How do you make friends?

[Dzian]

Usually? I don't.

The meaning of 'friends' on the internet seems to have become 'add a stranger's made-up name to a list and then never interact with them again'.

Trying to form a meaningful relationship in a sea of strangers with no way to verify that anything they say is true is usually a fool's errand and can backfire spectacularly.


Not to mention, text is an awful way to communicate and can be easily taken the wrong way. Tone of voice and expression give a ton of clues and with text that's just gone, but hey, at least Discord voice chat helps with that.

That's not to say it's impossible, just very unlikely.
Also, I'm lazy. lol

TL;DR: Sometimes I'm very thankful I'm an introvert! xD

That's social media. As well. When people have 1,000 friends in face book or whatever but never talk to or interact with any of them and suffer from depression because they are super popular have all these friends but are always alone..

Also modern society is very self centric so people only want to k ow people when it benefits them.. work friends tend to demonstrate this. Can be super good friends with a Co worker but they or you leave and bam never see or talk to each other again..

And in xiv its part of the reason many people struggle with statics and raid groups because as soon as people get what they want they bail on the group....

And lastly there's the antisocial design of the game even with combat... if you talking your not dpsing or your falling behind slowibg everyobe else down .. big no no..

My circle of friends is a lot more old school though many of them have been friends since out old ffxi linkshell and we ay a ton of games together. Been to weddings big parties holidays.. etc.

But everyone new we meet is so self centred and superficial.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Who says a Fiend is not just a friend you have just yet to make? They could even steal your heart! Which is why you should keep a stockpile to distract them with just to be sure.

The real fiends are the friends we made along the way.

[Renalt]

I'm not afraid to start a conversation or jump into one if it looks like it's one that isn't private.

I've made more friends in shout chat in Balmung in 2 weeks than the several years I was in Faerie just because it is THE social capital of FFXIV.

Seriously. Visit Balmung. Hang around in Uldah for a couple hours and just don't be afraid to jump into a conversation. People have it in their head that everyone is just E/RPing but in actuality we are just talking about nothing and everything.

[Packetdancer]

First you get the appropriate master crafter and gatherer books; not only are the latest friends always a master craft recipe, they generally rely on the latest materials gathered from the timed nodes. However, as a shortcut, the aethersand you need to use can generally be obtained by using aetherial reduction on your friends from previous tiers who are no longer optimal.

Remember that if you want to guarantee the friend you make is HQ, you may need to overmeld your crafter gear.

(...more seriously, I find that humor often works! )

[Vahlnir]

I'm very selective about the company I keep, both online and in real life. So yeah, I don't have many friends, but the ones I do have are wonderful. How do I make friends? Usually, I just...don't. lol Friendships are usually just happy accidents for me.

[AnnRam]

My Friend List have been empty since 2020. I had enough dealing with horrible people in general.

[Hayden]

F...riends?

[JamieRose]

[insert troll face]

Sorry, too busy removing the knives from my back from the last set of "friends" I made.

[Renalt]

Sorry, too busy removing the knives from my back from the last set of "friends" I made.

Broken hearts have fresh places to bond with new faces.

[NekoMataMata]

Easy, depending on your definition of friend.

I mean when you put it like that...

Yeah, easy if it's just a person on your friend's list. It's actually kind of difficult if you're trying to build genuine connections.