I guess my reasons from largest to smallest would be...

1.) Friends won't play anything else, and I like my friends. Seriously, I've tried to get them to move over to Blade and Soul and WoW and they're just stuck to this game for whatever reason. I've quit forcing the issue for the most part.

2.) I enjoy XIV enough when it's not the only game I play. This is the big kicker - when I'm not married to the game and feeling like I constantly "have" to be playing it I tend to enjoy the time I DO spend playing it a lot more. I log in, level some jobs, raid some nights and do maps/Rabanastre other nights. Screw expert, I don't care if I cap tomes weekly. Once I started thinking of XIV in bits and pieces I started to figure it's not so bad. (If my friends had a change of heart and wanted to move to BNS or WoW though I'd be gone. Personal preference.)

3.) The story is well-done enough to at least ensure I run a sub long enough to play through it all.

4.) Housing is so scarce that it keeps a stranglehold on my subscription anyway, so I might as well actually get some use out of my $15 or whatever and play.



Those are my biggest reasons, I think.