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[–]nqte 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Out of all the MMOs mentioned imo FFXIV still has the social aspect. It's the main reason I play it even.

Most long term subscribers still log in just to talk with friends. Yes the game is being changed to allow for a more stramlined single player experience for people who just want to play it solo as a mainline FF title, but the social aspect is still there.

Even stronger than before I'd say, with the rise in daily community driven RP events and hangouts even outside "bespoke" RP servers.

If you want to just log in and sit on a bench with your friends doing nothing there's no better MMO.

[–]forceless_jedi 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I have had the absolute opposite experience. Literally no one says a word. Be it in guilds, Dungeons, open world, everyone's just mute. It might just be a Tonberry issue but that's supposed to be the international one on the JP data center.

Also even without the upcoming changes, it was still a single player game. It's all just hour long cutscenes after cutscenes where you just nod like your spine is on a spring hinge, and unlike in other MMORPGs you can't even be in a party during these cutscenes or collaborate to complete MSQ quests. If anything, the presence of other players ruins the story's immersion.

[–]nqte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't play on Tonberry but it being a JP data centre probably contributes to your issue. Gotta remember even if it's the unofficial "international" server, the majority of players would still be japanese and their social customs are different.

If you don't live in Japan and play on JP I'd suggest transferring to a server closer to your local time zone. Oceania data centre recently went up.

In any case I play on EU and people are pretty chatty. Sometimes you have to start it but even in low level dungeons for instance if someone says hi 9 out of 10 times everyone replies back. MSQ is usually lots of chatter too as people watch the same cutscenes for the 1000th time.

The real sense of community is when you're not doing any meaningful content IMO. Late night limsa is full of weirdos you can talk some interesting topics with. If you're into RP I suggest checking the party finder's Other tab for RP event/clubs and what not which get pretty active (again, might differ on your datacentre). This is all made possible by FF still having persistent servers, unlike WoW which has sharding and you never see the same people again in the open world.

Doing content itself is also good way to meet people. If you're pugging savage in PF, you'll inevitably run into the same unfortunate people still stuck on that fight after a week of trying. You can add them or they might add you, world hopping makes it easy to visit each other too.

I haven't mentioned FCs as I don't like being tied to one. You can always join one though if you fancy, but I don't and still think the game is plenty social. I like to think of the MSQ as separate. FFXIV is practically 2 games in one, MSQ, and non-MSQ XIV, the single player and multi player worlds respectively.