What keeps you playing?

[Iscah]

Story and glamour.

I have several alts so I've usually got something I'm working towards with one or another of them. I've never gotten to the point that all are fully sorted out and I don't have anywhere to get them to.

If I don't feel like playing FFXIV I'll play something else and come back to it another day.

If anything, I've got to work on that feeling of not needing to play every day, and get some other things done.

[StriderShinryu]

Just sort of enjoying the various elements of the game and doing weekly stuff. I'm currently taking the slow road to levelling all of my jobs to 90 while gearing out my main jobs. I've also recently dipped back into checking out the relic weapons from pre-ShB. I've wanted to get more into PvP and am very interested in doing so but just haven't really found myself in the mood so once I feel like it, I know I'll be getting into that. I don't really care for the Series 1 reward armour set so I'm not feeling like I'm in any rush on that.

Basically, I just don't expect the game to occupy all of my time and just log in to do what I feel like doing and then log out to do or play other things, and I currently definitely have things I feel like logging in for.

[Warpstone]

I like to do every quest I can find, and run roulettes. Not interested in high end content, don't even like running the new expansions dungeons, so I mainly level alt jobs and crafting.

[Kes13a]

certainly not the forums lol.

I just enjoy playing. I find it relaxing and enjoyable.

I dont find it the steaming cauldron of garbage that many that post here seem to. maybe I have different standards or just have a different playstyle, but I have fun, despite the flaws

[Magikazam]

The fact that the MMO industry is kinda dead/dry rn. Your option for good MMO are WoW and FFXIV and both are on downward spiral rn.

[AnotherPerson]

PvP & story. It's fun to have job diversity.
I've been avoiding PvE though. Healer job design have nothing to keep me interested with the insane amount of healing tanks get and the amount of times I just become DPS instead of a healer.

Running out of things to get for PvP though since rewards with crystals are just one-time unlocks. Ranked PvP also doesn't really offer any rewards other than a frame, which means there's no point in playing ranked next season until they introduce different rewards for reaching a tier outside of just what we have currently. Rewards for only top 100 players is mainly an unachievable goal for many, and if that's the only incentive, ranked PvP will die again.

Frontlines will still be played though. Though now that everyone's nearly done with Garo event, we're starting to really get into the stage of not having a reason to play for rewards.

[Hysorn]

Hi folks. Been off the game for a while after a massive bit of burn out. I'm finding it hard to go back. I'm just curious... What keeps you playing the game? Maybe I can find a new reason to enjoy. Thanks!

addiction + using games as escapism so I don't have to think about my life often. MMO's are great at having you doing repetitive tasks that keeps our monkey brains engaged even if we are not particularly having fun.

[Anienai]

I'm a loser with no friends and socially awkward.

[Novae]

My friend and I are reprogging savage as tanks. Currently on P3S. It keeps us busy.

[Eraden]

#1...My FC. They are a great bunch of folks and really fun to group with.
#2...Glams. I keep hoping that one day SE will stop being so stingy with their glam system and actually put in something as robust as what exists in GW2.
#3...Housing. I haven't given up hope of one day having my own house in the game. Although, that prospect keeps looking dimmer and dimmer with each passing day as SE does little to address the issue of housing availability.