I re-subbed right as Shadowbringers came out and was able to just upgrade my gear instantly with the poetics and then catch up from the 4.2 patch to the current stuff in 3 or 4 days was all, so it really wasn’t too big a deal. But as you say, to get through the story, you just gotta get through the story.įor me, I stopped playing about 6 months after Stormblood came out, other than brief dips back in to get Blue Mage and whatnot, but even on those I just did “side content” and didn’t advance the MSQ. The game’s actually got a decent “catch-up” mechanic for gear - after you complete an x.0 MSQ section, then a vendor opens up that lets you purchase that expansion’s top-end dungeon gear (this includes ARR) for the easily-obtained “Poetics” tomestones. It’s not annoying me (dragons aside) and I have two classes (Machinist and Scholar) that I’m flipping between for when I want to enjoy specific playstyles. One gil at a time!Īll things considered, I feel like I’m in a really good place with FFXIV. It was really nice to see everyone in person (so to speak), although the housing reminded me that I’m so far away from being able to afford even the smallest cottage.
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I also took some time off of my routine to hang out with my free company when it was throwing a hide-and-seek event the other night in our neighborhood. I’m doing the Vanu Vanu, which is great if you like giant angry-looking chicken-bears living on floating islands despite lacking the capacity for flight. I figure I’ll just do one until it caps out and then pick up another one until I’m done with them all. I’ve also been faithfully working on a single beast tribe reputation grind every day. The patches so far - I’m in 3.4 as I write this - have had some really good beats, including that upside-down castle dungeon with the creepy doll boss. It wasn’t horrible, but the Syp demographic isn’t enthralled by developers going “hey, let’s keep that Elf-and-dragon parade going!” past the point that you felt this storyline concluded. So I’ve been going through the 3.X main story quests, which I’ve dubbed “more dungeons and dragons.” Honestly, I’m more than done with Heavensward in terms of themes and characters. Like any MMO with a long and involved story arc, it’s best to enjoy where you are and trust that you’ll get there… evantually. There’s no brute-forcing it, nor fretting about it. I know there’s a huge amount of content - two expansions and three expansion patch cycles - between where I am now and where veteran players are, but there’s no rushing it. If there wasn’t an expansion coming out this fall, I doubt that voice would be as loud, but… it’s there. One mental obstacle that I’ve had to contend with is ignoring that internal pressure to “catch up CATCH UP” with everyone else in the game. Man, flying makes such a difference in this game, and I never get sick of taking my chocobo to the skies. Since every story beat from here on out is new to me, I can log in every night and have that expectation of discovery.Īnd it doesn’t hurt that I’ve put in the time to unlock flying in all of the zones. It definitely was a great decision on my part to resume questing with my former character who’d already gotten through the core Heavensward expansion. If nothing else, Final Fantasy XIV is proving to be such a screenshottable game that I’m having a hard time culling pictures down to a handful to share in these posts.
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