Someone give me a reason to keep playingFollow

Seriously, I'm about a week away from quitting this game. The recent update was pathetic, ACP was a waste of my money, the mog satchel (with free token) makes me sick... it's just making me not want to do anything in FFXI anymore.

I need inspiration, I need something to do. My RL just got a whole lot busier, I barely have time to play midweeks now, so most of my free time is at the weekend.

But when I log on, I stare at the screen, think "I don't actually want to do anything" then log off and go do something else...

(I suppose it doesn't help that I played the WoW trial a few weeks ago, and realised that it's not as bad as people make it out to be. I'm not going there full time, though.)

No, I wouldn't give anything out when I left.

Honestly the game is a waste of time and life. I can't give you a reason to keep playing, and as soon as my RL gets busy again I'm probably going.

Been there many times. Honestly, the best thing to do is suspend your content IDs and come back when you are ready.

I have left the game a few times feeling exactly the same way.

Go play some other games, online or offline.

I have tried WoW a few times but never played it longer than 2 months before I got bored as heck with it.

Played a bit of SWG, I have some friends on Bloodfin that own and run a city, I just got fed up with all the retarded stuff SOE has done to ruin the game. I get back on when they toss me some free play time to visit friends and work on my pilot stuff mostly. Usually get to bored and frustrated after a few weeks. Longest I played this was 3 months I think.

I have played a good bit of Guild Wars off and on over the years. Great story lines and unique game play. Biggest down side is that the player base is lacking in quality due to many young players. However, once you get past that and get a good way into the stories it can be quite captivating. Next weekend is the 4 year anniversary event, I'll be logging on for that :P

Right now I am playing a f2p MMO called Runes of Magic. They have blended lots of elements from many MMOs and have made quite a decent game out of it. They do have real money shop but you can easily enjoy the game with out using it. Most of the stuff in there is intended to make aspects of game play a little faster or easier. They do not sell weapons or armor in it, kinda. They sell some unique armor skins that you can transfer other armors stats onto.

Sometimes on my breaks from FFXI I have just gone and played other games I have that I have not played in a while or never beat. When I do eventually return to FFXI I tend to enjoy it again and can find tons of stuff I want to do again.

If you do quit, don't pick up another MMO. It'll just piss you off more.

I don't know, I saw a WHM that went AFK after dying in campaign that just might be doing more then liki.

Limitbreak misses you.

pandemites.

Edited, Apr 20th 2009 7:12am by RedshiftOnPandy

That sounds like a fun day!

DENTAL PLAN

aww :( poor biki :( /huggles come to caitsith...or siren...which is where i'm moving when server transfer is up

liki and kod = /qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq

It's really just not worth it anymore, losing friendships over events just isn't worth it. Not what I signed up for, not how it's "supposed" to be when your playing a game in your spare time for fun. I don't know when the last time "fun" was....
Part this person's fault, part that person's fault in the end everyone just loses.

i herd dis thred has wut it taeks

It's part of enjoying the game and keeping it fun to be able to do what you want, when you want, or to choose not to do something, Biki. Do what you want and need to do to continue to have fun...otherwise, what's the point in playing?

Salvage drops are a good reason to keep playing. Of course if you have no other reason to play, then the first reason is moot.

Using Soggy is a bad example, that is like talking about a guy wearing a Japanese Schoolgirl Costume. . . wait. . . :insert cool animated smiley:

I don't know if taking up another MMO is such a bad idea. Whenever my husband and I have been burnt out on FFXI, we take up another MMO (RO, WoW, LotRO) and always realise how much better FFXI is after 2-4 weeks and come back refreshed and ready for lots of hot FFXI action. That's just us though and I do see where you're coming from; do whatever would make you the most happy.^^

If you wanna try something, try AO :P
It's a nice change from action-type FFXI to turn-based AO. This involves more strategy than button mashing and reflex in FFXI.

i hope to gawd you aren't talking about atlantica online...that game is just one quest after another, no real purpose...can be fun granted. i did play it for a while. got my character to lvl 50 something i think. but still...bleh. was almost TOO easy...except the shadow dungeons...

then again, if you aren't talking about atlantica online, no biggie. ^^

i agree...losing friends over events is retarded. hence why i am not on pandy. i go with my best friend, because playing game with him is what makes it enjoyable for me, and i want to have fun when i play.

i dunno >< i hated all the mass lag all the time...and really hated the shadow dungeons even more...although i REALLY like the long distance partying...ffxi needs that more...