but I can certainly see that there were some merits to the old system that appealed to a group of players.