the game is overwhelming

Hi everyone

so i just cleared main story after defeating Gaias and the amount of blue quests i received is scary !!

i have severe OCD where i have to clear quests or i feel something is wrong with my progression..

can someone explain to me what is important and what is ok to ignore quest wise ?

am only interested in gear progression and power creep.

my main character is a tank warrior on Alpha server.

really any hints are greatly appreciated.

The quests with meteor icon are the main story, you need to complete these to progress.

The blue ones unlock things, dungeons, raids, features like the barber npc etc. You don't need to do these ones, but I do recommend you do them for the content.

Yellow icons are side quests, they are mostly used for their experience, some give world building.

what about hunting log ? do i need those ?

and at what levels do i unlock raids or trials ?

You dont need hunting logs, they are just there to gain extra exp at low level.

You unlock most trials via main story, there are some that you unlock via side quests. Titan, Ifrit etc are trials. Raids you unlock via the blue quests starting from level 50.

Although the fireball quest icon and blue quest icons are the most important, the specific ones you can easily avoid are:

- Any blue quests at a "guild". These typically unlock classes or jobs. Other than the Warrior ones of course.

- Eventually some blue quests will want you to do (Extreme) or Minstrel's Ballad duties. These are meant to be high-difficulty content, but they are around 13 years old and aren't done a lot anymore. If you queue for them, it'll be hard to get into them and could take hours or days. Binding Coil is another one you may pickup, and it's a great story, but you can't really clear it via a direct queue. You'd have to get a level 100 player to join your party and enter with the Unrestricted setting so they can 1-shot it for you, and allow you to see the story.

- A lot of the rest (particularly at Mor Dhona) unlock side dungeons, and the red ones are mostly going to be for crafters/gatherers which you can ignore.

One hint from my side who was a new player about one year ago: Take it easy!

It's important to keep in mind that this is an "old" game: It means that the content is enormous. The volume of things to be done is a result of decades of adds and is massively overwhelming.

It's impossible to do everything within short time and it's impossible to compete against players in game since beginning or with several years behind them already.

Your only rule should be: Keep the fun!

Side note: Based on my experience, this forum is the best place to get help because people are nice, patient and willing to help. :)

Just do it one quest at a time.
You can ignore or not ignore as much as you want. Even MSQ!

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Originally Posted by Clarity-After

Hi everyone

so i just cleared main story after defeating Gaias and the amount of blue quests i received is scary !!

i have severe OCD where i have to clear quests or i feel something is wrong with my progression..

can someone explain to me what is important and what is ok to ignore quest wise ?

am only interested in gear progression and power creep.

my main character is a tank warrior on Alpha server.

really any hints are greatly appreciated.

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Only complete the main quest / story quest, you can ignore the others
dont worry, for me it was very overwhelming too, the first time I start to play FFXIV
after some time I got used to it, and now its very normal to me

Sorry, I add one more post for a recommendation: Like in any other MMOs, it is important that you start all your crafters and gatherers (miner, botanist, fisher) immediately, to have them leveling up over time at same time than you level up your main class/job.

To limit the feeling of grinding, as soon as you reach the msq step making you chose a Grand Company, start doing the GC supply(first tab) & provisioning (second tab) missions. Those are dailies, however, to prevent that it consumes your gils and your time, I recommend doing only those with a bonus (marked with a yellow star).

OMG thank you so much for all the replies.

it made me feel so much better about the game.

i will take is slow and one quest at a time hopefully i catch up to end game.

thank you thank you so much

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Originally Posted by Clarity-After

Hi everyone

so i just cleared main story after defeating Gaias and the amount of blue quests i received is scary !!

i have severe OCD where i have to clear quests or i feel something is wrong with my progression..

can someone explain to me what is important and what is ok to ignore quest wise ?

am only interested in gear progression and power creep.

my main character is a tank warrior on Alpha server.

really any hints are greatly appreciated.

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This is 1 of the easiest mmorpg to get into the blue quest are there so players are just thrown into the world and he completely lost

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can someone explain to me what is important and what is ok to ignore quest wise ?

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So there are 2 quest chains that you must complete at some point to continue out of the post ARR story and into the HW expansion. The first quest line goes through the Ifrit, Titan, and Garuda trials and unlocks the version in the Trials Roulette. These are referred to as "hard mode" fights, but theyre more or less the fights you already did in 4 man parties expanded to full 8 man excursions. There are also "extreme" versions of each of these fights available, but those are optional. The other required quests to advance open up the Alliance Raid Roulette. Alliance Raids are completed with 3 groups of 8(1 tank 2 heals 5 dps each). They are big flashy fights, but on average the difficulty level isnt much higher then normal MSQ dungeons. And having a minimum of 6 people along who can res means that in practice they tend to be low stress with only a few specific fights being considered hard by the community.

Completing those 2 blue quest lines along with your MSQ is all the game will require you to do to move forward. As others have said, a lot of the blues you saw were optional dungeons(if i remember right, there are like 15ish of them available to you at level 50). If you need a break from the story, grabbing and clearing one or two of those is a fine change of pace. The game also has 8 man raids, but the ARR one is only available at the hardest difficulty level. If you wish to clear these for the story, going unsynced is the preferred method for the community(you either wait until youre higher level, or you get 1-2 high level friends to bring you through) but you can find people who do them the original way if you try hard enough. From the Heavensward expansion and going forward, these raids all have a "story" difficulty along with the "savage" one, and people do the story versions all the time. The quest to look out for that starts the ARR raid series is this one. Use this information to avoid or seek out these fights as you see fit.

But the best hint i can give is to take a deep breath, and go at your own pace. And this forum in particular is a good one to come to seeking advice or answers to any further questions you come accross. Happy hunting!

My plan exactly to slow down my excitment and enjoy the game.

I just fimished RR story line and going forward.

I have so many questions RN but ill take my time learning.