Why are you still playing?

[Pyretta_Blaze]

I play because I have fun and there are things in the game I want to do that are not done yet. True, sometimes I log in and ask my LS if anything is going on and then log back out if there isn't.

The game still has problems, some that drive me crazy. I occasionally will /nerdrage about something or another. Some of the decisions made by the game designers make me scratch my head but nothing so bad that has broken the game for me.

[Zephyrin]

I still playing because is free ... till January.

[Lakefingers]

Everyone one who complains about anything SE do is automatically labelled to hate the game and see no potential in it by a minority on these forums, upon which time they jump on them about any aspect of the game and automatically argue the opposite because every single thing SE does is fine and a step in the right direction.

[Victor]

People who point out trolls are just as much of a troll themself. (Yes, this post is rather trollish too)

[Crunkjuice]

i enjoy the sheep feeding me i never go hungry playing this game.

[SupaCancerion]

I was playing this game for so long because I'm a huge Final Fantasy fan and I loved the idea of this game, and still love the idea for it, and think it has a lot of potential. However, I've quit playing on a regular basis for many reasons. I logged in for the first time in about a month and a half the other day to check out the 1.20 changes, and I do have to say that I like them, and the mechanics of the game are actually starting to make sense now, and things seem to have a purpose and reason to them. But to be honest the game is still a work in progress. Much of the game is still a grind, and unlike many people here I simply do not enjoy grinding at all. I play games for immersion and fun, not numbers, terms, and repetition, and while I appreciate the idea of working hard for awesome rewards, there's a fine line between that and masochism. Also I've really become quite disgusted at this game's community, at least here on the forums. The way people treat each other and talk to each other on this forum is horrible. You can hardly state your opinion without being personally attacked by someone or being called a troll. It's rediculous. I am a moral person that believes in respect and treating one another as you would want to be treated and thus I do not wish to take part in this community anymore because those things simply do not exist here. Also people simply take this game WAY too seriously, which gets in the way of me having fun with it. If I say anything critical in game or even joke around about game mechanics people get super defensive, it's rediculous. And I really don't think that people should get that mad when someone messes up an AoE or draws aggro on accident or doesn't know all the correct terms or basically isn't turtle enough for the turtle club. It's just a friggin game after all, a flawed one at that, can't we all just have fun? Hopefully the community will get better when 2.0 releases and the game gets more subs and more casuals.

And let's face it, there are better, more quality games out there right now. I'm as much of a fan of Final Fantasy as most people here; been a fan for 13 years in fact. But I'm a man of varied tastes and don't restrict myself to one genre or series. I'm playing Skyrim right now (and I honestly wonder why a lot of people here aren't), LOVING it, and will probably be playing it for a while. And there are other games coming out in the first quarter of 2012, such as Mass Effect 3 and (dare I say it, I hope people lose their shit over this one) Diablo 3 which are going to be amazing.

With all that said I am excited for 2.0 and what it will have to offer. I might keep my subscription so I can keep checking back after updates just to see how things are going every now and then, but I think, for the most part, I am done playing this game on a regular basis unless it gets seriously awesome after 1.21.

[SniperRifle]

Live to win, til you die.

[grandm]

its not just FF forums tho, its WOW and even SWTOR that has only been out a few days, have ppl that post on the forums how rubbish a game is, or how the have been robbed an want a refund. i can only guess a fanboy of one game buys another purely to troll the forums and put down a game that is not the one they play. (i'm guessing fanboys, the conspiracy-ist in me wonders if its the company's them selfs putting down the opposition)

[Coglin]

I play because I enjoy the game over, I have some good in game friends, not to mention as it grows and improves, I will be a part of it.

[Kailea_Nagisa]

there is a huge difference in having a negative opinion about something in game, and being a troll.

I too played FFXI, for 7 years infact, was in FFXIV Alpha/Beta, and release, played for 30 days and stopped, because I felt it was not ready for me yet. I waited all the way till 1.8 and I started to see some promise, so I started playing off and on again. Now that 1.20 is out and 1.21 is well on its way, the game is starting to get to that "I want to play" point.