Write your Positive Experience on FFXIV

[justausername]

1) When Did you Start?: I downloaded free trial in 2015, but never stuck with it til July 2021

2) What keeps you playing FFXIV?: my friends, the story, raids.

3) What do you enjoy most about the game?: raids, extremes, hunt trains, story.

4) Favorite memory or moment?: going into new raids with friends while in VC.

5) What makes FFXIV different from other MMOs for you?: I don't know what it is, all I know is I can't stick with others. But I have with this for years.

6) What would you say to someone thinking of trying FFXIV?: dont listen to the haters. Form your own opinions. Take your time.

7) Favorite emote?: /malevolence

8) Favorite job to relax on?: reaper

9) Preferred server or data center?: aether

10) Glam style you always come back to?: casual Gothic

11) A dungeon, trial, or raid you secretly love?: secretly? Nier?

12) Closing thought: there's been a lot of hate recently. Yeah the ddos stuff is very annoying. But Dawntrail wasnt that bad imo. Especially the patches.

[MicahZerrshia]

1) When Did you Start?:
Version 1 beta

2) What keeps you playing FFXIV?:
habit and legacy sub pricing

3) What do you enjoy most about the game?:
Being able to switch between all classes on 1 character. This should be an mmo staple

4) Favorite memory or moment?:
The night version 1 went down and being on voice chat with my ls as the screen went black and Answers played for the very first time. Hearing nothing by silence while the trailer played followed by a few sniffles and then everyone just logging off without saying a word

5) What makes FFXIV different from other MMOs for you?:
It's by far the most frustrating, but that is due to developer choices more than the gameplay

6) What would you say to someone thinking of trying FFXIV?:
Wait it out until 8.0 and see if they make changes that are worthwhile enough

7) Favorite emote?:
I rarely use emotes and when I do they are custom ones you can do by typing in /emote "whatever you want to emote"

8) Favorite job to relax on?:
smn is great and one I can play by playing almost 0 attn

9) Preferred server or data center?:
Been on Sarg/Aether since reboot, was on Mysidia in v1

10) Glam style you always come back to?:
Always something that makes my character look like the job they are playing.

11) A dungeon, trial, or raid you secretly love?:
The Binding Coils of Bahamut are still the best they have ever made

12) Closing thought:
Game needs to get back on the rails, stop relying on the same 5 manga tropes and allow itself to be a little more dark thematically, which is what made both XI and V1 so great. Story lines of complete despair balanced by brief moments of levity vs what we have now which is mostly tween comedy with a touch of drama here and there.

Also Yoshi PR needs to do right by us at this fanfest and stop misleading us by saying things like "You will need to become the Warrior of Darkness!" or "Scions will get into a major conflict!" when the acutallity of these statements are throw away lines/scenes that have no impact on anything. It feels bad to not be able to believe a word that comes out of his mouth anymore.

+Discord (optional):
phht hate discord with a passion

[Anienai]

1. ARR-ish
2. I like the game.
3. I get to hug Roes all day (daily quest 10/10).
4. Tanking fates in ARR for exp.
5. The player base is way more forgiving than other mmos.
6. Skip ARR
7. /point
8. WARRIOR
9. Zalera
10. N/A
11. Mt. Gulg



12. Your avatar looks amazing!!

[lievaordiea]

1) When Did you Start?:
Sometime in SHB release. unsure but when was before the CT raids were unskippable as a guildie made me do them before i entered into SHB fully and i know i didnt NEED to do them.

2) What keeps you playing FFXIV?:
Maps & Grand Cacpot. honestly haven't played the game much. just logged in to do maps with my FC. 7.4 seems to have made me want to play the game again but i'm taking it more relaxed to ensure i don't loose the buzz. Got glams to farm

3) What do you enjoy most about the game?:
the story immersion (which apparently mattered more than i thought). the little things minions do. seeing the unique glams around

4) Favorite memory or moment?:
too many to chose from tbh - that and my mind has literally gone blank.

5) What makes FFXIV different from other MMOs for you?:
i don't really play other mmo. wow was an older mmo i used to play but that is linked personally to my past. i can never replay it. im not really interested in the other mmo ive tried as the story isn't there.

6) What would you say to someone thinking of trying FFXIV?:
the end content and the journey are two different things. try parts you aren't keen on. it might surprise you. mining is better than botany. i wont elaborate why.

7) Favorite emote?:
/joy (i'm a male miqote - earwiggles ftw)
/dote (its better than blow kiss)
/playdead
/getfantasy

8) Favorite job to relax on?:
i main viper. its the only class i play. i get to kick stuff in the face plus JEDI

9) Preferred server or data center?:
Light (tho balmug sounds fun . think eu->na ping is horrific tho so nah)

10) Glam style you always come back to?:
Red and black. (red for graha - after DT i got a nice blue glam going but i went back to red & black)

11) A dungeon, trial, or raid you secretly love?:
the CT raids i link to the Exarch and Graha so im ALWAYS happy doing those. And the nier raids. i honestly like most of the content. nothing is boring to me. just boring when i grind it. and thats a me issue not the raid issue.

11.1 (rebel added answer) Favourite mount
Capybara

12) Closing thought:
no thoughts head empty

[Sunhwapark]

1) Heavensward

2) Nothing particularly, but the only things I tend to do when I play is Frontlines or Ocean Fishing as of late. Does that count ?

3) I like that I can do most things quickly with little commitment.

4) When I was still very new and not far in the story, my FC leader was kind enough to help me through several dungeons where tanks had instantly ditched the party. They had a very positive impact when I was deciding whether or not to stick it out in this game.

5) No Gacha cash shop (Yet)

6) Try not to be heavily influenced by the opinions of others when judging the game, and try making some friends.

7) /huh on male au ra

8) MNK

9) I don't have a preferred server.

10) Far Eastern Schoolboy's Hat paired with the Loyal Butler's Top/Bottoms dyed in Pure White. Probably my most worn outfit ever.

11) Not sure if I have one, so I will just say E12S P2

12) Individuals have vastly different experiences when playing this game, so keep an open mind when seeing the feedback and views of others. I don't have any strong feelings about the game compared to other players but my overall experiences within the game have been cordial.

[TheGrimace]

1) When Did you Start?:
First open beta of 1.0. Played a bit after launch and then left until about 1.2. Have been playing most of the time since.

2) What keeps you playing FFXIV?:
Story, music, long term goals.

3) What do you enjoy most about the game?:
Open world content (Eureka, Bozja, Occult Crescent)
Ivalice is my favorite raid.

4) Favorite memory or moment?:
The Orbonne Monastery. Even now that it's a shadow of its original difficulty, I love Ivalice dearly.

5) What makes FFXIV different from other MMOs for you?:
Story, music, and aesthetic.

6) What would you say to someone thinking of trying FFXIV?:
It's hard to recommend in 2025. I love the game, but level 50 and 60 content have not aged since only a fraction of each job's abilities can be used. Though I love the story, it takes hundreds of hours to catch up, and new players need to know how much time they should be expected to invest to reach end game.

7) Favorite emote?:
/dazed

8) Favorite job to relax on?:
Ninja

9) Preferred server or data center?:
Primal, Excalibur and Hyperion.

10) Glam style you always come back to?:
Fistfighter's Jackcoat because it feels very Castlevania.

11) A dungeon, trial, or raid you secretly love?:
Orbonne Monastery & the Burn

12) Closing thought:
Power creep is XIV's worst enemy. I love XIV and hope for the best, but I also think that Creative Studio 3 needs to make real plans for the longevity of the game- especially older areas. Old content needs to be periodically adjusted for difficulty, or we will continue to be overpowered. Crystal Tower was amazibg when it released, but now it's a boring slog. Old content should have some bite, just like new content! Make it feel rewarding to complete. It doesn't need to be crazy hard, but old duties need to be tuned better over time.

[foyboy]

1) When Did you Start?: A couple months after 5.0.

2) What keeps you playing FFXIV?: In spite of all my complaining, I do love the combat gameplay loop, (most of) the story and the world.

3) What do you enjoy most about the game?: The combat. No other game I've played scratches the same itch of mastering a rotation and flawlessly beating a combat encounter.

4) Favorite memory or moment?: The shadowbringers msq was something special. It was almost certainly lightning in a bottle not just for FF but SE as a whole, but in the moment it was an amazing experience.

5) What makes FFXIV different from other MMOs for you?: There are other things to do apart from just raiding and grinding, and I've always loved FF since I was a child.

6) What would you say to someone thinking of trying FFXIV?: No matter what people may tell you, it's an MMO first and an FF game a distant second. People will expect you to learn and improve as you level. Never ever level boost under any circumstance, and healers do damage.

7) Favorite emote?: probably /unbound for how unapologetically stupid it is.

8) Favorite job to relax on?: Mch, easily.

9) Preferred server or data center?: they're all equally bad in their own special ways.

10) Glam style you always come back to?: Capes, long coats, brimmed hats, various other edgelord attire.

11) A dungeon, trial, or raid you secretly love?: "Secretly" implies a guilty pleasure, and in that respect it would probably be Origenics. Don't get me wrong, it's easily the worst DT dungeon and it's riddled with flaws, but I'd rather run Origenics 4 days a week than suffer through an ARR dungeon. I don't love it by any stretch, but it's the lesser of two evils.

12) Closing thought: I still love this game immensely in spite of it's various glaring flaws, and I constantly complain about it in the hopes that it will improve.

[TheRealDesastr]

1) When Did you Start?:

I joined toward the end of the Shadowbringers Expansion.

2) What keeps you playing FFXIV?:

I'm not on much, but I suppose my houses keep me playing. I RP in discord nowadays otherwise.

3) What do you enjoy most about the game?:

I would say housing at this point. My answer used to be story, maybe it will be again someday, but I very much do not like Dawntrail.

4) Favorite memory or moment?:

All Saints Wake lore from a couple years ago; the past two years have been lackluster (I only heard this year, didn't bother doing it). But the idea of showing the world that voidsent can retain their former selves, and be people, while still being voidsent, is my favorite thing. I love voidsent a lot and while I'm incredibly unhappy with the final patch before dawntrail (my personal most hated in the game...), other than that, a lot of the voidsent lore has been great.

5) What makes FFXIV different from other MMOs for you?:

Right now? Housing, I suppose. Customization's not great, story's not great, but it is what it is.

6) What would you say to someone thinking of trying FFXIV?:

Blasphemy, but skip ARR.

7) Favorite emote?: Can't think of one off the top of my head, but I do love the emotes in general.

8) Favorite job to relax on?: RPR or DRK

9) Preferred server or data center?: Crystal

10) Glam style you always come back to?: Gothic

11) A dungeon, trial, or raid you secretly love?: The Sorrow of Werlyt Quests if this counts. Best story in the game (aside from DRK class quests, those have got to be my all time fav), imo, extremely heavy.

12) Closing thought: I hope the next expansion brings back my love of the game, I'm realizing while filling this out that I just... don't feel much anymore for it like I used to. A huge meh for me is the lack of alt friendliness. I really don't care to focus on just one character. I also find story very important, so when the ball is dropped so hard, I just lose motivation for everything. I really hope more heavy fantasy themes are brought back in the next expansion.

+Discord (optional): You don't want the discord of a tired goth yelling at a brick wall

[-Lilia-]

You're all AMAZING!! ^-^/

[AemonOfTwintania]

1) When Did you Start?:

Shortly after EW launch, after the game was again available for purchase for new players. IRL I had a rough time before that and long long time ago, I enjoyed playing online games and as an FF fan, I wanted to immerse myself into XIV world - no regrets!

2) What keeps you playing FFXIV?:

I am only doing casual content (dungeons/trials/raids/field exploration/deep dungeon) and even when there are dry spells, I always enjoy coming back. Mostly its my friends who I met IG luring me back. I have only managed to find a handful but those are very amazing

3) What do you enjoy most about the game?:

OST, world design, meeting new players in duties and overcoming challenges. Especially when things go wrong and odds are stacked against you in trials/raids.

4) Favorite memory or moment?:

Single duty at the end of EW - Wish we had more of these!

5) What makes FFXIV different from other MMOs for you?:

I am out of touch with modern mmo's and frankly I refused and avoided to dip my toes into wow, but when I compare it to the mmo's/online rpg's I played I played in the past (GW1/2, SWTOR, f2p korean mmo's...) the biggest change is how accessible everything is. People tend to forget how terrible old mmo's were in this regard by having the endgame meta excluding majority of classes/roles or having weird entry restrictions to any piece of content. Of course this might be different for Raiders. Also, the community ig is very positive and helpful, also very artistic - it amazes me what people can do with the glam options or adventurer plates.

6) What would you say to someone thinking of trying FFXIV?:

Go for it, its a long and rewarding journey!

7) Favorite emote?: I like to pat others to cheer them up

8) Favorite job to relax on?: DRK

9) Preferred server or data center?: Light / Twintania

10) Glam style you always come back to?:

For PLD/DRK I try to stay close to FFIV or the job identity in general. With GNB I like to go a bit adventurous or like a mercenary. TBH I have no casual glams.

11) A dungeon, trial, or raid you secretly love?:

Rabanastre

12) Closing thought:

I am happy this thread exists... it's important to highlight also the positive aspects of this game and not turn it into a echochamber. Regarding XIV, I really hope CS3 rethinks alot of aspects regarding their game development, there are many fields they need to improve on (Patch cadence, Quantity and Quality of content, Gameplay loop, etc.) - So looking forwared to what next expansion brings.

Disc: Sorry to scared to put it out open, but gladly add any willing to share it here!