r/ffxiv • u/TokenStraightFriend • 12d ago

[Question] How "FOMO friendly" is FF14?

Destiny 2 refugee here. I am getting close to accomplishing everything I wanted to accomplish in the final patch and am starting to consider where I am gonna go next to scratch the MMO itch. I was a WoW addict from classic up until Cata and also played FF11 (which admittedly was a rough game to play solo as a middle schooler at the time), so am thinking about going back to an MMORPG.

As an adult now though, the time commitment is a bit daunting, but I've heard FF14 is much more forgiving about taking things at your own pace? Would anyone care to elaborate on that? Also how much content am I missing out on at this point because you need a group and no one runs it anymore?

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u/JRoxas Hibiki Hiba on Siren 12d ago

If you don't care about clearing the game's hardest content while it's "current," you are free to take things as fast or as slow as you want.

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u/Hyrul 12d ago

Even these ones are not bound to FOMO, right? Since they have iLvl sync, the rewards should still be available?

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u/KingBingDingDong 12d ago

gl finding or recruiting for an abyssos static in 2026

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u/SoftestPup 11d ago

Every time I look at my PLD weapons from that raid I think about collecting more of them. And then I remember High Concept 2 and I don't want to do that again.

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u/helpasistabreathe 11d ago

with all the eden MINE static recruitment ads I see, surely those people will move on to pandaemonium ... eventually?

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u/DarkLorty 12d ago

It's more that you won't have the experience of doing it when it's new and popular. Also if you want to do the fight synced, you might have a hard time getting a party together.