Why do you play?

[MrKweh]

I see General Discussion is rife with ideas, complaints, and humor.

But I want to talk about the most important thing. Why do we play the game? What draws us to type in that username, password, and perhaps that token too?

I play because I like the story. It's fun teaming up with a bunch of people to do FATEs. I just like helping out. When people help each other this community is awesome. That's why I stay.

[Noshpan]

I have more than 1-2 friends that play. Sure, the community has its frequent moments of douchebaggery, but it's better than some other MMOs. *cough* Aion *cough* I really enjoy playing the game, and WoW just isn't that fun for me as it used to be.

[UltimateAoe2]

Story, helping out new people (I really enjoy doing that), playing with friends.

It's just a place where I can get away from life @_@.

[Jodou]

Everyone I talk to agrees at this point: friends. Game has stagnated with mindless grinds doing rehashed content. I will give SE credit for allowing new players a chance to experience old content with geared players, but at the cost of a veteran's sanity.

I log on and afk while reading forums, just like right now. . .

[Wobble]

Everyone I talk to agrees at this point: friends. Game has stagnated with mindless grinds doing rehashed content. I will give SE credit for allowing new players a chance to experience old content with geared players, but at the cost of a veteran's sanity.

I log on and afk while reading forums, just like right now. . .

This is me anymore. Don't even raid now as I see it as pointless with the way gear is outdated so quickly.

[SummonerSenah]

There's always something to do in this game. I also have a lot of friends playing it. So I hardly ever get bored.

[HakuroDK]

I play for the opposite reason of most of you folks. I don't really have very many friends at all, and playing this game helps me escape from a very depressing reality. In the game, I am someone who is in a position to help others. I am in a position to be productive and happy and be around people. In real life, well... I won't go into detail, but let's say any friends I have are usually far too busy with their own lives to care about someone like me. So this game is very important to me in that regard.

[UltimateAoe2]

I play for the opposite reason of most of you folks. I don't really have very many friends at all, and playing this game helps me escape from a very depressing reality. In the game, I am someone who is in a position to help others. I am in a position to be productive and happy and be around people. In real life, well... I won't go into detail, but let's say any friends I have are usually far too busy with their own lives to care about someone like me. So this game is very important to me in that regard.

Hey you~.
I know how you feel. As the same, in real life I have nearly no friends. Some are just other Furries, but I don't know many at all. I find that playing FFXIV relieves my worry of being alone; I get to play with friends in FF.

However, it doesn't stop the pain. FF is just a place where I can be myself, where as the real world I have to fake mostly everything. Depression kills me everytime, I know the feelin'. Trust me. ;3
Sounds like you need a hug, though~!


not like people trust furries anyways >_>;;.

[HakuroDK]

Hey you~.
I know how you feel. As the same, in real life I have nearly no friends. Some are just other Furries, but I don't know many at all. I find that playing FFXIV relieves my worry of being alone; I get to play with friends in FF.

However, it doesn't stop the pain. FF is just a place where I can be myself, where as the real world I have to fake mostly everything. Depression kills me everytime, I know the feelin'. Trust me. ;3
Sounds like you need a hug, though~!


not like people trust furries anyways >_>;;.

I appreciate your sentiment. I think the only barrier, really, is that we're on two different servers. Ah well.

[Jim_Berry]

I play for the opposite reason of most of you folks. I don't really have very many friends at all, and playing this game helps me escape from a very depressing reality. In the game, I am someone who is in a position to help others. I am in a position to be productive and happy and be around people. In real life, well... I won't go into detail, but let's say any friends I have are usually far too busy with their own lives to care about someone like me. So this game is very important to me in that regard.

That's deep, man. And the fact that you're a tank says something about you in a positive way. Funny because I'm a WHM in game and Security in real life. After dealing with mouthy folks at work, it helps me build a stoned skin to the mouthy people in-game. Am I thinking too much into this? lol