Playing the game alone

[Krokov]

This will probably sound odd but I want get other people's take on this. I have friends that to play this though do the real life circumstances and other obligations and responsibilities they aren't able to be on much.

So usually it's me keeping the FC around and running keeping it supplied these with the furnishings and such so for those that may be in a similar situation where it's really just you a lot of time how do you get past that feeling of just loneliness ER sadness if you will and there's no one to hang around with when you're online.

I even asked there was a linkshell to join but of course unfortunately no one responded so it's just tough you know.

[KingMeteo]

Haha, ye I do that, I keep My FC that used to be me and my friends alive. No one is around anymore, and it's hard to recruit now, because there are so few new players around.

I have just been keeping myself busy by setting goals.

First was to get all DoH to 70, Then all DoL to 70 (just finished)
Now working on the Land King gear. Should be done tonight.

Trying to decide if I should do Eureka next , or do My Hand King Gear.

Just kinda keep busy, once the new expac drops there will be lots of new players looking for FC's.


Try to get into Novice chat too, that at least will give you some social contact.

[Mnemyx]

I'm with you too! I was feeling this way since a lot of my friends have moved on with their lives and rarely to never logged in. Or the friends still actively playing are in completely different data centers. And I don't want to transfer since I run our FC and have an FC house.

Then I started raiding with a group, and it's been a bit more lively. We're casuals so we spend about 3 hours together, 2 days a week wiping the floors with our characters on soon to be outdated Savage fights. Then other times I go to Eureka with them or run roulettes every other day or so.

It's made the loneliness go away some, so if that seems interesting to you, why not try finding a group too.

[Krokov]

I have actually been just that in recent days just figured capping my crafters for the new expansion. The hand king gear is nice aye.

[Jaywalker]

Awww I'm sorry that's been bumming you out! I'm kind of a solo player over here too, it doesn't bother me too much but this is also my first MMO. I'm used to solo play.

I definitely talk to people outside the game, but within it I tend to get a lot from even tiny interactions moment to moment. One time I needed to do a few things and saw a miqo'te girl sitting on a bench with the indication she was away from the game at the moment. My guy was in full creepypasta looking spook gear and I kind of went "huh" and sat down next to her while taking care of the offline stuff. At some point I hear a high pitched laugh and peek back up to see the miqo'te player had returned and was getting a kick out of me, so I just had my guy laugh back at her and we went on to have a tiny emote exchange. It was a small moment but made me grin a lot.

I've had really fun dungeon runs, primal fights with both duty and party finder, misadventures in Eureka, and just randomly bumping into folks. I suspect if I was more outgoing I could keep in touch more too. If socializing is a big part of gameplay for you, you can just kind of run into stuff and keep building on it I think!

Good luck!

[NessaWyvern]

I'm the only one left in my FC since after PvP got changed in HW the PvP FC I'm in completely died. I am keeping the FC house up incase they come back, but at this stage they might never come back.
I mostly just chill in the novice network now.

[Legewiel]

If you're alone on your FC leave it and find another...
There is no point on being alone just to keep a virtual house, you could be losing the chance to make great new friends somewhere else just cause of a thing that have no real value and if your old friends ever come back they could join you on your new FC.
Don't lose time waiting for ppl that could never come back, go have fun in the game.

[K1tt]

You could create an alt, add them to your fc and promote them. You could then leave and join a casual fc with your main. All you'd need to do is log into your alt and enter the house every other week to keep it going.

[Losara]

You could join a couple of hunt link shells and get involved in the hunting community. Keeps you constantly busy I swear.

[Aivi_lo]

Yeah I'm alone too. Most people I used to play with have moved on. I'm EU on a NA server and it is quiet when I play. If I stay up late it's busier but I'm still lonely lol. I've been trying new FCs etc but haven't clicked with people yet. I'm working my way up through jobs I haven't used and trying to do the feast of famine fisher quest (lol, not getting far)