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[FoxPaw]

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[Seig345]

I guess I wasn't aware so many people were struggling to make social connections in Final Fantasy XIV; but I think that it may be that the game allows for a wider demographic of players that could be causing the issue with finding like-minded players.

In Final Fantasy XI, if you saw someone who had made considerable progress in the game, then you knew right off that it was their kind of game and you immediately had something in common with them in terms of play style.

Here, you have some players who are here long-term/hardcore raiders, but also plenty of players who have far less time/can't commit to a weekly schedule for a video game. Because of this, you can't tell if another player is like-minded until you've actually gotten to know them.

I see plenty of people chatting it up in /say in Limsa Lominsa, FCs inviting all ranges of players, and I've been in my current FC since roughly around ARR's launch (and apparently they were around while I was playing 1.0 as well, I just hadn't met them yet), and I'm not even on a locked population server like Balmung, but obviously my observations are limited to the 1 server, so perhaps my experience is an edge case.

[Magic-Mal]

-Free Company
-Linkshell
-Friend list
-Keyboard
-Hands

Done.

[Kosmos992k]

-Free Company
-Linkshell
-Friend list
-Keyboard
-Hands

Done.

Also;

-Instance
-Keyboard
-Hands
-Hello

Done

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

Honestly, the place where I've made the most friends recently in-game is ... The novice network. >.>

I guess newer players just aren't as jaded and generally have better attitudes towards the game.

There was one day where I actually hit the cap of how many people I can add to my friends list in one day, which honestly before that I didnt even realize there was a cap.

[gastovski]

You are right OP. It's because this game is crossplay with PS4. Console players aren't meant to socialize (pretty casual they are), just do quests, dungeons and enjoy their little limited fun they have been enforced to. Then also there is no massive PVP which is very important thing for a MMORPG. Too casual i say, too much.

[Parisstilton]

You are right OP. It's because this game is crossplay with PS4. Console players aren't meant to socialize (pretty casual they are), just do quests, dungeons and enjoy their little limited fun they have been enforced to. Then also there is no massive PVP which is very important thing for a MMORPG. Too casual i say, too much.

I'm sorry but I don't see how my being on ps4 makes a difference to wether people are social or not.

[gastovski]

I'm sorry but I don't see how my being on ps4 makes a difference to wether people are social or not.

You would understand if you spend your entire childhood to adult since 90s with playing plenty of MMORPGs and MMOs on PC only.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

You would understand if you spend your entire childhood to adult since 90s with playing plenty of MMORPGs and MMOs on PC only.

You can plug in a usb keyboard to a ps4 just as easily as you can to a PC. Wireless keyboards work too.

If you wanted to, you can play on a PS4 exactly the same as you do on a PC. You can set up the UI to use the PC format and also plug in a usb/bluetooth mouse.

It also works the other way around. You can use the PS4 menu and use a controller on a PC.

So really the only difference between ps4 and PC in this game is a matter of slight performance enhancements and personal preference.

[RaijinSupreme]

You can plug in a usb keyboard to a ps4 just as easily as you can to a PC. Wireless keyboards work too.

If you wanted to, you can play on a PS4 exactly the same as you do on a PC. You can set up the UI to use the PC format and also plug in a usb/bluetooth mouse.

It also works the other way around. You can use the PS4 menu and use a controller on a PC.

So really the only difference between ps4 and PC in this game is a matter of slight performance enhancements and personal preference.

This is exactly what I do, and I love being active in my FC and LS's.