Dear Community what even holds you in this game

[Vintersol]

I have so much to do, that i don't run out of content the next years. I started at the end of Endwalker and haven't been processed through the MSQ before DT came out. I'm constantly finding something new (for me). After nearly one year i found the Wondrous Tails thing or the weekly book to complete things. I don't read much guides or look for something in particular.

[IshAle]

Heya - your thoughts are a common one for not just FFXIV but for many MMOs. I’ve seen similar frustrations like yours also in the WoW forums, which as a core game has added a decent amount of solo weekly progression.

What holds me/what do I find fun in FFXIV?

I like documenting my characters journey as she travels through the many lands of Eorzea and creating little ‘sub-stories’ like adding my own experiences to the white mage quest chain.

Furthermore I like the class theming a lot so I’ll make a very cool looking summoner and take more screenshots. During ‘slower’ periods I’ll stream to my friends and maybe add a documentary as a second overlay, makes for a good conversation between the tedium that MMOs tend to become. So there’s the social aspect with the unifying factor being the same game.

[Doomed_Raven]

I have mixed feelings on this one, as the job quest lines in FF14 often were written terribly bad. Take the Warrior quests as example:

• Level 30: This is Curious Gorge. He is a Warrior. Warriors use the Beast Within, but he cannot control it yet.
• Level 35: He still cannot control the Beast Within.
• Level 40: He still cannot control the Beast Within.
• Level 45: He still cannot control the Beast Within.
• ...
• Level 70: We have some wonderful news - Curious Gorge is now in love! Oh, and he still cannot control the Beast Within.

Or Machinist: "Hello, I'm Stephanivien, the Machinist Guild leader. Machinists do a lot of fascinating things, but unfortunately I'm the worst leader in the world. Therefore you will spent 90% of your time as a Machinist searching for the other guild members that will constantly run away from my terrible lead."

Or Bard: "These here are Sanson and Guydelot - two guys that are constantly at each others throat, for whatever reason. Oh, and Sanson also is a moron that will fall for even the most obvious and childish trap. Your job is to babysit these guys for 30 levels. Have fun!"

Or take the Alacrans, an army of ruffians that is short of overtaking Uldah. Every other jobs fights them until level 30, and then they completely disappear out of the world. Why? Nobody knows. Fun fact: when you're new, the game throws a lot of names at you. I always confused "Alacran" and "Ascian", so the whole story made even less sense

And so on.

Job identity through different quest lines is a good thing in my book. But I honestly felt relieved when they got rid of them, as the majority was just very bad. And I liked the Shadowbringer role quests way more; unfortunately the 90 and 100 role quests were another drop in quality.

I'm just before SHB so yet to see jobs become role quests. But I do remember some pretty bad job quests/storylines!

Armorer: "Even though the dude you're having a contest with is 10 seconds away round the corner and could've looked at it whilst I'm still talking, I must halt the contest as this other person screwed up their work and your armour piece must immediately be sent off to replace it. But hey you agree with my position on running this guild? Shhh of course you do".

Warrior: "That kid you don't even know and couldn't care less about, I know you've been racked with rage and sorrow for them, so are you ready to avenge their family?"

Paladin: Jenylins "Get my sword from this traitor and avenge me!" Me "um can I just go fight unholy mosters in some tomb somewhere?"



But Rogue? I loved the Rogue questline and characters. The missions were even well varied. There are some other good ones too. Culinarian for HW, the ending was so random it made me laugh.

[Misutoraru]

I don’t keep on subscribing though out the whole period and always take breaks when I feel burn out.

It might just be me but just simply playing catch up will be enough to keep me for few months to half a year. Take a few months breaks rinse and repeat. This is probably the main reason I keep coming back

Never in my life have a MMO I could take breaks and still able to catch up and play with my friends, many MMO I miss one day and it is a gap that would only widen and never able to keep up. XIV dungeons and raid also quite friendly where some MMO not only need to read through an essay long guide but need some external plugin. It feel like a 2nd jobs. Last time I want is a 2nd job when I finished my day job and family job,

[Doomfist]

Right now it's savage raiding in PF, I run into familiar faces often and this is the most social interaction I have in this game.

Outside that I dabble in cosmic, which finally got me a crafter high enough to do the crafter beast quests.

Eventually I'll have no motivation to do anything in FFXIV and quit to play other games, but I always come back after a time.

Though I also enjoyed Dawntrail's MSQ and the 7.X patch stories. I like them much more than the Endwalker patches which actually lowered my motivation to play, especially in 6.3

[Gwenkatsu]

Warrior: "That kid you don't even know and couldn't care less about, I know you've been racked with rage and sorrow for them, so are you ready to avenge their family?"

I totally forgot about that one, the Marauder quests were even worse than the Warrior's.
"Look, this boy's family has been killed by a flesh eating buffalo and his jolly band of various predators. I'm a level 50 Warrior and could easily kill said buffalo - but it's your task to do so, for whatever reason. So please level up fast, before the flesh eating buffalo kills more people. Which I could easily prevent, but won't. Go figure"

Black Mage and Red Mage were both good in my book, while most of the DoH/DoL quest lines were horrible (can't remember the Culinarian one, it's been ages since I did them).

[Mawlzy]

I totally forgot about that one, the Marauder quests were even worse than the Warrior's.
"Look, this boy's family has been killed by a flesh eating buffalo and his jolly band of various predators. I'm a level 50 Warrior and could easily kill said buffalo - but it's your task to do so, for whatever reason. So please level up fast, before the flesh eating buffalo kills more people. Which I could easily prevent, but won't. Go figure"

Black Mage and Red Mage were both good in my book, while most of the DoH/DoL quest lines were horrible (can't remember the Culinarian one, it's been ages since I did them).

I liked leatherworker because the guild lady is always pissed off and sarcy.

[Kisshu]

I totally forgot about that one, the Marauder quests were even worse than the Warrior's.
"Look, this boy's family has been killed by a flesh eating buffalo and his jolly band of various predators. I'm a level 50 Warrior and could easily kill said buffalo - but it's your task to do so, for whatever reason. So please level up fast, before the flesh eating buffalo kills more people. Which I could easily prevent, but won't. Go figure"

Black Mage and Red Mage were both good in my book, while most of the DoH/DoL quest lines were horrible (can't remember the Culinarian one, it's been ages since I did them).

HW CUL questline was pretty fun, just a big cooking competition.

[TheInsomniac13]

Yeah it feeled often like the Jobs had different writer of obvies skill differences.
Warrior, you little Potato! This Bull is now your nemesis you have to grow strong to beat him!
Me: I am bealry above a civilian with an ax I do not feel any claim to be the one killing this beast PLEASE send a marauder out imidietly to deal with this monster!

And then we got in comparison the Pugulist questline which tells a rather good story about lost glory and working towards reclaiming it.

Or Dragoon which basicly introduces Estinien and Nidhoogs eye long bevore they became relevant in Heavensward and making you be recognized as a second Azure Dragoon in sayed expansion, again a thing I would have loved seeing more in future expansion but it feels we get less and less of it.

[Andanie]

Roleplay and housing. If I lose my house I'm out. If WoW housing is really good and I find ways to adapt a few of my fave characters into other games, I'm out.