We all go through highs and lows with our favourite live-service games. Bursts of enthusiasm, usually tied to new content launches, balance out the low periods of feeling like you’re treading water. I’ve been stuck in my 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Final Fantasy 14 rut for a couple of months now, and my usual tricks tꦕo snap myself out of it aren’t working anymore.

I’ve played Final Fantasy 14 since 1.0 in 2010, and before that, I played Final Fantasy 11 for longer than I care to remember. This isn’t my first chocobo rodeo and I fully anticipate content droughts where I need to keꦦep myself occupied in other, more inventive ways. But lately, my heart just hasn’t been in it.

A warrior of light getting an omikuji in Final Fantasy 14.
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A player jumping for joy with the Clockwork Twintania minion in Final Fantasy 14.

In the past, there have been a few ways in which I’ve managed to reinvigorate my Eorzean spirit and snap myself back into enjoying the MMO when content lulls to a standstill. My main choice is mop-u🐲p. I’d bet good money that every FF14 player constantly has a to-do list of things they keep meaning to complete in-game and not finding❀ the time for. My preferences are generally grinding for minions or mounts that I haven’t unlocked yet.

If that fails, I’ll try and throw myself into the thick of something else. Maybe go back to levelling a job🔥 that I never polished off, or maybe even level something entirely new. I might set my sights on completing a specific type of content, such as a raid series or the current PvP rewards, and that’ll keep me occupied long enough until something el🌌se comes along.

If none of that works, and no content, grind, or reward appeals enough to get me l𒁏ogging back in every day, m🧸y most drastic measure is to roll a new alt character. Even as I spend hours crafting the perfect Warrior of Light, I know they are doomed to fizzle out and never be used again once my boredom returns.

Final Fantasy 14 - Minfillia, the Warrior of Light, and a representative of each of the Grand Companies in the Waking Sands.

I’ve never fully leveled up an alt, but there’s something about going back to basics that’s quietly calming. It reminds me of when I’d get bored of having the most amazing house in The Sims and start a new famꦕily that was flat broke and start working my way up from scratch again. Going through the motions of those first story beats and a much simpler rotation feels a bit like a holiday. All you have to do is run outside the city and whack some rats, easy. All your favourite NPCs are still alive. The world isn’t doomed yet. Everything feels lighter.

Eventually though, I start to progress too far and I just think, ‘Why am I investing in this new character when I could invest in my main?’ The bubble bursts and I’m back to square one. What should I do? What will keep me occupied? I 💫can’t keep checking my retainers every 30 minutes to see if I’ve sold anything yet. There must be more to my digital life than this.

Stuck In A Final Fantasy 14 Rut

The Warrior of Light in Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail.

Nothing is working this time though, not even a shiny new alt. I just don’t have the motivation to log in day to day because even if I di🦩d, I’d check my retainers, maybe do a daily or two at the very most, but ultimately I’d just log back out again feeling like I’ve not really accomplished anything. It just doesn’t feel fun anymore.

I know other players must go through the same highs and lows, and I can’t help wondღering what their secret trick is to getting back into the groove. Are there lots of alts created only to die from players looking to spice things up again, or do they have some other way of getting back into the game I have yet to realise?

Part of this is a problem of my own making. I haven’t made time to play with other people in a while as life has been hectic, as it usually is over the holidays. Maybe I need some real time with real people… you know, still in the digital world though. I’m not about to go outside and touch grass. But another part of this is that we need more new content to grind, which168澳洲幸运5开奖网: I wrote about previously.

Maybe a little break from the game would be good so I can return to it properly once I’ve got my mojo back. I know I’ll dip in for the Val♎entione’s﷽ Day event next month, but other than that, there’s not much for me to log in for these days. Dawntrail wasn’t my Warrior of Light’s vacation, but an extended break from playing might be.