What keeps you playing FFXIV?

[Joe_Schmoe]

• Level sync: I can actually run stuff without being supplanted by overgeared players (although I'm not sure if end-game stuff is like this or not).

• Crafting: You actually craft in this game. In WoW you just assembly line everything. Plus, the crafting and combat level requirements are almost identical in this game unlike WoW ie. I don't have to have a crafting level of 50 in order to make a level 10 item, so it'll always be useful.

• More Group Content: FATEs (WoW had their own version of this, but not until the Draenor expansion, and even then I don't think a whole lot of people did them), Guildhests, Trial, Leveling, level 50/60, Expert, Extreme (?), and MSQ roulettes give you more options to work with. In WoW it was . . . dungeons and raids . . . Not quite the most variety. :|

[Jim_Berry]

I'm more involved in content since transitioning over to tank.

[vp_cmc]

If you don’t prefer the side quests, crafting, gathering, glamour, mount/minion farming, raiding, housing, mini games, story, primal fights, 24-man raids, sightseeing, beast tribes, dungeons, seasonal events, leveling multiple classes, mentoring, making gil

done = I did it all to the point that it's not fun for me and rewards don't cut it
no = it's not fun for me in the first place and rewards don't cut it

side quests - done
crafting, gathering - done
glamour - no
mount/minion farming - no
raiding - done
housing - have house, and no
mini games - no
story - done
24-man raids - done
sightseeing - no
beast tribes - done
dungeons - done (oh yeah...)
seasonal events - no
leveling multiple classes - no
mentoring - no
making gil - done (you can't finish it, but at some point you just can't go on with it)

[Watachy]

Like mostly people here, it's basically my friends and FC members.

I started raiding as healer (new to healing) and it's pretty fun, i have to learn a second time the fights i mastered as a DPS ^^

[LunaFaye]

There's not many games out there at the moment that would be interesting. Might as well stick around till that changes.

[Caitlyn]

Glamour and watching my Au Ra half-naked in Costa de Sol >: 3

Small checklist:

• main quests - done
• side quests - done
• crafting - done
• gathering - not really interested in, but done
• glamour - alright, still in progress
• mount/minion farming - something I must do
• raiding - nope, Alexander is lame
• housing - FC house, nuff said
• mini games - in progress (chocobo breeding) and no (gold saucer)
• 24-man raids - done
• sightseeing - what? No
• beast tribes - done (thank god)
• dungeons - done
• seasonal events - please, dont remind me T_T
• leveling multiple classes - hell yeah, done
• mentoring - omfg, please get away with that
• making gil - almost done, just a few mil left
• gear for alts - almost done
• deep dungeon - in progress
• anima-weapon - ... ... ... in progress : /

[Ceasaria]

• My Miqote
• Eorzea (it's magic, it's the essence of Final Fantasy)
• The possibility to play different jobs/classes
• Many things from other Final Fantasy in Eorzea
• Many things to do
• Hildibrand Quest
• Raids
• Music

[Zigabar]

Friends, keeping my houses, crafting, making tons of gil is fun, glamour, and one day I'll get back into raiding when my crafting obsession wears off. There's a lot to do, basically, and there's no other MMO out there that satisfies my needs (Trust me, I try out new MMOs when I run low on XIV juice every once in a while, but it just helps me appreciate what I have here).

[Atoli]

Just the complete package, I guess? ^^°

I played several MMOs before I came to FFXIV, I still try new ones for a bit on the side.
They all might have that ONE thing that is better than it is in FFXIV, but at the same time, 500 things that are worse.
There just isn't one single feature I care about enough to drop everything else for it, you know?

Things I especially love that I can't get anywhere else:
This particular job-system and that I can do everything on one single character.
That there is so much unique content to do that I never even manage to finish before the next batch arrives.
Just how incredibly beautiful the game is, especially characters, but also the world, gear design, etc.
Very very huge for me - the story focus (and interesting story too)! The lack of this is 99% of the time the reason why I drop other MMOs.

Also, I'm very comfortable here. Leaving means starting from scratch somewhere else.
I like that I know what each item does, what skills each class have, that I am max level on most classes, etc.
To get me to give that up, another MMO would need to be absolutely amazing in every aspect, and such a MMO simply doesn't exist.

yay! = I did it or still do it, and love doing it
done = I did it all to the point that it's not fun for me and rewards don't cut it
no = it's not fun for me in the first place and rewards don't cut it

Needed to add a category to fill this fun little list out too >:3

Main Story - yaaay!
Side Quests - done/no
Crafting/Gathering - between yay and done
Glamour - YAY
Mount-/Minionfarming - yay-ish?
Raiding - yay/no (really depends on the raid content)
Housing - YAY
Minigames - done
24-man Raids - yay
Sightseeing - yaaay^^
Beasttribes - no
Dungeons - yay/done (once again, really depends on the dungeon)
Seasonal events - yay
Leveling multiple classes - done
Mentoring - yay-ish
Making Gil - just, no D:
Relic Weapons - "done" fits the most, except for, that I actually am not done yet...and am long past the point where I hate it..but I still want to finish..x.x

[Mimilu]

Reason(s) I stay: My friends and FC.

Main Story - Done
Side Quests - Done
Crafting/Gathering - I have WVR and MIN at 60 but the rest are all below 50. Leveling them is boring
Glamour - Always need more Glamour, ALWAYS
Mount-/Minion-farming - Meh, don't really care :/
Raiding - No thank you. I tried to do a Static with my FC right before AS 5-8 came out, made me not want to be around them and a dreaded every Raid Day.
Housing - My FC has a mansion, so I don't need a house
Minigames - The GS minigames are lame, Triple Triad is a grind, LoV is non-existent
24-man Raids - Have it on Farm
Sightseeing - To much work for little reward
Beasttribes - Still need to finish the Amalj'aa, Sajagin, and Ixal but it's so boring and I don't care about their stories... :-B
Dungeons - Have it on Farm
Seasonal events - Done
Leveling multiple classes - Still have to level but it's so boring and I have all the Jobs I like playing as at 60.
Mentoring - Mentoring is a mess in this game. People are becoming mentors because they want a crown next to their name and they want the achievement rewards, not because they actually want to help people.
Making Gil - Yeah, no. :/
Relic Weapons - Slowly working on it but we all know the Relic Weapon is going to be replaced come a patch or two, which makes it feel like I'm grinding for nothing.