DF zombies.

[CYoung187]

Maybe if dungeons presented a challenge people would actually talk. I remember 2.0 AK seemed so much more social. Now dungeons are mind less and more of a chore then a challenge. Nobody looks forward to their roulettes. As a ps4 player most of the time I don't even bother turning my keyboard on since there is no reason for it. Occasionally I get a social group and it's great, but the fun has been taken out of these dungeons. If there was a better way to get poetics I wouldn't even touch them.

[Sadana]

It's like people forgot how to be polite, or never learned in the first place. ._. So what if you never see these guys again? Being a decent human makes the game a better place. I guess... impatience begets rudeness? ; ;

[Eye_Gore]

There is life out there. Ran my Adventurer in Need this morning before the reset. Got into Copperbell. Launched my customary greeting. Actually got responses from everyone. Now I know by now most people could run this dungeon blindfolded but the group actually chatted even while doing battle, quite a feat according to some of the replies. I managed to do it, on a PS4, holding a sleeping baby, texting, drinking a coffee, while browsing these forums. Who knew you could muti-task in game. Though our party was all Miqo'te as one person pointed pointed out, so must be a kitty thing.

[Yumi_umi]

I blame relic grind and the such.
Back in 2.0 we used to talk a lot etc in dungeons ( waiting for that replacement in AK because demon wall was too much of a wipefest. ) or cuz ppl didn't know how to wp speedrun etc.
Now most ppl just want a clean quick run to get their tomes/ rewards etc.
Socializing died as soon as they introduced i100 gear imo.

[Malakai]

To be honest I agree with the people who are saying this game takes away from socializing. It really does, unless you have premade groups from your LS/FC then you are pretty much isolating yourself from everyone and trying to play an MMO as a single player game via DF. Sign up in DF solo, do your stuff, be done with it. You can grind pretty much every content this way. Want endgame loot but don't want to be bothered with statics? Just buy the win, plenty of sellers out there. It's almost like the game forces you to either play with a small group of friends or play solo. There's no real open world content to do as a group that has any benefit to it. But alas no need to worry.. you might not have to socialize with people anymore. Remember Yoshi P stated that you will be able to take NPC's from your GC into dungeons with you and "level them up". So now you won't even need to bother with DF groups.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

In that case, get rid of the MMO aspect and rebrand the game as a big single player game on Steam and consoles for 50 bucks.

[Amiraa]

i always ask myself why bother with DF it feels like playing offline game since nobody wanna throw hi or bye .but fawk need dem tomes

Socializing died as soon as they introduced i100 gear imo.

100% agree ^

DF zombies ;3

[Kumabear76]

In that case, get rid of the MMO aspect and rebrand the game as a big single player game on Steam and consoles for 50 bucks.

Actually, I think that may be part of the problem. Too many players these days try to "beat" this game. Either they "beat" the story and raids by finishing FCoB as quickly as possible (and subsequently grow bored and quit), or "beat" other players by outgearing everyone and pushing themselves into everyone's faces. Many players don't care that there are other real people behind each avatar.

Personally, I blame this speedrun attitude for the lack of socialization. Speedrunners want everything right here, right now, and have no time for frivolous things like "communication". It is disheartening, and quite possibly the major factor in why most people in DF have bad attitude. Simply because the ones with better attitudes are sick of it and go pre-made.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

And considering FF14 is probably a first MMO for many, said people don't get the idea of MMOs not having an "end".

[Aurora-Pendragon]

I always say "hi" "hello" "thank you all" and even a '"take care" if people are answering. If there's a first timer in our group, I take the time to explain boss mechanics. If I'm the first timer ( most likely with my PLD), I always say I'm new to tanking/speed running this place. Sometimes, people are kind enough to say "it's ok" or "Do smaller pulls if you're not comfortable with this dungeon". When I play my SCH with a new tank, I tell them to take it easy. I apologize when I make mistakes.

I think it's important to communicate, or at least answer to others.