new players screwed?

[ExponentialDecay]

That may not be accurate. They mentioned in the last live letter that they were planning on doing monthly Live Letters before 2.1. Monthly. Plural.

We already have a timeline of content patches occurring every 3 months. November is the third month after August.

[Pinworms]

I can see this happening. Luckily I realized this when I first started and blew through the story...I was taking my sweet time, and started thinking...what if everyone finishes the story missions? Who will que for the story missions then? ESP the ez mode primals and other small duties.

[PSxpert2011]

Best you start a link shell or a free company to run dungeons together. Unlike FFXI, you can't do quest together because it's solo-orientated. It doen't even give you the option to join forces because now it's crazy to do that in a MMO.

This game s is flawed but some-how will have to live with it while new updates come up. Make a link shell, find like-minded people and practice playing what ever class he's playing. I fyour friend is having problems with the Duty Finder, you can still build a party around it and still use the system.

[Klutz64]

Absolutely agree. It is not a good idea to have story quests REQUIRE dungeons that do not give any significant reward worth repeating. The gear is great, sure, but you can get similar gear from your Grand Company (when that is unlocked of course). So, nerf fates buff dungeons!
If your wondering, yes I absolutely hate FATEs. I dont even heal anyone since it isnt needed. Tanks never tank, usually its some bard who tanks bosses. What is the point of them exactly?

It's a double edged sword really, even after the hotfix, getting a decent "last story dungeon" feeling out of CM and Prae is near impossible without the exact right group of people. Since those who want to speed run for tomes and those who just want to get the story out of the way to unlock endgame kind of ruin it.

[Mythrella]

OP's post was pretty short... yet it appears only a few respondents read it.

I'm glad you were able to help your friend, and yes I thought about that exact situation arising as soon as the game went live. There are mandatory dungeons, and most players just want to level fast via fates... so here we are.

Hopefully 2.1 will fix it, but the downside is, it's highly likely that many 50s in a totorak for example, will just be blowing through the place and berating the newbs just like they do in the level 50 dungeons. But hey, at least they will be getting things completed ♥

[Reiterpallasch]

I've taken 3 characters through there for the story (retainer alts), all as DPS and the queue was never that long, even if I did it late at night when queues are significantly longer.

I'm not saying it can't happen, but it seems highly unlikely.

[Latasha]

I will absolutely be available to any new player out there that starts late and needs help completing content. I started late in FFXI, could not complete content on my own, and absolutely could NOT find ANYone willing to help a new player will quests or dungeons. Everyone I met was elitist and rude and unwilling to take the time to help a noob like me. That was like 9 years ago, and I have made a point to not treat a new player like that ever since.

That being said, I (coincidentally) started FFXIV:ARR late as well. I was in 1.0, and in the most recent beta, but my computer died right before early access and needed rebuilt. Almost 2 months later I am finally playing, and I've been fortunate enough to find a group of people (Moogle Militia on Adamantoise server) that are willing to accept and help players like me, even though we are not already doing endgame runs and all that. So yeah... nice, friendly and helpful people/Free Companies are out there.

[C000kiemonster]

So my friend wants to play ffxiv, great. he gets the game and is now level 20 and is trying to do probably pirates. So he is in Q for 4 hours and cant get a group. Then it hits me, i cant run him though by my self and there is no reason for anyone pass this quest to ever run it again since fate spamming is so much better. No one is making more chars other then there 1 because there is almost no need.

So what now, my friend is ok because i can hook him up with 2 more people to help but how does a brand new player with no friends on a server do anything with this game at this point?

thats a main complaint that we see concerning fates and dungeon finder....

no community rep involved on server so you have jerks everywhere being selfish

fates while slowing down are still too easy to spam while watching TV... so its abused. It was a nice test but come expansion time.... it should be removed and parties brought back or servers added and dungeons being the way....

[Sunarie]

I will absolutely be available to any new player out there that starts late and needs help completing content. I started late in FFXI, could not complete content on my own, and absolutely could NOT find ANYone willing to help a new player will quests or dungeons. Everyone I met was elitist and rude and unwilling to take the time to help a noob like me. That was like 9 years ago, and I have made a point to not treat a new player like that ever since.

That being said, I (coincidentally) started FFXIV:ARR late as well. I was in 1.0, and in the most recent beta, but my computer died right before early access and needed rebuilt. Almost 2 months later I am finally playing, and I've been fortunate enough to find a group of people (Moogle Militia on Adamantoise server) that are willing to accept and help players like me, even though we are not already doing endgame runs and all that. So yeah... nice, friendly and helpful people/Free Companies are out there.

This! I ran into the same thing when trying FFXI and it ultimately turned me off from the game completely. I usually stick to doing stuff with my FC mates though. Keeps me plenty busy running dungeons on it's own. So sadly, not a whole lot of time to help out the newbies.

[Latasha]

This! I ran into the same thing when trying FFXI and it ultimately turned me off from the game completely. I usually stick to doing stuff with my FC mates though. Keeps me plenty busy running dungeons on it's own. So sadly, not a whole lot of time to help out the newbies.

I didn't figure I was the only one that had that experience. Still, there's no reason your FC can't be newbie-friendly and helping them run dungeons and such also.