Single player experience? Evry1 seems to be a mute.

[ShitsWhenGiggles]

Did not really know what to put in the title but i just bought this game and so far all i have done is quests.
I have been looking for an mmo just like this feels alittle more old school but not from be4 decent game mechanics such as normal walking etc, so far im loving this game however
it feels like this game is completely dead, i see plenty of people running around doing stuff with what i geuss are guild tags but there is NO socializing even talking directly to someone its like talking to a wall.

Is there some sort of secret or are new players just not considered players due to the chance they wont extend gametime ? or is it simply the result of the game being linked with playstation wich makes all the controller users complete mutes.

I would love to keep playing this game seeing im extremely picky when it comes to MMO games and this is exactly what i like but if its a single player game with monthly fees ofcourse id rather know upfront then waist my time.

[Big Boom Boom]

People tend not to respond to say, unless they know you. Also check if you are not playing in JP servers, where majority of players are of course not speaking English.

Find a casual Free Company/Link Shell. Free Company is like Guild, whereas Link Shell is like Private Chat Channel.

[ShitsWhenGiggles]

Thanks for the advice :D really loving this game specially the tank classes good to see a game where female characters can have beefy armors :)

I'm gonna cut my losses with this one, TESO was less single player-like then this >.>
Whats the point of an MMO if evryone is going around like a complete mute, such a shame game seemed awesome...

[north]

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Whats the point of an MMO if evryone is going around like a complete mute, such a shame game seemed awesome...

The community is the worst part of this game sadly

[nereksnadu the Rakusan]

i am in a FC and there's alot of chatting going on there, besides that, yeah... not much. Even in duties (where you play with other people, pvp, dungeons, etc) people don't say much more than "hello". People are kind but they don't talk much. It could partly be because some people play on the ps3/ps4 and i don't think everyone has a keyboard connected.

[MancSoulja]

Pay a sub... And spend your time talking to random people rather than playing?? Makes sense lol

[Madikat]

People can be super talkative on this game... They just need a lil push lol. Have you tried, maybe, speaking to them first? :P On the server I'm on people are crazy friendly. Also I find most people tend to not respond to /tell's often so hopefully that isn't your go-to communication method lol

[ShitsWhenGiggles]

Yeh i found the problem aparantly i had joined a free company with like a couple russians who seemed to be dead, once i left that one someone invited me to join one i joined and these guys r fine gamers, having fun doin missions etc.

btw the whole ''pay sub and spend time talking to random people'' is a silly remark considering its a MMOrpg if you prefer to play in silence instead of with others and work together perhaps help new players in need then no mmorpg is your cup of tee [exept TESO]

To all the other responces thanks for your ideas/tips ive always just happened to run into folk and ended up joining them for years, so this was really wierd must be massive lack of keyboard or smthin with allot of folk.

[Navalink]

Hello 1+1=11?
I had the same problem, FFXIV was created in a way to "protect" your personal progression even since the version 1.0, where they try to pop enemies for "your eyes only", saying that I can appreciate SquareEnix intentions, furthermore I think as in real life, Overprotection is a bad thing, it insolate your intaractions, you don't experience the need for others and then as result you have a world of mutes -as you very well call them- I my opinion here is an oportunity of grow for the developers of MMOs, Yes, I applaude this game that lets you proggress in many ways i.e.- you can be in a queue for a dungeon and be doing so many things while waitting alone, but then you enter an area with other 3 randomly players thinking that will exist interaction at least to figure out the strategy to be take in the dungeon, but no, Square Enix as an overprotective parent takes you from the hand and with minimal interaction all 4 player do their jobs, consequently in some way victorious, just to get a tumbs up for your job at the end or not.
After all that said, I found my self enjoying the game once you make friends but that can take time, and that is where SE fail, that starting time where you feel so lonely and at the same time not needing ppl to do what is require to proggress, I rememnber games like WOW or FFXI where after a few levels you need of yours peers to help and you to help, you feel like a champ helping because you know what is to be in that other person shoes, so at WOW and FFXI you feel part of a community created by an universal need, goal. we can not said the same in FFXIV where you start needing ppl only for the endgame.
So I think this game as a new kind of MMO, is like a Single Player game where you can have friends around to chill out, -I wish Skyrim was like this, I always wanted ppl around me to look what I have done or kill a dragon, but not mess around my bubble world- well i am off point with that statment.
It will get better ones you find ppl to play with, like the FC you have after the Russian one. Good luck on your adventures. If you ever see a Don Gato /wave most like it I will not be muted xD.

[Felicity]

It seems like all I do is ♥♥♥♥♥ at the tank in primals.

It's not my fault if you can't hold aggro, ♥♥♥♥♥. It's not my job to not hold aggro.

[Asphe]

It's the 'duty' of each party member to help the party win. If that means a DPS has to hold back a bit, so be it. Otherwise, it's rather like cutting off your nose to spite your own face.

It's a MMO after all, you will be partying with 'lesser' people sooner or later.

[123]

hey guys I was told if I brought the game on my steam account and played it on my laptop I could only play it again on my laptop and if I log into my steam account on my pc I would have to buy a new copy of the game in order to play it I this true thanks....

[Freyar]

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hey guys I was told if I brought the game on my steam account and played it on my laptop I could only play it again on my laptop and if I log into my steam account on my pc I would have to buy a new copy of the game in order to play it I this true thanks....

No, you'd be fine. Provided your account has time on it, you'll be able to play on any PC. If you wish to play on the PS4 or PS3, you will need to buy a copy of that version.

[Big Boom Boom]

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tl;dr

Don't know what you're talking about. I'm on JP servers, people talking all the time in Duty Finder (in JP of course, thanks google translator) and they even make attempt to communicate with dirty gaijins like me in English. Unless you join Party Finder that clearly said JP onry and get kicked for obviously not being JP. There is a WHOLE LOT of interaction between the jobs, and later content is usually insta wipe if one out of eight mess up something.

[MancSoulja]

Postat inițial de Ace♡:

It seems like all I do is ♥♥♥♥♥ at the tank in primals.

It's not my fault if you can't hold aggro, ♥♥♥♥♥. It's not my job to not hold aggro.

Actually yeah it is... If the Tank can't stay at the top of the agro list, you need to hold back a little so he can maintain agro... It's called working as a team!

[Yoshidakun]

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Postat inițial de iInk vs Navalink:

tl;dr

Don't know what you're talking about. I'm on JP servers, people talking all the time in Duty Finder (in JP of course, thanks google translator) and they even make attempt to communicate with dirty gaijins like me in English. Unless you join Party Finder that clearly said JP onry and get kicked for obviously not being JP. There is a WHOLE LOT of interaction between the jobs, and later content is usually insta wipe if one out of eight mess up something.

I'm on Mana data center (JP) and I have seen both sides of the coin in dungeons(DF), people talking a lot even if nobody is listening, and people that won't say a word, only "よろしくお願いします" and "お疲れさまでした".
While it's true that one player that fails leads to a wipe, for my experience I know that japanese players expect you to already know the mechanics of the ID you are doing, unless you say you are new to the dungeon (初見), so if there is no need for interaction, they won't speak a lot.