I've finished the game?

[SamSmoot]

I've finally collected enough tomestones and nuts to get all my gear up to ilevel 600 (except weapon).
Now I feel like there's nothing left to do. I have enough gil, so gathering and crafting have no purpose. I was collecting MGP for the pod mount, only to discover that I also need to do savage content to get it, but there's no way I'm going to manage any savage runs, so is there any other reason to log in?

[Veranolth]

It's not savage content you need to do to unlock the pod 602, it's unlocking the NieR alliance raids in ShB.

Besides I don't believe you've truly finished the game, but I suppose endgame will differ from one person to another.

[Canadane]

If you haven't done Savage than you haven't done Ultimate.
And if money is the only reason you ever looked at crafting and gathering then you're probably missing a lot from those as well.
There's story to every class.

I don't think you've anywhere nearly completed the game.

[SilverObi]

"MMOs don't work like that" is the short answer.

If however (current) max level and (current) max iLvl are the only concrete goals you've set for yourself then sure you're personally done but you haven't "finished" the game by any actual metric.

[ryouma17]

I don't believe you've truly finished the game

MMOs don't work like that

thats correct, you cannot "beat" an MMO

[MintnHoney]

thats correct, you cannot "beat" an MMO

I get what you all mean, and I agree with you for the most part, but on the other hand, how true does that hold when the game is being made into a single-player friendly experience? At some point, there has to be a goal for the single-player experience to reach, right? Typically, that'd be the end of the story, right? Maybe with some post-game stuff, but I guess the gearing up would qualify as that for SamSmoot. Of course, further patches will bring story, so, while the MMO is being updated, there's at least that much, but when it finally stops getting more story, I wonder what the end will be for the single players.

I think it's interesting that this issue is normally viewed as "a feature" in any other instance, other than when someone finally asks "what else is there to do, if I'm not interested in these other things?"

[LeonKeyh]

I get what you all mean, and I agree with you for the most part, but on the other hand, how true does that hold when the game is being made into a single-player friendly experience? At some point, there has to be a goal for the single-player experience to reach, right? Typically, that'd be the end of the story, right? Maybe with some post-game stuff, but I guess the gearing up would qualify as that for SamSmoot. Of course, further patches will bring story, so, while the MMO is being updated, there's at least that much, but when it finally stops getting more story, I wonder what the end will be for the single players.

I think it's interesting that this issue is normally viewed as "a feature" in any other instance, other than when someone finally asks "what else is there to do, if I'm not interested in these other things?"

There's still plenty to do for people that have no interest in interacting with others (outside of required MSQ trials/dungeons)

1. Level all of the other jobs
2. Crafting/Gathering
3. 5 Relic weapon grinds
4. Beast Tribes
5. All quests
6. Sightseeing/Gathering/Fishing Logs
7. Golden Saucer content
8. Building up Glams for your job(s)
9. Shared FATE tracks
10. Squadrons

etc.

"I've completed everything that I want to do. What else is there to do?" is not the same as "I've completed the game." or even "I've completed all of the single player content available."


If you consider being the story to be the "end" for you then you just don't want to do anything more. If you go to a restaurant and don't want anything on their menu, it's not that they "Don't have anything to eat."

[Alleo]

I get what you all mean, and I agree with you for the most part, but on the other hand, how true does that hold when the game is being made into a single-player friendly experience? At some point, there has to be a goal for the single-player experience to reach, right? Typically, that'd be the end of the story, right? Maybe with some post-game stuff, but I guess the gearing up would qualify as that for SamSmoot. Of course, further patches will bring story, so, while the MMO is being updated, there's at least that much, but when it finally stops getting more story, I wonder what the end will be for the single players.

I think it's interesting that this issue is normally viewed as "a feature" in any other instance, other than when someone finally asks "what else is there to do, if I'm not interested in these other things?"

If nothing other than the main story is interesting for someone they can simply unsub until there is more. They would still have a good number of hours for their money and can easily return and catch up when a new patch comes out.

[Renalt]

I've finally collected enough tomestones and nuts to get all my gear up to ilevel 600 (except weapon).
Now I feel like there's nothing left to do. I have enough gil, so gathering and crafting have no purpose. I was collecting MGP for the pod mount, only to discover that I also need to do savage content to get it, but there's no way I'm going to manage any savage runs, so is there any other reason to log in?

Full fishing log.

HAVE FUN!

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

Full fishing log.

HAVE FUN!

For reals man, capping fishing log is definitely one.

Spoiler tagged for long list of stuff to do in FFXIV:

There is also multiple relic weapons for DOW and now DOL/DOH

Ocean Fishing mounts, minions and titles

Beast tribes and their mounts plus achievements

Clearing Side Quests in all areas especially where the upcoming Beast Tribe quests will soon launch

Unlocking and clearing all content so that you can access the content coming next patch launch. [see above]

Deep dungeons and their achievements/mounts & titles

Delivery Quests mount and achievements

Clearing all dungeons, Guildhests and Leve Quests/achievements

Deep dungeon soloing post Job changes

Achievements and titles for each class/job both DOW, DOM And DOL

Minion Collecting achievements and titles

Challenge log

Chocobo raising/dying

Gardening/housing

Market Board/Gil Making

Aenemos, Eureka, Bozja

Wonderous Tails

Faux Hallows & Unreal Raids

Treasure Maps

Shared Fates and their mounts/achievements

Hunts, Hunt Log for each class and GC and long term achievement mounts and titles

Side quests chains like Manderville, [which is renewing with new stories soon] Scholasticate quests and Moogle Delivery Quests

Trusts, GC Squadrons and the new Adventurer npc party system

EX Trial mounts and achievements

Achievement mounts for Tank and Healer

Blue Mage [limited job] and its mounts and achievements

Mentor mounts

PVP mounts and achievements [New pvp battle pass system] Garo Collaboration mounts and glams re launched.

Firmament/Diadem mounts and achievements

Min I-level challenges of older content. [See Discord and partyfinder]

Sightseeing Log

Jump Puzzle achievements

EW New Job quests released this recent patch

Shb Ammaro mount from leveling all jobs

Airships/Voyages [Housing only]

Savage Content

Alliance Raids [Pod mount is not from savage but from completing the Nier collaboration alliance raids & side quests. There is also a new alliance raid Agalia.

Glam collecting

Gold Saucer also has chocobo racing, Mahjong, Triple Triad mount achievement and minion battles with rare minion reward achievements

Dungeon only Mounts

Ultimate Raids

....the list goes on.

Being "done" with the game is based on one's personal desire and perception of fun so if you truly know of every activity in the game and do not want to pursue any of the remaining content, take a break and do something else that is fun.