After 14 months in a Final Fantasy 14-induced coma, I've struggled to adapt to a post-MMO world

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After 14 months in a Final Fantasy 14-induced coma, I've struggled to adapt to a post-MMO world
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Leaving an MMO behind, no matter how long for, is a weirdly difficult decision to make.

A couple of months ago, I did something I thought I never would do: I unsubscribed from Final Fantasy 14. Okay, maybe I'm being a little bit dramatic about taking a break from the critically-acclaimed MMORPG. But between August 2021 and October 2022 I somehow poured around 3,000 hours into it—a lot of that spent AFK in Limsa Lominsa, admittedly—but it's an awfully large chunk of my life to dedicate to a single game.

It's a strange feeling, spending so much of your time with a game and with the click of a button having that comfort vanish. Online editor Fraser once likened. He's not wrong. In the first few weeks of my Final Fantasy-less existence, I felt lost in a way I wasn't expecting. Friends I had made in the game began trickling into my Discord DMs, concerned that my bunny girl hadn't been spotted causing mischief in a hot sec.

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