Playing for leisure or playing for addiction?Follow

hmmm.. being at holiday and all, spending way less time in FF nowadays, but as most of you know.. when you only have like 3 hours in FF kind of doesn't get you anywhere, like.. lvl ? buy the time you get a pt you'll have like 2 hours to pt, deciding where to lvl and getting there takes another 30 mins... so that makes 1hr 30 left, kind of... pointless. then thinking about it, am i actually enjoying exping? it feels like playing with numbers lol

thinking back when i spent hours upon hours lvling, then hnm activities, dynamis, all that...

and everyday i log into FF, and.. feels like the only reason is addiction lol. a daily routine.. like now i jst logged off and did i enjoyed it? hmmm.... i didn't really do anything where i felt "yay, i had fun! =D"

just today, some friend asked me "geez you've been playing that game for months! is it really that good?"

i don't really know how to answer... :x

i think i am kind of addicted to the community, the friends i met and all, but the actual game play?? am i just paying everymonth for a chat room? :o

jst wondering, have you been thru this? lol and ... your thoughts? =P

(figured this might be a lil dead horse topic, not sure haven't really seen one floating around. don't hate me for it! XD)

I'm definitely in the same boat, Spira. I just moved and had a lot of things come up IRL so I've been off the game. The bad thing is, it's been kind of nice. LoL.

I think that SE realizes this and that's why they're adding some of things they're adding. When a game becomes a job, it's no longer fun.

When you first got the game everything was new. The most mundane of tasks were fun because they hadn't been done before. Then you start partying and it's a blast because you meet new people and see new things. Then, after leveling multiple characters and seeing the same things over and over, it becomes routine.

The thing is that by this time you've met a lot of people and a big part of your "routine" is interaction with these people you've known. This is where the great grey area kicks in between game and reality. You know the game isn't as fun as it used to be, but the interaction with those you've come to know is. This is the beauty (business wise) of a MMORPG.

Now this doesn't apply to everyone as people choose to play the game differently. As a whole, however, SE, Blizzard, etc. count on the interpersonal relationships to create the longevity of the game. Think of how many would have quit a LONG time ago if it weren't for the friends they've made. I know I would have.

So back to the point. LoL. I definitely feel your pain, Spira. I'm really trying to get out and enjoy my summer, but I feel like I'm letting my in-game friends down. I went from 3 SPs, to 1 SP, to hiatus. The break has done me good, however, because I've spent a lot of time with my RL friends, and started to rebuild some interest in the game. It's not the same "addiction" that I had before, more of an interest to log on and play casualy with the friends I've made along the way.

Honestly I'm not really sure why I play anymore. I don't know if its for leisure or addiction. Some days I log on and no matter what I do I'm bored outta my mind. Other days I log on and I have a blast all day long. lol maybe that means its time to take a break. Anyone else agree?

Upon getting in KoV and EoG..you can say now I play just for the sake of being part of an LS event. Xping is a real drag and it takes too much time. I am addicted to the game though.

Friends are about the only thing that keeps me in Vana'diel these days. I quit leveling my main job because the parties became less and less fun, and more and more like work.

However, I've been leveling other jobs... and that has seemed to renew my interests in the game.

Spira come back to the game so I can send you more stupid tells.^^

{raises hand} @ FFXI AA meeting. "I'm an addict" LMAO
People that are hooked on crack and meth don't even spend 5-12 hrs a day looking for a fix. But we as all know we sit at the screen lfg, crafting, chatting, browsing the ah, negelecting RL issues because we're logged in. But no matter what the addiction is, I enjoy my character and that is all that should matter if your having fun. =)

hmm. back in Dec. i thought about quitting and it just stuck on my mind ever since. i can't really find out why i play. i went back to the ps2 after a month and seen how fun it was again. i told my friends i might quit and they want me to experience gods and dynamis, well i most likely need a HNM-LS. then i gotta deal with the drama and BS that brings. is it all really worth it? i farm beehive chips, and i need a penitant's rope. goes for almost 1.5 mil. beehive chips go for 10k, don't do the math cause its right there in front of you...you have to bust your *** off for it. i estimate about 2 weeks work to get that if you log on, farm till you log of. then the gil-sellers making the prices go up and SE not doing anything about it. its kinda easy to tell the Valkrum Emperor gil-sellers are. every time i go there i see them there. i was suprised to see em in Lower Jeuno one day. but you got people you meet on this game that just make it all worth while. but now im getting to the point where i don't even think thats worth what we gotta do to get what we want on this game. it was all fun at the beginning, thinking you were a God at lvl 7 or 8 cause you could defeat the mobs with 1 blow outside of your home nation. the armor was cheap, spells were cheap. now you gotta get a 1.5 mil rope? a 1.5 mil Elemental tourqe? update coming up, how do you think the prices of the new armor gonna be? or if there is any new armor. if the update will effect NIN tanking greatly then there really wont be a lot of tanks, people say "Oh it wont effect it too much, just take down a little enmity" what if it does? im a blm so as much enmity the tank has the better. the only tanks would be PLDs and war/mnks but who does war/mnk 60+? getting off topic here...

why do you play? friends? alter egos? fun? kinda hard to ask some players who been here for almost half a year.
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Zeoman
Blackmage lvl 61
Rank 6-1
Alchemy lvl 20
Been playing for 11 Months now.

I definitely feel you bro. Most of the time you are playing this game, it feels like a job. Some things the designers made just so you stay on for hours, when it does such a stupid thing in the game. The game is fun don't get me wrong, but there are definitely some crack sprinkled in there just to keep you on. I try to play in moderation, but it's really tough. It starts to become like real life, some things in life are great some are depressing and some are tiring. This game is a reflection of life in a sense. lol

SHHH Amanda your making me jealous. I wanna go /cry. I figured out why I play. Its not for leasure or addiction. I log on just out of pure habbit.

>< I hate you:P. I haven't been on a road trip since like ummmm early may. When I went to mesquite (spelling?) nevada to lose all my money YAY!! lol ok I will stop thread hijacking.

Edited, Tue Jul 19 01:04:26 2005 by darkdj

lol meh, before i left for the beach 2 weeks ago i was all leveling pld as much as i could and got 11k till 70...and now.. after the beach i've played like 2 hours in the past week, i've spent more time playing Wild Arms 3 and just watching TV and talking on AIM and spending time with friends... just kinda getting bored with FF, lol actually for real this time, i know i always come back and play it, but i just really haven't had any urge in the past 2 weeks, or actually a thought of picking up anything in FF atm. i may actually quit for real if this keeps up, cuz i don't feel like paying 15$ a month for just logging on for 2 hours a week. lol but meh who knows, i just really really don't want to play FF atm i just log on for like 2 hours and cut up with the LS, and stuff and then i'm like..."Alright well...i'm bored again" lol



Edited, Mon Aug 1 01:40:00 2005 by Riuoken

I have these thoughts often, as I work and have limited time during the weekdays, but my solution is simple, every time I think about not logging on, I cut my wrist. The end.