The duty finder main quests are getting annoying.

[LalaRu]

I have a family and a very busy life and the fact that I cannot progress the main story without having to find time to sit down for an hour with no interruptions ..

I think you are not the only one with busy life, but if your one is so busy to the point you never can get one hour for yourself, it maybe you have other priorities to sort out, very much higher than playing a game.

[Kaethra]

I have a family and a very busy life and the fact that I cannot progress the main story without having to find time to sit down for an hour with no interruptions is getting very annoying.

You should consider doing what my brother does. He sticks to mobile and browser based games. He used to be bigger into PC gaming before having children. But after, he just doesn't have the time. Until the crotch goblins are 18, an MMORPG like FFXIV isn't possible.

MMORPG's aren't simple games. They're social communities and hobbies. I'd recommend Final Fantasy Record Keeper, that's my go to when I can't be at my PC for whatever reason.

[Driavna]

You know what? OP is right, tied main story content to dungeons/trials is not the best idea with current DD que times. Going to be even more fun next expansion with 2 extra popular jobs!

[Felis]

Or pick up a healing class. Still fast queue and less stressfull than tank. It can be a relaxing job.

[Rik_Ardossia]

You should pick up FFXV. It's not a MMO and has a pretty good story. MMO's are time sinks. So uh... good luck

Already destroyed ffxv cant wait for a pc version now.

[Rik_Ardossia]

Anyway I was probably just in a grumpy mood when I posted, although I still think the main story should not be tied to dungeons.

[Rik_Ardossia]

You should consider doing what my brother does. He sticks to mobile and browser based games. He used to be bigger into PC gaming before having children. But after, he just doesn't have the time. Until the crotch goblins are 18, an MMORPG like FFXIV isn't possible.

MMORPG's aren't simple games. They're social communities and hobbies. I'd recommend Final Fantasy Record Keeper, that's my go to when I can't be at my PC for whatever reason.

No need mobile and browser games, I have a high end gaming pc for a reason, mainly a mix of this eso and bf1 at the moment, eso and bf1 I can go afk a moment to do stuff

[Squigley]

So basically, you are playing an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) and want to have the actual MMO part there cut off cos you dont have time for it
and instead wish to continue questing on your own like in a Single Player game?

I really wouldn't call 4, 8 or even 24 players massively multiplayer. Another defining feature for the MMO(RPG) genre is a large persistent world where the player interaction occurs. Dungeons put a small amount of people in an instanced zone which is completely disconnected from other players (excluding chat) and ceases to exist after completion. I started my MMORPG career with Eve Online, after that these dungeon crawlers felt... Well... Not MMO. For comparison, Guild Wars 1 was not an MMO but a coop-RPG according to the devs themselves. FFXIV is getting more and more closer to that with the almost dead open world.

I'm sorry, that was nitpicking but if someone says dungeons make an MMO an MMO, it just triggers me

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@OP

I know how you feel, I've stopped playing several MMO's because of forced instanced dungeons. When I have time to play, I want to get stuff done instead of sitting in queue hoping for a dungeon pop. Finding a nice guild with active and helpful members will make things much easier, that way you can do the dungeons in less than half an hour because you don't have to wait for others. Assuming there's enough people online, of course.

[Kaethra]

I really wouldn't call 4, 8 or even 24 players massively multiplayer.

I would. And its because of how many people are required to make those 4, 8, or 24 man dungeons run within 5-20 minutes of queuing for them.

[Niwashi]

I really wouldn't call 4, 8 or even 24 players massively multiplayer.

I'm with Squigley here. While dungeons are multiplayer, they are most certainly NOT massively multiplayer. That term refers to having hundreds or thousands of other players around you can interact with, not three or seven other players. As with most MMOs (so far as I'm familiar with), the massively multiplayer aspect of the game only exists in the open world. Breaking off into a small team that's cut off from those other players isn't it.