Hello everyone. I'm just a humble Pre.HW player. I didn't want to get HW until I did next to everything in 2.0. I accomplished that goal yesterday hitting lvl 50 on all the available jobs, finishing all of the class and job quests and doing all of the group content up to EX Ramuh, Shiva, and Coil (can't get a group in DF and couldn't coordinate with fc).
I am content and very burnt out. I'm happy to reach this game. The game stopped being fun when I realized that so few of the classes felt fun, crafting was only rewarding in a system that helps itself, and harvesting wasn't very useful anything other than being self sufficient in the crafting system. Yup, I made a lot of money, but I didn't really use it for anything other than bypassing grinding walls and getting HQ mats that I was too lazy to farm myself. Sometime after leveling my 3rd dps class I realized how repetitive this game is and how it lacks any fun value below lvl 50 and even at the higher end, it still feels like a solo game I'm playing with others that are running scripts. I don't mean using programs, I mean we are suppose to know our class to the point that we are on autopilot and no one is communicating.
It's just sad, but I do enjoy this game. I want to come back, but only when I can find a class that I'd like to be. I love Monk, love Whm, and love WAR, but it became so monotonous playing either of them and their alternative jobs while the pressure put upon healing and tank jobs pretty high. I can't recall having fun with this game after everything became familiar and monotonous. The world is beautiful, but you rarely can interact with it when 90% of the time you are in dungeons or doing unfulfilling fates at set places.
Action combat has me sold and more pvp or versus company/world elements. This game lacks in that and makes me feel very disconnected from the bustling world. Idk what it is (probably the lack of difficulty), but FFXIV isn't as fulfilling or memorable as FFXI. I don't want them to be the same game, but dang I've accomplished a decent feat and feel it pales in comparison to unlocking BLU for the first time on my first try in FFXI or challenging the lvl 75 quest. Running to Jeuno for the first time was more rewarding that FFXIV and I think it's related to the relative ease in acquiring gear and money in this game, the lack of challenging world content, the power of the character, and the lack of community communication outside of FC chat.
This post wasn't supposed to descend like this and this isn't a "I'm piecing out" thread. I wanted to showcase an achievement in my mind for a game genre I never seem to complete. 2.0 content is dead, so me getting a near full set of 130 gear, level capping all of my roles, and seeing the majority of the original game content is enough for me. I look forward to seeing how this game evolves. I don't perceive it will be any different than what it is now. I look forward to returning and finding the fun again. I'll probably skip HW to see what new classes come in. Until then, my account will be banned from posting as my sub ends today.
I return to being a lurker.
I achieved my 2.0 goals
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08-12-2016, 07:01 AMDawgPilezI achieved my 2.0 goals
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08-12-2016, 07:07 AMZigabar
I thought this was going to be a good feels post. :(
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08-12-2016, 07:22 AMKitano123
So the end-game that you haven't even participated in is boring and monotonous....mkay.
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08-12-2016, 07:24 AMMugiawaraHe's not going to like it if he felt the classes are boring...Plus end-game is you doing the same things you'veQuote:
Originally Posted by Kitano123
been doing since you started, which is gear treadmilling. If he don't feel like it's fun now, then he probably won't later. -
08-12-2016, 07:31 AMKitano123He didn't say the classes where boring he said the opposite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mugiawara
He hasn't done any end-game content.
Maybe you need to re-read the OP. -
08-12-2016, 07:41 AMFunkyBunchCongrats on finishing all Pre HW stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by DawgPilez
That being said, if you haven't played the classes after level 50, you haven't played the classes really at all. They all have a completely different feel (well minus maybe NIN). BLM is especially different.
I feel like you handicapped yourself quite a bit by doing ALL of the 2.XX stuff and not even seeing what HW brought to the table. It was a completely different game for me. -
08-12-2016, 07:49 AMNorleas
Did you try pvp though? Check and mate.
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08-12-2016, 08:04 AMNiwashiHe hasn't done any of Heavensward's end-game content, but he's done nearly all of ARR's end-game content. If he ended up not liking the original game, the expansion is unlikely to change that, certainly not by providing more of the same at a higher level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitano123
It's a pity. I'm in the process of completing all the ARR stuff myself, but I'm still enjoying it. Of course, it's nowhere near as fun as the earliest few levels when first starting the game, but I've never known any game where the endgame can match up to the fun of the beginning. -
08-12-2016, 08:31 AMMugiawaraI want to come back, but only when I can find a class that I'd like to be. I love Monk, love Whm, and love WAR, but it became so monotonous playing either of them and their alternative jobs while the pressure put upon healing and tank jobs pretty high. I can't recall having fun with this game after everything became familiar and monotonous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitano123
Now he finds them boring if I'm understanding correctly. If he can't find em fun now.
But my point still stands, if he's not really enjoying the beginning, he's not going to really enjoy HW.
Though he might find a bit more fun if he DID get some of the jobs to 60...still, he'd still be doing the same stuff. -
08-12-2016, 08:45 AMKsenia
You said so yourself, OP. You aren't bored, you are burnt out. All MMO's burn you out. I left the entire scene for a year, played Fallout 4 and some Civ 5. Fallout 4 players will know what /tgm is and yea, I abused the hell out of it. /player.setlevel 80? Suuure, why not.
You just need to get clear of MMO's for a while, OP. No point in hating on this one, they are all treadmills. You just don't see it until you get clear of it. Once you do you can even appreciate it a little more. They have the ultimate cheat button. It's called Logout. -
08-12-2016, 01:22 PMNicoboGrats for your 2.0 completion!Quote:
Originally Posted by DawgPilez
I want to say something when I read above, you know when FFXI released, MAX LV was 50, then 55 then 60...etc
I feel your FF14 situation is something like when you challenging FF11 lvl75 quest, someone telling you "I have done all Lv50 and I'm done..." ^^;
Anyway, I hope I have stopped playing pre HW like you. This game just made me playing more and more time everyday. ^^; -
08-12-2016, 06:06 PMServerCollapsbecause the gameplay of the classes from 50-60 doesnt change. The only class that completely remains the same is monkQuote:
Originally Posted by Mugiawara
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08-12-2016, 07:33 PMJib
This is just a personal note from a player that started the game only this december/january.
For me op as i first started the game having come from other mmos i found the beginning very boring. a lot of quests are go and fetch this, very repetitive, very old fashioned old school. But as you starting going through heavensward more content opens up, classes do play differently, the world is even more gorgeous. (Heavensward is beautifulllll with the possibility of flying). The number of trials/dungeons/raids that you have at your disposil when you reach level 60 is actually impressive with many rewards that you can get (mainly glamour and mounts although envolving Grinding).
This is me trying to say that if FFXIV was only the vanilla and i played it today i would consider it a "meh" mmo. Ffxiv with everything it offers today, with little treasures like the hidibrand questline, ......, with constant every so months patches (its quality/quantity is debatable i dont wont to go there) im my eyes is actually one of the best mmorpgs that i could play today. Again just a personal opinion from a somewhat casual player (2hrs per day more or less having played other mmos like wow, swtor, star trek, bdo, eso ...) -
08-12-2016, 08:36 PMDragonFlyy
You sound burnt out. Maybe pick one class, burn through HW content, do a few things at end game then take a break until 4.0 comes out. Then start fresh and new there. Just a suggestion, but breaks usually help me with whatever MMO I'm currently playing. I MMO bounce quite a bit, and considering my other favorites are F2P it makes it easy to take a break.