What keeps you playing?

[aveyond-dreams]

Currently, PVP. I am busy grinding out the HQ texture job sets along with the seasonal armor for my main and alts. Otherwise there are very little worthwhile grinds to pursue at the moment.

[Fredco191]

I.. don't know. I don't have any friends in-game, I don't play EX trials or savage raids...

So, I guess I'm just invested in the story.

[george357]

i have played in game sence they released arr 2.0 and io always find something to do playing solo or in a raid or duty always fun and something to to do yes their have been problems but they always find a way to fix them so thats what keeps me playing.

[Renalt]

The NN. I like to help others out when needed and when no help is needed then it makes for a good General Chat where people just mess around and talk.

[KikiTia]

I appreciate that the game doesn't demand 100% of your free time. I didn't realize it at first, but it's really nice to be able to step away and play something else, come back for the next major patch and be caught up in a day or two. Which is what I'd recommend if you're feeling burnt out. While there is a lot to do in FFXIV, it's not designed to fuel obsession. Play at your pace, come back when you find something you want to do, and otherwise just do what you enjoy.

[Corbeau]

The only thing that keeps me playing is PvP. Despite all it's flaws, Crystalline Conflict is very good and has genuine class identities.

[Xuke]

It's good to take breaks from the game from time to time. I just recently it feels from a 3 week break after getting my battle classes to 90. I came back to finish up my DoH! First time I've maxed all classes which was a good goal to set. I also since Stormblood have streamed the game on and off of random things I do from weeklies and dailies to farming and raiding whatever. I usually give myself short term goals and long term ones as well. A good short term is doing Wonderous Tails and doing handful of it not undersized. I do that because I like to either relive a dungeon or check out who else is playing. Long term goal is to get the all the extreme mounts every expansion before next. I've been doing that since ARR really but have been streaming it on and off since Stormblood. Took me 396 runs in Stormblood going by totems, 581 runs in Shadowbringer and currently I'm sadly at 298 Totems(99+99+100) combined for Endwalker which is 248 runs. This long term goal is about a 2 year investment but I normally play almost everyday for about 4 to 5 hours at a time since I came back.

TLDR: Short term goals,long term goals, breaks and streaming.

[-Mira-]

Meeting ingame contacts is number 1

Progress on my 3 mains number 2 (or is that one main and my 2 main alts?)

Earning gil to spend on fun things is 3

Treasuremaps and hunttrains 4

Housing and decorating 5

Listening to audiobooks while gathering / crafting 6

[george357]

i pick projects to keep me busy ones i enjoy doing and that keeps me playing sorry no to pvp too many crazy people in that for me.