Quote Originally Posted by Kaurie View Post
Ultimately, the biggest issue is that FFXIV released content in a way that encouraged you to speed by 90% of the content as fast as possible. [snip] So you better be up there if you want to not get left behind per se.
None of the people I know have felt the pressured to rush through the game for fear of being left behind. Cheers to having a new raid and it's big brother to challenge us...when we get around to them. We're having a good time and not stressing about keeping up with the Joneses.

This community would be much happier if they chilled out a bit. Hard core raiders exempt of course! XD

Quote Originally Posted by Kaurie View Post
I felt behind all of ARR, because I didn't start out right away, and I spent the entire 2.x catching up.
This character was level 16 in May. I decided to ignore most stuff that was not MSQ just so he could start HW content with my other characters. But hey, now I'm going back and picking up the content I missed.

Everyone has a right to play as they wish. My choice is the slow and steady with my characters. I love the story so much I'm repeating it 4 times.