Losing motivation to play, don’t know what to do

[E4EO]

Hi everyone, as said by the title, I’m losing my motivation to play FF14, but I don’t know what to do about it. This seems like a silly thread and I’m almost embarrassed to make it but I have absolutely no clue what to do and I’m hoping you guys might me able to help.

I’ve been playing the game since mid May of this year, and I’ve been playing almost every day for at least an hour, when I got off for summer break when I was still in high school, all I did was play FF14, I normally would’ve gotten bored of playing one game after a little while but FF14 managed to get me through the whole summer and up to here without me losing interest thanks to its gameplay and me worrying about me wasting my sub, up to here being the thing to remember here. The only time I remember taking a break was for a week after my sub expired, that’s it.

You might think that I’m just playing to much, and I should take a break, but with college, I really only get 2 or 3 hours of play a day depending on how long I stay up for, so it’s not that entirely it. Maybe it’s that I’ve played too much in the long run without playing other ganes, but when I think about that I can’t thknk of reasons why I should play other games, I still got jobs I wanna level up, DoH, DoL and combat jobs, but after I think about that I think what’s there to do after I level all my wanted jobs to 80? Do savage and EX content? Well, pf’s suck to much for that to happen without me getting frustrated, and all the statics have these wack schedules that mess with my college schedule by interfering with my sleep schedule and studying, so that’s unlikely, but what about crafting and gathering? Well they’re fun, but I can’t do them for too long, doing nothing but Ishgard for a week to level my crafters burned me out hard, so I couldn’t imagine bring a omnicrafter who does nothing but craft all day with my own gathered mats in order to get money for a medium.

But what about housing? Sure I enjoy decorating, but housing is a big money and Gil sink, and I just said what I feel about crafting and gathering for too long, even if it’s for decorating.

There’s other things like maps and RP, but I can’t do maps for too long or I get burn out, and RP isn’t my thing, and even if it was Balmung and Mateus and congested so I ain’t transferring there. I’m thinking of Fantasing to Elezen but I’m worried I’m not gonna like it and be forced to waste money on another fantasia, and I don’t need to tell you why I’m afraid of that happening.


TLR (Sorta)
After writing this, I’m starting to think I might be suffering from FF14 burnout, but at the same time I think about how good this game is and why I should even bother playing other games, and how my sub will go to waste if I do stop than I think about what I’ll do in FF14 if I do continue playing and it all seems boring/meaningless/dull. So what do you think? Am I suffering from burnout? Am I just doing the wrong things in FF14? Something else?

[Avidria]

Could easily be burnout. I love this game and think it's great in a lot of ways, but I've definitely had to step away and take breaks here and there - sometimes for a while. Could be worth giving a shot. Throw some variety in at least.

[MomomiMomi]

I suggest you unsub and play something else. That's what I'm doing right now. I only sub for one month at a time and always take a break of at least a month after it.

There are tons of other great games to play. Right now I have a Playstation Now sub, which I now consider to be a great value after they reduced the price to $60/year. If you have a Playstation 4 and are interested in that, keep an eye out for Black Friday, maybe it'll be available for $40.

The game's not going anywhere. It'll still be here when you're ready to come back.

[Calcilis]

Unsub , that's the best advice we can give you.

I unsubbed for a month to play bloodborne.

[Blindheart]

I've been subbed since launch, once I ran out of story I would only play sporadically. New patch comes out, I do the things for that patch, play once a week to get loot from raids, or play 20-30 min doing beast tribe till max faction, then go back to doing other things. Take a break play a different game for a few weeks/months, come back and catch up on stuff again. It's a long cycle. For a new person it can be a lot but just take it slow. No need to max everything before moving on. Just have things you can poke at if you have short gaming time and want to play, but focus on other games or life things if the idea of playing is not fun. I was having great fun with shadowbringers and was playing daily, lots of leveling up, got crafting and gathering leveled up much earlier that I have in past cycles... and then just one day I was not having fun, now I have spiderman platnum. That's best advice go play another game genre for awhile and/or go have a life experience and then your desire to play will return at some point.

[MitsukiKimura]

Sounds like more of a life burn out with college, crazy schedules, you start getting more tired and less energetic about things you enjoy doing. I've been there also, I believe it's more of a matter of making sure you're getting enough sleep/rest. I always keep my subscription going because I love and support this development team but that choice is up to you. Also don't try to rush things on the game, that'll create a burn out as well. Pace yourself and you'll find yourself enjoying it even if things take longer than you want them to be.

[Alaray]

If you're not having fun/feel burned out take a break. Play a different game for a bit, do something else in the off time/free time you find more fulfilling.

You don't have to feel obligated to continue playing this game if you're feeling burned out or aren't having fun with it; everything'll still be there, with potential additions later on.

[Iscah]

In general, as others have already said: if you feel bored or burnt out, take a break. There's no obligation to play if you don't want to.

On one particular point you mentioned...

I’m thinking of Fantasing to Elezen but I’m worried I’m not gonna like it and be forced to waste money on another fantasia, and I don’t need to tell you why I’m afraid of that happening.

If you want to try out another character, but aren't sure about keeping it, start it as an alt character and see if you like it. An entry-level subscription lets you create up to eight characters total, as long as they're on different homeworlds.

[VenKitsune]

Oh look another one of these posts. Why do people feel the need to ask this on a forum? If you're bored of a moba, or dont want to play it...You wouldn't play it. If you're bored of an fps, or dont want to play it...You wouldn't play it. Why is it MMOs people feel the need to get certification or ask for permission on the forums to take a break from the game?

[Mahoukenshi]

Oh look another one of these posts. Why do people feel the need to ask this on a forum? If you're bored of a moba, or dont want to play it...You wouldn't play it. If you're bored of an fps, or dont want to play it...You wouldn't play it. Why is it MMOs people feel the need to get certification or ask for permission on the forums to take a break from the game?

Instead of submitting a pointless rant post, you could also have opted for a better choice: Like simply not posting at all if you don't care about it outside of qqing/complaining.