Quote Originally Posted by Alahra View Post
Looks like I got another post. I wish they'd at least give us a countdown somewhere so we'd know when the damn thing refreshed.
Yeah, i review my history sometimes to see and countdown lol. The forum limit is very frustrating.

I guess, I took from the tone of the OP that they were looking at it in a broader sense—is the game something that people can play without raiding? The answer to that is yes. Whether or not an individual will like the game without raiding is a different question entirely, as individuals are complex creatures.
I guess I see that as a non-question, as the OP is currently playing the game and not raiding. So, of course people can do it and the OP knows it. So I figured that there must be a deeper meaning, and that is why I took the route I did.

None of the wealth of the game's non-raiding content matters if someone doesn't find that content fun—but once you start getting into the subjective stuff, you're not really talking about a general sense of whether the game provides enough outside of raiding anymore.
Indeed, I think FFXIV delivers a lot outside of raiding, and in my opinion it's mostly terrible. So in that sense, I don't think it's viable outside of raiding. However, some people enjoy it, and it's there, so in that sense it is viable.

But in general, the game's certainly viable for non-raiders that find its gameplay fun, like the aesthetics, love Final Fantasy, or whatever.
No argument, but I don't see how this could even be a question, nevermind warrant a discussion topic.

I've got a friend from FFXI and WoW who's not a raider anymore due to having more to do outside of gaming than he used to (married, kids, work, etc). He loves Guild Wars 2 because he feels like it doesn't ask as much of him in terms of investment (his main hangup for FFXIV is the MSQ requirements, for what it's worth, and he's looking at going back to WoW for Legion).
Pretty much what I am getting at

I don't recommend the game to him because of his individual circumstances, but I'd recommend trying it to most MMO players if I didn't know much of their general preferences who don't raid if they'd enjoyed similar games in the past (namely, WoW, which is the game's closest analogue), especially if they were fans of Final Fantasy generally (which you aren't, of course).
Ah, you must remember from another post! Yes, I am not a long time FF fan, but I still enjoy this game and its story. They are amazing. I think that how viable this game is depends very much on your general preferences, and if you weren't in to raiding, I would undoubtedly recommend a different MMO.