Game is not very social to me wether in a FC or not

[LalaRu]

Lone wolves is something that happens more and more in any mmo today.

XIV have now some time from launch and the community is mostly towards the end game, anyone who logs in today for first time, will face all those veterans ragequitting if the party performance not in line with a superfast run.

Talking about socialization, deserves some attention the current habit of tank/healer force disconnects when the DF party average gear is not on the preference of them.

I welcome any chat, because when you know duty by memory and can play it with one hand, I can use the other hand to chat

[ruskie]

Usually it does require to go out of your way to spark up a conversation in any LS/FC though often things start on their own. Atleast for me the usual spam tends to be when someone logs in gets a flood of hi's and maybe a few how are you's(depending on their interactions with people)(let's face it even if there are 50 people in the end the circle you will be most familiar will be some 10 people and those are the ones that will ask about you). What also tends to kill chat is going to voice comms.

[Voltron_HD]

Just FYI, for us ps4 people: Its as easy as taking a usb keyboard and plugging it in. Then as soon as you hit a single letter your already typing in the chat window. Plus, I think its the best of both worlds, I get all the hotkeys of the Keyboard, with the added comfort of the remote

Also, my FC was pretty dismissive with me until I actually started to volunteer to help and became vocal, now im constantly pulled away from what im doing to go run something with groups here and there. Its a social as you make it.

[Havenae]

The social aspect is out there, but I will say, it won't just come to you. You have to go to it.

This... to a degree. This game is by far the most anti-social... let me rephrase this. This game is by far the most populated anti-social game I've ever played seemingly by default.


A lot of that has to do with the fact that much of the game was designed with solo in mind. For instance you can't do story quests while grouped (unless it's a trial or dungeon), I found that odd. I also find that detrimental to social interaction. Also our tell/whisper/pm channels are basically useless since SE has still failed to make a dent in the RMT spam.

But most of it can't be blamed on any of that. If you want social interaction, especially in this game, you pretty much have to initiate the conversation every time, and even then there's a good chance you'll be ignored. But if you don't even try you really can't complain. Essentially its all on us as a community to try to interact more if thats what we want. I think it should be what we want too, stronger community in games usually means the game itself is stronger.

[Felis]

They can buy a keyboard. Just like every Pc player has so that's no excuse.

Keyboards only help outside of battle.
Moving the hands away from controller during a battle can result with the character lying around on the ground.

[Skivvy]

Keyboards only help outside of battle.
Moving the hands away from controller during a battle can result with the character lying around on the ground.

Even being on a PC, trying to type in the middle of certain fights can end up with dead players. I normally play WHM, and there have been way too many times where I'm trying to type something simple when things are calm, and then all hell breaks loose in a split second and people die. lol. Voice chat is way easier with this game, but not everyone can get on often or at all (I can rarely get on myeslf). Can make for a lonely experience at times.

[Rendecrow]

This game is a whole lot more social than other games. On WoW there are times were you can go ten levels without literally seeing another person. At least in Final Fantasy they route you through the low level zones a few different times when questing so you see a lot more people out and about than you would in WoW. Sorry that your FC is not social, but not every FC is. It is ultimately up to you to find a better FC to join.

[PandaPause]

I'm very social in my FC and my LS', but I generally don't speak in dungeons. I'm not there to waste time chatting, I'm there to get stuff done.

I fall in to this category as well. Unless I'm running w/ FC/LS mates then there is definitely more chatter.

[Priya]

Server related, too. This game seems to contain a lot of cliques on some servers, and it doesn't help that there are also people who actively discourage town chat (I've seen a few whine about it on Excalibur- to be fair, they may have been trolling. If so, well played, dudes, well played). Gilgamesh is pretty sweet, though.

However, overall, this game's community is still the quietest community I've ever played with. You'll usually have to look to an FC or LS for human interaction. Crowd chatter is mostly just an ambiance setting. Ily, though, Greg people.

[Felis]

try CT. The /a chat can be very active there ^^