Taking breaks doesnt work for me.

[Minarisweet]

I have come back after 6 months and I still dont feel like playing anything, especially after doing some roulettes and falling asleep again. Playing other games like destiny 2, souls games and some offline games had made me realize how little this game does with the fun and reward factor in any content...

Roulettes are boring but kind of rewarding thanks to gil and tomes.

Extreme trials are kind of fun but very pointless unless you collect mounts.

Savage and ultimate are very stressing during gameplay with rewards that you might not use for other content (since a lot of content is ilevel locked).

Relic weapon farming CAN be fun and rewarding (eureka and bozja have islands to explore, both have ways to earn gil and bozja has very fun fights that you dont need to study for to do good just quick reactions and maybe a broken set of spells)... But I already did most content from both of these and this expansion's relics are tomes... which are VERY boring and only reward you're getting are the weapons.

Deep dungeons are honestly just not for me since it seems like either a lot of repetition or a lot of going slowly cuz im solo and trying to evade traps and you have to be incredibly lucky to make gil out of them.

Maps are VERY VERY rewarding but mostly boring especially since the same formula has been reused forever.

Island sanctuary even after giving it a fair shot it just felt like a really bad farm sim that just so happens you can have a cute character in.

Crafting is the probably the most rewarding thing in this game economically and socially since people are gonna want you to craft stuff... but its not fun at all.

All these issues that are very personally me were not resolved with just taking a break... all a break did was me forgetting my rotations. Im just not sure how to like this game again like I used to.

Dont take it personally if I call an activity you like boring I just need more stimulus in my brain than the usual person but also not too much like savage... I just want to like this game again and I hope someone that has gone through the same can tell me if something has worked for them.

[Miracle_Diva]

Try finding people to play anything with. Sometimes it's about the company and not the activity.
Or maybe take a break from games completely and do something new irl.

[Stormpeaks]

Try finding people to play anything with. Sometimes it's about the company and not the activity.
Or maybe take a break from games completely and do something new irl.

To be fair, meeting people in this game, and actually making friends, really seem to be an impossible task most of the time, if not at all the time, I noticed that even more after my relationship ended and I tried to spend time in the game, FFXIV is very clique-y, just like most MMO's really, and its very hard to have a place in an already made group of friends, same as IRL, I have thought about quitting a lot because I just log in and see most people already busy, or doing content and you eventually shrug and log off because there is literally no one to hang out with

[Miracle_Diva]

To be fair, meeting people in this game, and actually making friends, really seem to be an impossible task most of the time, if not at all the time, I noticed that even more after my relationship ended and I tried to spend time in the game, FFXIV is very clique-y, just like most MMO's really, and its very hard to have a place in an already made group of friends, same as IRL, I have thought about quitting a lot because I just log in and see most people already busy, or doing content and you eventually shrug and log off because there is literally no one to hang out with

When it comes to FFXIV, I have the same experience as you do. But I do play other games and have multiple groups of friends that I've met over time throughout years. So it's a little bit easier for me on this part.

[Velvet_Lunarfang]

To be fair, meeting people in this game, and actually making friends, really seem to be an impossible task most of the time, if not at all the time, I noticed that even more after my relationship ended and I tried to spend time in the game, FFXIV is very clique-y, just like most MMO's really, and its very hard to have a place in an already made group of friends, same as IRL, I have thought about quitting a lot because I just log in and see most people already busy, or doing content and you eventually shrug and log off because there is literally no one to hang out with

You took the words right out my mouth. It's why I end up playing solo. Most people you meet seem to have fake personalities

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

To be fair, meeting people in this game, and actually making friends, really seem to be an impossible task most of the time, if not at all the time, I noticed that even more after my relationship ended and I tried to spend time in the game, FFXIV is very clique-y, just like most MMO's really, and its very hard to have a place in an already made group of friends, same as IRL, I have thought about quitting a lot because I just log in and see most people already busy, or doing content and you eventually shrug and log off because there is literally no one to hang out with

It is what you make of it. I found my oldest friends from my coil raid groups. I've known them for 9ish years know. We still play the game and hang out outside, and I've met them irl a couple times.

[Minarisweet]

Try finding people to play anything with. Sometimes it's about the company and not the activity.
Or maybe take a break from games completely and do something new irl.

I think the issue with this is that then I'd depend on said people to have fun and I have lived through this before, its not healthy for either parties.

I feel like its more healthy to play the game together because you both find it fun, like I do with my gf in destiny 2. I dont need her to log in but feel way better when we play together.

[Wissp]

I think the issue with this is that then I'd depend on said people to have fun and I have lived through this before, its not healthy for either parties.

I feel like its more healthy to play the game together because you both find it fun, like I do with my gf in destiny 2. I don't need her to log in but feel way better when we play together.

You know, you are not wrong about this, especially if there is not a mix of friends to play with, relying only on one specific one. Relying on them too much can get to be too much for the person and make you a pest.

I kind of have this with my game wife Aria, one game BFF above all others. But because of my Raiding and EX parties to keep me busy, I am fine if she is not around to hang out with. Even if she is I might be busy in a hard instance to have time to be with her, and she's fine with that too as she does her own thing.

[Oizen]

Its okay to not like this game.

And yeah everything about Endwalker has been pretty low effort, and the game has been pretty stale and formulaic for a while.

[Reinha]

What kind of rewards are you after? If it's gil, you can make gil by running the criterion dungeon and unreal trial. Crystalline Conflict gives you another set of skills and a different fight each time.