Quote Originally Posted by Crustyman View Post
If anyone has a solution or just some advice, I'd love to hear it. I know I should just listen to what I truly feel about xiv, but I'm just not sure if I should stick around if dawntrail somehow wows me back into xiv.
I don't think anyone can give you THE advice which makes you stay or stray from the game. That is a decision you alone have to make. But I can see how the lack of social interaction can make playing FFXIV a boring experience over time.
I'm playing for 5 years myself and I got lured into the game by my sister. I really have to say, if it wasn't for her being around I wouldn't have stayed and payed for playing. We also got my best friend into playing with us and a lot of content we did only by the 3 of us.

Like someone already mentioned here, maybe you become hyped again when your 2 buddies start gushing over DT and you decide to go back. I don't think anyone here can give you an unbiased answer to the question whether DT makes it worth to stick around or not. That is something only you can decide once you played it.

Me and my FC mates are currently feeling "burnt out" too. We log in occasionally but our main focus shifted to GW2. R n we definitely prefer that one, despite being an "old" game for several reasons. No monthly sub, expansions with mounts that actually are useful and not only for glam purposes or flying, combat that's much more fast-paced than it is in FF XIV and lots of other stuff. You might not be able to switch jobs "on the fly" but you can have several different builds you can swap at any time, like wanting to play a power build of your job or a condi build or maybe a build that's fit for a WvW zerg. Also meta events with world bosses are a whole different level than in FF XIV. Once you participated in the Dragon's Stand or Tower of Nightmares you laugh at some FF XIV content which is considered "hard".
And then there are tons of achievements to unlock with titles to gain or gear or weapons or account boons or simply glam...

Anyways, it doesn't need to be that one; it can also be some other game (MMO) that doesn't instantly ask for a sub or just a good old offline game if you aren't looking for social interaction.
If you don't feel like playing FF XIV, then don't force yourself. No one expects you to do that and in return you don't need to justify your decision whether to play or not.