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

[AskaRay]

I personally don't really mind the "single player" feeling, since I don't particularly like to start conversations. It's hard for me. I will, though, talk to people if they speak to me.
I don't talk much during dungeons because of that, and because I'm lazy and play with a controller... reaching at a weird angle to type is uncomfortable so. Nah.
I do play with friends, though. In fact, I met most of my in-game friends thanks to someone randomly /tell-ing me when I was new.

I've also met a few people by hunting and dungeon runs. Something happens in a dungeon, we end up talking, boom new friend. Or, hunting party and need seals, so I have to join up with strangers. You can end up bonding over hunting frustrations, haha. In fact sometimes I feel like I talk to TOO MANY people in a period of time, and it's hard to ask to be left alone (without sounding like a jerk...ugh).

Anyway tl;dr, you can make the game more social for you if you go out and talk to people, or engage in conversation if spoken to. Being able to play the game completely by yourself however isn't terrible.

[TinyMonster]

I feel the same way though my server tends to be very friendly. Took me awhile to find the right FC but now I do, and it's nice! The only time I don't type is when I'm in a duty since I got to put my controller down.

It's also hard to be social with people when you have to put yourself busy to avoid RMTs.. >.>

[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

[Lamentations]

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

Do not think I have ever seen this better explained, which also has veterans raging about everyone becoming you-tube warriors.

Anyway, very well put, bravo.

[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.

[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.

[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 ^^

[Marzipan]

As a player from the UK on a US server (I have irl friends here), this game can feel mighty lonesome!