feeling sorry for new players

[KumaAkuma]

Atleast new people have something to do. I'm going bored out of mind. Sure I get to do Ifrit for a week to get my weapon, but after that the only thing that seems to take some time is trying to craft the ultimate weapon by stacking 100 materia on it and fail 99.99999999999999999999% of the time. Besides that it's waiting for another 3 months for the next titbit.

[Shift]

Really, even the players that bought the game at release that are coming back are still enduring a new learning curve. A lot of changes have gone in since then. My friend came back and I was teaching him the ins & outs this weekend, but I found myself saying "Until Tuesday, then it will Change" quite a bit.

Only attack mobs with a red name - Until Tuesday
Don't put those items for sale in your retainer - They'll be useless after Tuesday
You can only do 8 leves every 36 hours - Until Tuesday
You have to run everywhere or use your Anima - Until Tuesday
Level up your job as much as you can - because I'm not sure what XP is going to look like come Tuesday

[Fear]

Me and my wife just started playing this about 2 weeks ago and since we've been playing I've seen at least 10+ new players on Fabul, the game is becoming better and word is spreading

[zaviermhigo]

Selbina has tons of new people but if anything this is better for them. The game is changing now in a way early on for them and they can easily get used to it. I mean I've been playing since Open beta, I got used to sp per action, I got used to standard sp, I got used to guildleves changes, when you think about it I've gotten used to every post release patch ever, its a small learning curve, but its not that bad. Think about it, if you've played for at max 3 months, casually, leveled up battle and not really crafts, then it will be easier to get used to the new company content and the materia crafting system. For us old timers, the new recipes and materia might take us a little bit to get adjusted to.

[zaviermhigo]

Atleast new people have something to do. I'm going bored out of mind. Sure I get to do Ifrit for a week to get my weapon, but after that the only thing that seems to take some time is trying to craft the ultimate weapon by stacking 100 materia on it and fail 99.99999999999999999999% of the time. Besides that it's waiting for another 3 months for the next titbit.

You'll have grand companies quest too, so add like two more weeks at max (and thats being hopeful haha)

[Rorix]

Ive been playing for about 2 months, and I'm looking forward to this patch as much as you ffxiv vets out there ^^

I've been playing for about a month now and I'm having a blast with the game, sure, there are a lot of things I don't like but I'm still having fun with this game.

I'm also looking forward to the new patch.

[Exni]

Hah, that "What new players?" comment had me rolling on the floor for awhile.. LOL!

But actually, the OP has a point because I've been noticing a good number of truely new players to the game.. especially just this past weekend. The couple I chat'd with this weekend were mostly from XI, and just finally deciding to pickup XIV because they 'heard' that 1.19 is sposed to be 'worthy of finally playing'. Saw a cupl of RIFTers last week too, said ther LS came over brand new to XIV in preparation for the new patch (1.19). So yeah, I do believe that we are seeing a slow stream of new players to the game.. as the hype of early-this-year/last-year MMOs is starting to wear off I guess.

[Secret_Reeve]

seeeeee new players lol

[Pyrix]

New players are a myth.

[leomike35]

What new players?

Oh you know the ppl that ask you for help in game that you ignore because you dont know them. Those new players.