To those of you that have actually gotten to play EW, what do you think so far?

Well for most part Im happy with it..
But
Two things

It is fucking bullshit and lazy of them not making Anima and the sisters a trail.. They desever the full experience of fighting against which dungeons cant do. I feel cheated out of their experiences.

More so when they wont even do them in the new ally raids atleast Diablos got that.

And two i hate the stealth stuff in msq

Once you get past Login Savage....its a Perfect Experience.
Ive at least not gotten a single hiccup IN-game

Things really kick into gear once you get onto the moon.

Got a little bit past 85 dungeon, loving it so far.
Is it me or bosses with Trusts started to die a bit faster? Like... I wasn't expecting them to die as fast as they did.

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Originally Posted by Xylira

I'm about 60% of the way through the story so far, I think. To be brutally honest, so far I'm pretty disappointed in the MSQ. It started out fine, but the pacing and tone feels all over the place the more I play through it. Certain sections of the story fly by way too quickly, while others drag on needlessly. It also feels like they're being far too heavy handed trying to force certain reactions for the players. A particular plot sequence in the MSQ felt extremely contrived and unnecessary, to the point where it jarred me out of the story and made me dislike the writers for making it happen. I have never before in all my time playing FFXIV felt so put off by the story where I wanted to log out of the game in disgust at the plot design, and yet that happened during the Endwalker MSQ.

Compared to Shadowbringers, Endwalker story has been a big 'meh' so far. I really hope it improves, but so far it feels like a massive step backwards in story telling compared to the masterpiece that Shadowbringers was.

The gameplay, dungeons, combat, etc so far are perfectly fine and enjoyable. The MSQ has just been a flop for me so far, which is concerning given the main draw of the game is supposed to be the story.

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Majority of ShB recognition comes from the last half, so I am optimistic.

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Originally Posted by Hatfright

Got a little bit past 85 dungeon, loving it so far.
Is it me or bosses with Trusts started to die a bit faster? Like... I wasn't expecting them to die as fast as they did.

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Thancred seemed tankier in ShB. I can still mostly ignore him but on big packs he dies get pounded.

Only just did the first quest with the elephant, and honestly while the story is good, the content itself is kinda lacking. Only two combat situations so far, one after the other, in a sea of escort quests. Here's hoping it picks up when you get to Garlemald.

I've been spending a vast majority of my time since Friday leveling Reaper. Just got to 80 about 2 hours ago. It's pretty fun. That's about the extent of my EW content experience, though I may start the MSQ a bit later this evening.

The story is ok so far, it feels like there isn't that much filler since there is so many things happening at the same time.
As for content, dungeons have been decent, specially some dungeon bosses I feel they have the quality of some trials, at least in the visuals.
The first trial was a big meh for me, I expected more.
And the music is awesome, as always.

Aside from login queue time, Loving it! Went to pick up Reaper on friday and got it to 80 on saturday and now gonna be doing MSQ all the way with the job class to 90 :) im at lv83 rn and still on lv81 msq lol no rush here! I dont like rushing it. Taking my time reading the msq dialogues and watching cutscenes, exploring the new maps and such etc