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He could not have picked better timing.

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My only criticism thus far is the grind equivalent to Pteranodon appears to be focused around doing the Red Alerts as opposed to pure grinding.

The whole detachment of materials, and them being pre-provided is a double edged sword... Since a lovely part about Ishgard Restoration was the whole communal aspect, e.g., you would see gatherers funneling materials into people focusing on crafters

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My only criticism thus far is the grind equivalent to Pteranodon appears to be focused around doing the Red Alerts as opposed to pure grinding.

The whole detachment of materials, and them being pre-provided is a double edged sword... Since a lovely part about Ishgard Restoration was the whole communal aspect, e.g., you would see gatherers funneling materials into people focusing on crafters

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you wouldn't want any possible mmo aspect though. this is far better, for that solo play

Bait topic by square enix dev.

Wow they made an instance to do solo leve quests

I was in there for a while with some FC friends and had a fun time. For content based around crafting and gathering I think they did a pretty good job keeping it fairly interesting, but at the end of the day it's still crafting and gathering. They're not exactly the most high octane jobs in the game.

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Originally Posted by DivineP

Very well done, now this is a mmo :)

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Are you allowed to say that on this forum? Definitely a time sink.

Did they say how long before we get another planet? I liked this kind of thing but I had a tendency to try and rush this content and get severely burned out.

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Originally Posted by Volgia

Did they say how long before we get another planet? I liked this kind of thing but I had a tendency to try and rush this content and get severely burned out.

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.3, .4, .5

So there will be 3 more iterations.

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Originally Posted by Kaurhz

.3, .4, .5

So there will be 3 more iterations.

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Let's hope the environments are more compelling than flat white interspersed with grey.

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Originally Posted by Mawlzy

Let's hope the environments are more compelling than flat white interspersed with grey.

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I am hoping they are a lot more diverse.. It's definitely aesthetically bland, as if we've not already been looking at the moon enough.

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Originally Posted by Mawlzy

Let's hope the environments are more compelling than flat white interspersed with grey.

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I'm mostly expecting more tileset reuse from Endwalker. Look forward to every part of Dead Ends/Elysian Fields being treated as a new and different planet.

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Originally Posted by Daralii

I'm mostly expecting more tileset reuse from Endwalker. Look forward to every part of Dead Ends/Elysian Fields being treated as a new and different planet.

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The whole thing feels like we've been dumped back in EW for no apparent reason.

Like what is our motivation here? We helped repatriate a loporrit, and rather than dealing with Sphene et al, we're working as a laborer on a construction crew.

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Originally Posted by Mawlzy

The whole thing feels like we've been dumped back in EW for no apparent reason.

Like what is our motivation here? We helped repatriate a loporrit, and rather than dealing with Sphene et al, we're working as a laborer on a construction crew.

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What has Sphene and the MSQ to do with side content?
We always went back to different things from time to time.

The WoL exploring the unknown is also completely in character as well as laboring for something. That’s their entire character in crafting and gathering missions.

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I am hoping they are a lot more diverse.. It's definitely aesthetically bland, as if we've not already been looking at the moon enough.

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At least we're not rebuilding Beverly Hills in the winter...

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Originally Posted by Voidmage

What has Sphene and the MSQ to do with side content?
We always went back to different things from time to time.

The WoL exploring the unknown is also completely in character as well as laboring for something. That’s their entire character in crafting and gathering missions.

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We got on a golf cart and got driven to a bit of the moon that looks pretty much like the bit of the moon we've already visited.

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Originally Posted by Mawlzy

I'd much rather they'd expanded IS than introduced this. Maybe the other planets will improve it, but this is just solo crafting and gathering in a bland environment.

The hoverboard thing is... a nice change from a zipline.

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They learned from IS at the very least - I value the 'UI-inventory' without having it clogging up my own and everything coming from the tablet.
Plus I don't lose out on 'leve' allowances when I bust one and just pick a new one from the list. The background music gets a bit grating after a while though, but I can always tune up something in the background.

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We got on a golf cart and got driven to a bit of the moon that looks pretty much like the bit of the moon we've already visited.

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Doesn’t change the fact that it’s a new area and just a base of operations for now and the overall mission is about exploring other worlds.

From your posts it’s clear you don’t like this content which is fine but let’s keep it at real criticism and not at what the WoL might find interesting or not.
It’s an exploration in the long term which is completely in character for them.
By all means criticize the scenery, the design or gameplay but the WoL having to labor in crafting content or that Sphene point?

I get criticism, I have lots myself for this game and this content but some posts on this forum here are really nitpicking for what they can find.


Whatever. That’s all from me.
Good content with weaknesses (and finally something to do after almost a year) and I look forward to what comes next.

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Originally Posted by Voidmage

Doesn’t change the fact that it’s a new area and just a base of operations for now and the overall mission is about exploring other worlds.

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I guess the bottom line for me is we have waited so long for this content and here we are stuck on the moon again.

Had this released earlier, with new planets coming out now, it might have been more inspiring.

The lalas are at it again

If this ends up being the gateway to a new housing ward on the moon I'm gonna congratulate SE for finding a place even more gray than Ishgard.