Your daily XIV routine (post 1.21)

[Denmo]

I know it may seem early, but I'd just like to compare and share. How do you typically spend your FFXIV time? How long is a typical day? Would you consider yourself a casual player, or a hardcore?

I figure if everyone shares and compares too, the community and the devs can get an interesting look at how their players play the game. If nothing else, it'd be an interesting read for those who spend lots of time and effort trying to fix this game.



Me, I'm definately casual.

I log in, check to see if my nonexistant friends are online playing. If any are, I see if a party can get started or see if I can get any help on quests if I need it.

If not, I craft until my Inn exp bonus is used up. I've fallen out of love with playing solo in this game. It's just not rewarding for the time it takes to do things, especially with GLA as my main. I'll get around to leveling my other War/Magic jobs eventually...

I'm waiting on my friend to catch up so we can duo as GLA/PLD and CNJ/WHM. She's not always available to play. When she is we usually just blow through some levequests. If she falls behind I PL her a little bit or do something else.

I have other long-time FFXI friends just now entering XIV. I'm being patient waiting for them to catch up so we can all group up. It's been a pretty exciting couple of weeks so far. I have to warn them all about the terrible UI, but otherwise they seem pretty happy with the game's progress.

I don't generally go looking for parties unless the stars align. I mostly just get on, play with friends, and do some quests, then log off back in the Inn. I have maybe 4-5 hours to play per day, but I usually end up spending 3 or so unless I have extra time.

I find that despite everything the game offers for me to do, I can't force myself to sit through it for longer than 5 hours unless I'm playing with friends. It's funny to me. I've been playing on and off since Beta and I've never once had an issue with Fatigue exp while that was in place, because real fatigue would set in before I could keep going.

I play other games in my spare time when there's nothing to do in XIV. Or you know, that real life stuff.

Go me~