Final Fantasy 14 Is Best Played Without FOMO

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They released the pizza emote again. I’m not pressed to get it. 

Two years ago, before the release of the main Endwalker expansion, the Final Fantasy 14 team ran a GrubHub promotion during The Game Awards. If you ordered during TGA, you’d get a small discount (enough to cover at least delivery fees for non-subscriber GH customers), plus a new in-game FFXIV emote: “Eat Pizza.” It shows the character… well, eating pizza. It was nifty, and, of course, the loyal fanbase couldn’t get it fast enough. 

That eagerness caused the codes to run out in hours. Those who used the code but didn’t get the code were promised one, though it seemed to be iffy on delivery. It’s not the first time in recent memory, either, as Butterfingers had a similar promotion, where buying $5 in Butterfingers products would qualify you for an emote. Sadly, that also ran into issues, as the distributors quickly ran out of codes. At least these ones lately can be chalked up to volume of demand. 

When things boil down, I’m grateful I’ve removed myself from the various types of FOMO (that is, “Fear Of Missing Out”) that comes from being a FFXIV player because, oh boy, I’d be broke and a hermit if that were the case. 

This may be a good problem for the game itself. As much as some players complain that there’s not much to do, it’s definitely a matter of perspective, preference, and experience. 

In regards to Endwalker , at least it’s a valid criticism, as there’s something of a ceiling on grindable content via the Variant and Criterion Dungeons, plus Eureka Orthos. In Shadowbringers and even Stormblood , at least Bozja and Eureka Pagos could respectively occupy players for many, many hours. You can technically grind Endwalker content over and over, but