What do you get out of XIV?

[RokkuEkkusu]

The thrill of combat from the battle system, the satisfaction I get from helping others complete duties, the lessons of not taking rewards for granted, and the first MMO to encourange me to take the initiative to socialize with others a bit to make the game more enjoyable. I am an introvert in real life, so FFXIV helps me cope with it a bit in ways that I can enjoy.

[DarkZeroUnit]

Catgirls n bunny girls. Also a nice glamour system tho it could be better.
also also black mage is pretty dope

[Coletergeist]

I play for fun; it's also an escape from life ya know?
I have friends on here; I moved halfway across the country and I don't have in-person friends anymore (as I moved shortly before COVID so obviously finding in-person friends has been...lacking and hard to do).
I'm an online college student, and I'm home essentially every day all day...so in other words...I live in Eorzea basically. lol. gives me something to do with my much free time that I have. This game allows me to be social in a time when being social is hard to do right now.

[Vickii]

It’s really helping me out with my free time in lockdown.

And before that it was helping me out with free time when life was at a bit of a lull.

When my real life was very busy I barely played if ever. So I’d say it was a time killer that I enjoy.

[Jin-]

Escape from the real world and way to unburden stress off my mind by talking to strangers

[Clover_Blake]

I get happiness and fun, a familiar place that feels like home, and a tool to unleash my creativity.

In short, this game gives me many good things.

[Quintessa]

Just a traveler journeying through time.

[Vyrerus]

It's a wide array of entertainment.

When I just want to chill, dungeons, crafting, gathering, or hunts.

When I want a challenge, extremes or Savage.

When I want to stimulate my creative side/thinking side, roleplay.

Then there's horny town.

[tdb]

Currently not much since all my friends are either too busy or otherwise unable to play. The game feels like a boring grind without them. So I'm planning to take a break after I get my cryptlurker weapon this week (I only need to run E12n once for it, but I've been putting it off since it feels like a thing I have to do rather than one I want to do).

With friends the game is like a virtual place to gather and hang out.

[Joe_Schmoe]

These days, just posting blogs on The Lodestone, as I'm on hiatus from this game (I play Guild Wars 2 and Footsies now). But back when I did play it was definitely the gathering & crafting feature. No other game does gathering/crafting like this. I really love what they did with it. Otherwise, it's just an MMO that does things a little better than other MMOs I've played (Runescape, World of Warcraft, and Guild Wars 2). Definitely my go-to MMO right here.