New to the game and just some observations

[Breakbeat]

I'll never understand why people play a multiplayer game and then get annoyed when they have to do multiplayer things.

Because the game is fun solo despite there being other people in it. Primarily. Also because sometimes humans find alternate uses for things - aside from what the creator intended - and we enjoy those alternate uses. Such as playing an MMO despite preferring solo play.

I completely respect and understand why you, personally, would not complain about having to play with other humans in a multiplayer game. But feigning ignorance as to why other people do it is silly. Surely you understand subjectivity and the infinite spectrum of needs and desires, along with the human tendency to complain about things.

So, the direct answer to your question is because some humans find solo play fun, and there is plenty of solo play in this game. Some humans will then play this game mostly solo while still disliking group play. As humans commonly do, some will complain about entertainment that isn't entirely satisfying... even if they voluntarily chose entertainment that clearly won't be entirely satisfying!

And as for never understanding why:

Why do you complain about them? Same reason. Because humans get hooked on the idea that the "way to do it" in their brain is the "right" or "only" way. When humans see behavior contrary to what they believe to be "right," then they complain. Caveman behavior, yeah... but oh so fashionable.






...Humans sometimes. For pete's sake LOL.

[Ransu]

I completely respect and understand why you, personally, would not complain about having to play with other humans in a multiplayer game. But feigning ignorance as to why other people do it is silly. Surely you understand subjectivity and the infinite spectrum of needs and desires, along with the human tendency to complain about things.

I'm not feigning ignorance. I solo a lot myself, but the idea of playing a multiplayer game and then complaining that you can't 100% solo everything is absolutely ridiculous. It would be like me going to a forum for a single player game and complaining there's no multiplayer.

You can already solo 90% of the game, its not the end of the world running a dungeon every few levels. Thankfully trusts are horribly slow making running with players still the superior option, but I overall was and still am completely against the existence of trusts in this game. They basically ruined FFXI for me and I was not happy when they announced them in XIV.