What keeps you playing FFXIV?

[Yoshiyuki]

This is the only game I can play while listening to music in the background. I do that whenever I'm working through ideas for novel writing. The environments in this game are also immersive; great for inspiration. Roulettes are the same every time. I can think about my work instead and still perform well. It also keeps me from getting bored of the routine. FFXIV is my ideas machine, basically.

[Thayos]

I've got to be honest, though... my interest in XIV was tanking during the winter, after the launch of Diadem flopped so hard. I'd been so excited about FINALLY having a form of endgame that was relevant to my play schedule, but... NOPE.

But my interest was rekindled when I managed to form a content static within my FC. We only have time to meet for one hour per week -- not a whole lot of time -- but just being able to tackle old raid content (and know we wouldn't have to relearn each fight script each week) was a HUGE plus. Now, logging in each day for my roulettes has much more meaning.

I'm sure others would experience similar resurgences if this game had an endgame scene more relevant than raiding.

[Remus]

Mainly raiding and friends. Those are the only reasons i'm still playing this game.

[TSLsmokey]

Working with others. I love working with my new free company and friends after transferring and I usually have a lot of fun.

Also some amusement at that one person who gets mad if I use the mage lb when the melee has no intentions of using it at 10% on the boss. It always amuses me.

[Fevelle]

The fact it's a Final Fantasy. I mean, at least in story and name.

[loreleidiangelo]

Don't want to lose my small house and my mansion. That's about it ATM. I keep my sub rolling for aforementioned housing reasons, so hopefully that isn't all the devs are looking at when they consider population flux.

That said, I recognize that this is the kind of game that encourages you to take breaks, so even though I'm bored with the "cap tomestones and do weekly quests on my DPS class that sometimes puts a HoT up on the MT" content cycle I still browse news and upcoming patch teasers just to see if there's anything that can hook me back in. I think the major changes I'm looking for won't come until 4.0 (if they come at all), so with Legion dropping on the 30th this might be quite the extended hiatus for me.

Two of my friends love the game so much they're doing everything all over again on their third alts, though. So XIV really takes all kinds, I think. It's not a bad thing.

[MoonPhaseAlpha]

Something to do... especially in the summer when most of the shows I watch are on hiatus. And I enjoy collecting the minions.

[Garotte14]

There are a lot of good points. I definitely will also go through surges, where I'll start to log in and do a few things and then log off. Then something will spark my interest. And I'll get back into a rhythm of looking forward to getting off work to log in.

Currently I'm casually doing the relic. Been really focused the past few weeks on leveling Monk and gearing it. I main caster, but gonna work in some triple melee in our static.

Just finished the first Yo-Kai mount, and I think I'll casually grab the weapons but I'm not grinding it.

Still need to do the seasonal event as well. And probably start PotD again to be at 30/30 for when the next floors drop.

[FunkYeahDragons]

Currently it's my friends and interest in raiding in 3.4. I like the aesthetics, the communities I'm in, and the jobs I play catch my interest.

Yet I'm barely clinging to my sub, as many friends have unsubbed the past few months and I've had a lot of disappointments. A few of them left for WoW and I seriously considered going as well (went on the free trial, asked about similar classes, etc.). I stuck to FFXIV because it's familiar and I know more people here who I'd otherwise just play HotS or Starbound with.

PVP is worse than ever and I'm sick to death of FATEs. I loved the first Moonfire Faire because the FATEs were packed so you could people-watch, even while crafting, and the crafting was just crafting.

[Knahli]

I made a long post detailing my personal reasons in another topic not so long ago, but I was so embarrassed about one or two details that were are a little too honest of me come the next morning that I hadn't visited the forums for a while..... until now.... so with that said, I won't list a bunch of things again but I will say that having a lot of alts and an appreciation for the flavoury side of the game is a real bonus.