I honestly feel like I just can’t find friends in this game anymore. I have been playing FFXIV for about three years now and it has been such a lonely road lately. My first real experience was a small guild that seemed nice until two members fell in love and a third person got involved. The drama got so bad that they just deleted the entire guild and most of them stopped playing entirely.
Since then it feels like every time I get a glimpse of hope it turns into something weird. I met one person who hit me with a heavy "I need to tell you something" confession only 12 days after we met. Then there was a guy who would actually get angry if I logged on without telling him first. My only real friend from the game stopped playing to have a baby which is amazing and we are still close off-game but it leaves me playing solo. (All happened in the german community, mostly looking to find more german friends again)
I still sub from time to time because I love the story and the combat but I have been alone for over a year now. It was so much easier ten years ago in games like WoW where you just chatted and hung out. Nowadays if I talk to someone for more than two days they ask for my Instagram and it feels so invasive. I don't want to share my private life..I just want online friends to play with.
How do you even meet long-term friends in this game anymore? How do you approach people without it feeling like a dating vibe or a social media request? Is it even possible to find those old-school connections again or is the community just different now..?
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Since then it feels like every time I get a glimpse of hope it turns into something weird. I met one person who hit me with a heavy "I need to tell you something" confession only 12 days after we met. Then there was a guy who would actually get angry if I logged on without telling him first. My only real friend from the game stopped playing to have a baby which is amazing and we are still close off-game but it leaves me playing solo. (All happened in the german community, mostly looking to find more german friends again)
I still sub from time to time because I love the story and the combat but I have been alone for over a year now. It was so much easier ten years ago in games like WoW where you just chatted and hung out. Nowadays if I talk to someone for more than two days they ask for my Instagram and it feels so invasive. I don't want to share my private life..I just want online friends to play with.
How do you even meet long-term friends in this game anymore? How do you approach people without it feeling like a dating vibe or a social media request? Is it even possible to find those old-school connections again or is the community just different now..?
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