Playing FFXIV as a Au Ra. ( playing as if I was a new player) ( A little bit annoyed)

Play the game as if I was a new player to see what new players have to face from 1-60 playing the game for it's story.

(I have beaten ARR and Heavensward on another character, I however wanted to experience this whole game again with the new race and see all the CS with my character)

Yes I wanted to experience everything I played up to Heavensward from beginning to end as the new race. Most of ARR was great because most dungeons didn't require much waiting involved so I was able to watch the little CS that had story involved.
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Castrum Meridianum/Praetorium:

I am sure you know where I am going with this. I am not exactly blaming the players for this because they want to get their reward ASAP. However, I feel that reward is there so that new players that are actually trying to view the story in real time ( not pushing it off to " The Unending Journal" Book. The reward serves as an incentive to basically help those that can't find anybody to do it with. That is way under Duty Roulette it's under the " Main Scenario" Tab.

I am sure there are other like me, I like to view the story in real time.

Story>Trash mobs>Story> Boss etc

Not

People going ahead:

Story>Story of a boss I never seen in the dungeon>Story etc With no fighting

It put a sour taste in my mouth that Yeah.. I saw you in a CS but now your dead and I didn't do anything to said boss. The chain continues till the party reaches the end and I am still in the middle of the story ( Nero by that point).
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You can watch it in the book in the Inn! ---->

I like watch the CS in real time because it makes me feel I am more involved in the story and makes climax points of the story feel more impact-ful.

Find friends to help you! ---->

1) Not everyone can make a whole lot of friends, Yes I have 1 or 2 friends on here. However when you are dealing with an 8 man dungeon 5-6 of them will still dart ahead ( since they have a high ilvl) and rip everything apart anyways. So I am still stuck with the loop:

Story>Story of a boss I never seen in the dungeon>Story etc. With no fighting

2) Finding people that are online at the same time as you/ waiting for hours for a form a party that meets your criteria. As a new player I would rather use the Duty Finder, more convenient, less hassle, get in pretty quickly. Then you run into the risk of the party I just encountered (People rushing ahead).

I am not sure if there is a solution for this. However, playing as if I was a new player, not being able to watch the story as it unfolds and fight the fights you were meant to fight in order to proceed but the party kills them off.

I do hope for new players that when it comes to story that if they want to see it in real time they can and battle what they are suppose to fight. Kinda feel bad for them :(.

People do those daily for main story roulette. I understand you want to watch them but the are very long and lets face it most aren't going to wait. The best way if you want to watch those cutscenes is to do it with a free company group.

Well, in all content after (including HS) SE has minimized the CSs that occur within a dungeon, instead opting to have them occur as you leave or similar just-after/just-before points. I don't think we're going to get any other concessions from SE...

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Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra

People do those daily for main story roulette. I understand you want to watch them but the are very long and lets face it most aren't going to wait. The best way if you want to watch those cutscenes is to do it with a free company group.

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I understand, but even free company have there own agenda and not everyone will help. And that again takes alot more time to gather people than to simply press a simple button and get in decently quick 10 mins. instead of 1hr +.

The CM problem is not new. It already existed during 2.0 and got worse with 2.1
So a new player, who do CM, still get somehow the same experience as if he did it 1 month after ARR launch.

Grab 2-3 people. Queue as an undersized party. Destroy them.

You could start a party in PF for it. People will join if you're willing to wait. Can you do undersized party? The gear you're given from your class quests is almost double the item level of the dungeons, so you don't need a full party of 8. You could probably do it without a tank too.

Tough. Set up a PF group and set the stipulation to watch CS, otherwise, don't complain.

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Originally Posted by Ashkendor

Grab 2-3 people. Queue as an undersized party. Destroy them.

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We have done this for a few people in my FC and its loads of fun. Plus running in full chocobo costumes is an added bonus!

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Originally Posted by basketofseals

You could start a party in PF for it. People will join if you're willing to wait. Can you do undersized party? The gear you're given from your class quests is almost double the item level of the dungeons, so you don't need a full party of 8. You could probably do it without a tank too.

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Waiting is the problem lol. Should new players be forced to wait? Finding people is not easy for some people. Especially the ones that have a lot of patience. That's why I can neither blame the community or not. Because I know how long it is, but when a new player gets to this point and Duty finders it ( assuming he doesn't know there is a crap load of CS incoming, and that the party probably won't wait. New players will probably not be made aware of this. I am glad they fix this problem in the future patches, but sadly this is still part of the overall story.

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Originally Posted by Kedo

Tough. Set up a PF group and set the stipulation to watch CS, otherwise, don't complain.

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Sorry? Yes I have every right to complain about something I am paying for. I am playing the game for it's story and being involved in the story. I know things probably won't change because of what I am saying. I will however voice my opinion.