Why do you keep playing FFXIV ?

[Gimorian401]

I play because I can set goals for the day, patch even an expansion. I do things at my pace and I like working with people when I play. Solo games tend to bore me pretty quick.

[Colorful]

I'm paid 'till July 2016.
Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Can't you only pay for 180 days at a time?

[Sessurea]

I've gone back to raid logging now. Gaem 2 gud.

[LathusWHM]

Why do I play?

Black Mage.


Yes, Black Mage.


Big crits, fire lightning thunder. hear me roar gods of elements....CRY FORTH WITH YOUR TREMENDOUS FURY AND RA....

<____<; sorry got carried away

[MayaReinhartz]

Ehm...

It sounds like OP is limiting their options of having fun in-game with the scripted end-game content.

I'm not sure if it will work out for you but just hanging around and having fun with friends is usually much more interesting than anything else for me; So to answer your question.

Why do I keep playing? Because it's fun! Try roleplaying, if it ain't your beach gather 7 friends and go chocobo racing, spend sometime on crafting or gathering glasses... You know, there's a lot to do

[Letbluevannback]

I keep playing XIV because I don't have a house yet. T-T....

[Kikoten]

I keep playing FF14 because it's my new medicine. I've been dosing on WoW for 10 years, and most of those years I spent RPing, because gameplay became far less interesting as the years went on, while RPing stayed fresh.

Until... (read on if you want some entertainment!)

RP elitists began to make up 90% of the RP community in that game. I took a lot of shit over the years, dealt with it, turned the other cheek, and moved on. But what finally tore it was my realization, upon dealing with a certain individual whom I shall not/cannot name here, that RP, in WoW, was nothing more than a marriage simulation and an Are You Smarter Than A Lore Geek game, because if you weren't being hit on/hitting on someone, it was a pissing contest to see who knew more lore than the other. Because knowing lore apparently makes one's RP more valid than the other (?).

The individual RPed a pandaren who was perverted and loved to stare at women. He always hung out at the central RP point. Me, RPing a night elven death knight whose personality largely died, leaving her with nothing more than archaic speech patterns and robot-like responses, while at the same time not taking anything seriously (that's important!), decided, You know what? How comical would it be if my character (remember this, character, that's important) suddenly proposed to the pervy panda? It'd be hilarious to see those two as lovers, being complete opposites. I was reminded of that old play, Importance of Being Earnest.

So, making the biggest mistake in my RP life, I had my character propose to the pervy panda the only way she knew how: poetically, and boldly. "Be mine."

This opened up the fattest can of worms on Eorzea--I mean, Azeroth. I didn't realize it at the time, not until about 3 or 4 "lover tiffs" in whispers later -- this went on for about a month and a half -- that the person was looking for legit romance, in a twelvedamned video game. He got clingy. Not the cute kind of clingy, I mean the kind of clingy that only exists on a dangerous level. He wanted to know my RL info, blah blah blah, if it was okay for him to do polygamy, etc...

After I finally closed that can of worms (believe me, it wasn't easy, and I nearly reported him to Blizzard because I thought he was suicidal), I cancelled my 10 year subscription, said "Fuck you" to WoW's entire populace (except friends, luv you, Gary), and came the hell over to this game.

I never went back.

EDIT: In closing, people, mainly roleplayers, please listen. Don't stake anything on in-game romance. They're pixels. You don't know who's on the other side. You only know the bridge they've created with the materials they were given: their character. Don't cross that bridge unless you know, beyond the shadow of doubt, that you can trust that person. I made that mistake, and I've learned from it. To watch that pandaren go through what I did, on a more severe level, was very reflective, and at the same time, disturbing. Wherever he is, whatever he's doing, I hope he's alright.

Thank you for reading~♪

[Averax]

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Did you happen to be on the Moon Guard server?

Because that sounds like a thing that would happen on Moon Guard.

[Kikoten]

Did you happen to be on the Moon Guard server?

Because that sounds like a thing that would happen on Moon Guard.

Actually it was Wyrmrest Accord. A lot of the 18+ stuff happened in party/guild/whispers (thank God), so it wasn't as bad as Moon Guard yet in that regard. As far as the elitism goes, I'd say Wyrmrest Accord and Moon Guard are the same now. It never used to be that way.

[Delily]

If you had to pin me down, and ask what exactly I play for, I would reply with the stories. I enjoy going through the main story quest, the various job quests, and even some of the raiding quests enough to justify playing. It's not the highest quality writing and fantasy, but it's enough. I also enjoy the fact that I can log on for a limited amount of time (less than an hour) and still get a few things done.