Who else is planning to take their time?

I totally agree, I've had a lot of fun with the Beta phase 3.0 and 4.0 but I'm looking forward to official release. For me its a chance to take my time, enjoy the game at my own pace and I'm not sweating end game stuff right now. I look at this game as an investment of time, money, to make friends, and have a good time... maybe even take a few random pics. I still have people across the country I talk to everyday thanks to my years of playing FF XI. I look forward to having even greater experiences here, not to rush through to end game. However, to each their own.

This is the first MMO where a group of IRL friends and I actually want to play together, but since two of them aren't Legacy two of us will have to create another character (assuming they lock out the legacy servers for new players). If that's the case then I'll be taking it easy with my legacy main and grinding it out with my friends on my secondary.

must...get....everything....done.....before....2.1!!

Im jk I always take my time with quest content, ive even been talking to all the non quest npcs and ive not even left la noscea yet!

I am going to complete the story. Get a black mage. And finally do a relic reborn.

I'm taking my sweet time with this game.
No rush for me as imo FFXIV is more of a.... slow and peaceful MMO.

I will play at the speed in which I enjoy, which compared to everyone else will probably be very slow. =D

I will take my time as soon as I'm over the first excitement. ;) Work will take care of the rest.

I'm absolutely taking my time. I want to slowly explore the new world and take in the feeling of wonder that MMOs are so often built around.

I'm rushing past the beta content, because I've done them a billion times. After that, I'll just explore.

I am already taking my time.

I did kind of rush through Phase 3, getting to level 25 and getting Grand Company gear, but in Phase 4, knowing it would carry over, I decided to take a different approach that I am continuing when the time comes.

I am going to be a Conjurer as a combat class, but I am also going to train Arcanist and Thaumaturge respectively to aid me as a Conjurer/White Mage. Seeing as how all the mage classes in the game are each in their own city, I can train each class with the quests surrounding that particular city, while also learning more of the story which is unknown to me as a Gridanian.

But before really sinking teeth into that, I am going to take a huge step back on combat classes as soon as a I beat Ifrit (in other words, as soon as I clear the storyline up until Phase 3) and focus entirely on gathering and crafting, leveling and perhaps maxing Botanist, Weaver and Carpenter. Few reasons to do so:

1. Convenience - Being able to make my own equipment wherever I am with no extra cost as well as fixing it if I am not close to a mender. Besides, I can get certain equipment ahead of time. Whether or not this will prove to exceed the dungeon equipment is yet to be seen.
2. Profits - Not only to save money but to make a lot as well. Each MMO has a thing for money and I can see XIV is no different. If I take the time to make and sell stuff for money long before I continue to really go past level 20-25 content of a main combat class, it can be a potential to really help me be on my own for a long, long time. In fact, after a certain point (getting a retainer most importantly) you could spend the entire game doing nothing but crafting and gathering and be fine and make money. To me, that is why the whole game has charm in the first place. You can be anything at all.

I'll certainly be taking my time, especially as work will keep me busy most of the week. Though those first twenty levels will be blitzed considering how many times I played that around during beta.

I'll be mixing it up depending on work, outings, and free time which can be devoted to ARR :)

Yeah, especially during phase 4 many of us were busy leveling and "getting ready for the early access and launch" during the few intense weekend days.

Now on though I plan to just mostly keep up my main class level with my linkshell buddies as we often do dungeons and quests etc together.

When I'm not doing that, I'll try out gathering/crafting, level up other classes and explore the word.

I plan to spend most of my time Fishing anyways :P

I'll be taking my time reading all the quest, and talking to every npc.

The journey itself is the reward. I plan on taking a brisk, comfortable pace myself. Plenty to see. Plenty to do. And certainly plenty of crafts to take up.

A little bit of both! I'm rushing through all the story elements I already did during Phase 3, but I'll be taking my time when it comes to the new content I wasn't able to explore.

I've been taking my time.
I can understand the point of view of those who want to reach the top first, but I like to take it slow and really take in everything around me.
I'm going to take tons of screenshots as well.

I will definitely be taking my time. I plan to read all quest dialogue, explore, adventure, and soak in the lore of ARR. For me, the game is wasted if I just rush to the end.

I'm probably going to end up playing alone despite a few others joining the game with me, mostly just due to the fact that I'm going to progress so slowly just trying to do everything I can each level. I play online games for entertainment and relaxation, and to me, running the same handful on instances that have been rehearsed to near perfection endlessly != fun or entertaining, which is all end game ever seems to be. I don't care much for the gear grind unless it makes my character look amazing.

At least because of level sync my friends can still run instances with me once they get far ahead?

Same here! Work will be eating most of my time. When i DO have off days (maybe) it'll be a slow crawl through the levels so the wife and i can enjoy what the game has to offer.

It is what i always do.

Ill be taking my time, although im a bit upset at myself this morning >.< I thought that people who purchased the original 1.0 CE got early access... turns out you have to be legacy on top of buying the original game. Had I not missed that little tidbit I would have pre-ordered another copy of the game dammit!

When I finally make it in though, ill be spending my time looking for a good group of friends to play with for the next few years :cool:

After all, whats this game without good people to talk to and play with?! Hope everyone enjoys early access and release, just be sure to focus on what you enjoy doing and have a blast with it!

I won't be taking my time in the beginning. I want my character to be 100% functionnal (everything unlocked) as quick as possible. All etherites, all jobs, all classes, all gear sets, dyes, all story quests, all Grand Company quests, all dungeons unlocked, etc... everything I need to do what I want when I want (and not "Oh wait! I need to unlock this first").

THEN, I will take my time.

P.S: I also got both Open-Beta errors that didn't let me complete everything that I could in P4... so I took my time in it.

i'll certainly be taking my time and reading dialogue this time around, the voice overs are awesome as well!

I will for sure be taking it easy. I always do tend to go kind of slow because I get sidetracked by stuff, like running off to explore random areas.

I'll be roleplaying, so that kind of answers your question right there. Of course I'll be taking some time to stop and enjoy the world. I'll be with a Light Party of friends for most of the night.

I do believe the majority of the Final Fantasy fan base will be doing this. From what I've learned from the FF community, we are all great respecters of stories and lore. If you're like me and you've played Final Fantasy since Mystic Quest, you will sit back and absorb the story, giving you a much deeper regard and loyalty to the defense of Eorzea. So far the story has wrapped its arms around me and made me feel warm, peaceful, and ready to tank some Primal ass :)

***NOTE*** MY MAIN IS NOT THIS
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I will be making a Glad/Pal tank on Diabolos. FTW

I'm gonna take as decent a pace as possible, no rush, but no snails pace either. I'll probably end up doing a mix of levelling Arcanist some more from the main storyline in between the crafting classes.

Its just finding that right time to switch between the two that looks to be the hard part right now.

Yes I will be taking my time to enjoy the game. I dont want to rush past lots of content then moan there is nothing to see lol.

I just need to get past the initial squee of release first to calm down. :p

I'll be half rushing, half not there, half exploring and half actually reading CSs. (If you total that up, yes you make 2. *specs adjust* However if you hate math, it's just 4 halves!)
I take everything at my own pace, and it's different every day. I fairly moody without being what you might call emo. The best part is being able to talk with my long lost LS mates. (After all we were floating in the ether for 5 year)

Definitely no rush. I want to explore every corner of the world as I make my way through the story.

Not going to make a mad dash, and I plan to enjoy the story fully, but I still want to move along at a reasonable pace. Granted, I get sidetracked easily...

I hate rushing through games...I take my time, plan things out & explore. I'm excited, & I'm playing with my boyfriend & he explores too. We won't always be together (in game) but we'll be in the same room much of the time. (& we're on vacation from now until next friday!)

I don't plan on rushing until my partner in crime returns. Just going to muck about with DoH til next week.

I'm gonna finish up where I left off in the Beta (trying to get my chocobo and join a GC), and after that I'm gonna take it easy and spend a bit of time working on my Alchemist. Plus, I really want to try and pay attention to the finer details in cutscenes and the story, as there were a few neat touches I missed in Phase 3 and noticed in Phase 4. For those who didn't take notice...

*Alphinaud and Alisaie--the Elvaan twins from the intro--can be seen walking in the background during a cutscene at the Adventurer's Guild.
*The adventurers outside of Satasha are seen again in the cutscene after completing Tam-Tara Deepcroft, and you meet Conjurer of their group after completing Copperbell Mines.
*The adventurers you meet after completing Satasha can be found outside of the Tam-Tara Deepcroft, and one of the two NPCs outside of Copperbell Mines will talk about them.

It's this sort of stuff I like in games, and I'm looking forward to finding more of it :)

I will take my sweet time exploring every single aspects of this game. I used to go for world firsts in WOW, but I did notice that I always blew through the game so quickly, and had to wait months and months for new content to release. That became really boring so when I tried XIV 1.0 for the first time, I had a much more fun time reading the storyline questtexts and explore :)

I plan to take my time. I am in no rush to get to max level. I prefer RPing over level grinding :)

Very interesting thread

I have a friend who's pure p*ssed off because he wasn't able to take advantage of phase 4 to the fullest. And i Had to hear him cry about it.

Simple question is, "What are you missing?" Everyone is heading in the same direction in this game. What are the benefits of being 1st?

I explained to him even if you took 2 weeks off, you wouldn't be 1st. There are people that still live at home with parents, or on unemployment who are going to dedicate 20 of the 24 hours in a day to push and grind to server 1st.

What is that all for? What do you achieve or get by being the 1st.

The answer is nothing really. It's a mindset. Some people are overly competitive to a fault. Even if the goal isn't in their interest at all, they need to be 1st.

Its a personality. I can't comprehend it. But I accept it. Would be boring if everyone in the world was like myself.

You cannot make someone understand and comprehend your own point of view, as in what do you achieve by being 1st. That's their source of entertainment from the game.

I get distracted so easily that it's hard for me not to take it easy through the game! It'll probably be quite a while before I get anything to 50 and I'm good with that!