Quote Originally Posted by gidsonBrand View Post
Yeah the Baldesion/Delubrum runs are something I really gotta get involved with. And that's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for: just a big social atmosphere within the game.
To me, the big social atmospheres in the game are:
  • Hunt trains and S ranks (think /shout chat) or the close-knit communities that organize them.
  • Alliance raids.
  • Large-scale raids (BA, DRS, CEs, the upcoming Savage Alliance Raid and other large-scale raids).
  • Field Operations (Eureka, Bozja, Shades' Triangle)
  • Content like Ishgard Restoration or what Cosmisc Exploration promises to be.
  • Collecting things when they are new (FOMO) ie. lots of people farm blue mage spells on release day, lots of people farmed S ranks on Dawntrail release so you were doing it "with them" and saw the same people across data centers, etc. Shout chat tends to come naturally with this.
  • Large-scale FATE bosses such as Odin, Foxy Lady, Ixion, Archaeotania, Formidable, Chi, Daivadipa, Ttokrrone, Mica, which again are most popular on release (FOMO) and especially social then with 600+ people there.
I know I've skipped all the RP, glam, venue and Bard stuff here, because that's not my thing these days. But obviously those things are a massive part of the game as well.