Why do you keep playing FFXIV ?

[CrystalRainbow]

From 3.0 till yesterday. 2 weeks ago. and again yesterday.

When 3.0 came out. Every day it was grind.. then got to 60. Grind gear.
Only hit 60 3 weeks ago.

Now that I'm 60 hit my eco cap by friday. The game it becoming fun again. Leveled my 19 ninja yesterday had fun doing it. did unsynced 50 EX trails 2 weeks ago fun. So ya. I'm having fun.

[Train88]

Last night, i logged off, and thought about "Why do i keep playing?"

Im a fairly new player, so you could say that this question isnt even justified, now that i havent seen the entire end game.

But will it be like my WoW days? Logging in on raiding nights, raid for 2-3 hours, logoff and play something else?

I guess my question is also : What stuff do you actually do ingame, beside a few raiding nights ?

Id love to hear from anyone.

Dépends what you're looking for in a game. If you're the type to rush to endgame well you get endgame.

I'm currently doing some gardening in my house and crafting. Some alexander floor 1 on the side. Leveling a machinist alt on my dead times.

[Dreamlil]

Exp roulette, raid and leveling AST. That's all I do for now.

[RayneBoemir]

I love being able to do that. Right now I am raiding on WAR just logging in for raid days and to cap tomes/get gear from tomes.

Right now the only thing I am doing is finishing leveling fishing

[Rafaelhades]

Because I like the game and I want to keep playing.

Maybe times have changed and gone are the days of people's fascination with persistent worlds and MMOs. Maybe they really haven't and gamers are really just after that instant gratification from gaming and are just made more apparent when it became more "mainstream." Anything you do over and over will get boring. It doesn't matter if it's something you love. Luckily, MMOs have evolved to a past time and is no longer the "2nd life" it was before.

If you're burning out, go take a break. Play something else. If the next patch brings you back, great. If you find something else, awesome. But word of warning, you'll be burnt of that too soon enough and will be looking for the next fix.

Edit because of char limit: Cap tomes, PVP, Raid, alt jobs and alt char. Usually takes up most of my week. When I don't feel like doing those, Diablo 3 and LoL.

[Rhaja]

The game is fun, I've grown to like some new members in the FC, and the PVP has been oddly entertaining. I'm just waiting to start the Relic quest; finally got a class (two actually, soon three) that I really enjoy and wouldn't mind doing the grind for.

[Whiteroom]

Probably a combination of there being so much to do, and avoiding getting into end game raiding.

The first is all crafting leveling as well as battle class leveling, exploring, fc runs etc. I really do enjoy leveling and learning all classes as well as the stories behind them.

The second is because I decided to take a more casual approach to this game than I have with all others. I find when I get into endgame like Alex savage, it just becomes a reptitive gear grind, that while it has its own charm, burns me out on games more quickly. I find I'll be goning along fine for a while and then one day I'll just stop logging in and never go back. I don't want to have that happen with ffxiv.

[karateorangutang]

Mostly relationships at this point. I keep in touch with friends that don't live close to me through MMO's.

Additionally, the raids are within reach to somebody that doesn't grind every day, so I rather enjoy this game.

[Aeyis]

Maybe times have changed and gone are the days of people's fascination with persistent worlds and MMOs. Maybe they really haven't and gamers are really just after that instant gratification from gaming and are just made more apparent when it became more "mainstream."

That's a nice rant, but on topic I think it's more due to this game's design. It tries to provide easy to get into (but cant have a great reward due to its ease, or copy-paste nature) content. The naturally downside being that those with spare time wont have much interesting to do.

[adn]

I play this game very casually. I play on one server with my husband and I have an alt on another server where I do very casual progression with some friends of mine. This game is perfect for people like me who just want to hop on a few times per week, have some fun with people I know, and then log off. And I still have time for other hobbies/games as well. I don't treat this game as my be-all-end-all entertainment source.

I can see why this game would feel anemic for hardcore players though, but unfortunately I think MMOs have just grown out of the phase where you're encouraged to spend 12 hours a day playing them. The times are a-changin'.