so how you fell about stormblood so far

[Alleo]

Well the first zone really did not look that great (the half I could see) but I liked the second one. Kugane is my favorite city right now, I love the look and the music (but I love the Asian style in general). Ruby sea is okay but not that great, so overall one great city and fine zones that are still not that awe looking.

I am only at the Ruby sea with the story too but I kinda dont have the same hype as HW, so I really go slow there. The story itself frustrates me at some points (I say the part after Pipins solo instance) and other times I do like the kind of humor of it like in Kugane. I just look at all the stuff we have and for me I just cant see how we will win, so I am not really sure if I enjoy the conclusion of both countries. I do like that we have more dialog options but I still wish that they would stop putting Lyse on my side..I just dont like her that much since the start of this expansion. Hopefully it will get better lately.

Cant say much about the two new jobs. I got their quests, could not go on with samurai but still I was kinda put off by all the skills I suddenly had. Did not touch any gatherer or crafter.

The first dungeon was okay too but still not that hard. I went into this with my scholar even though I dont play it often, yet we had no wipe and only one person died once. DPSing felt quite better without the constant use of cleric stance yet at the same time I felt like I could do less with some skills missing. Also I ran out of MP easier.

The job changes: Not sure on this one. I did not look at the pvp changes yet so I cant say if I like it or not, and I did not take a look at many other jobs. But for summoner, I can already say that I miss sustain...(never understand why this was taken away from us..), it kinda feels easier right now because of the missing dots and stuff, and yet I cant say that I am quite that exited for higher levels. Not much good to come imo. I do find these bars bad..instead of just watching the monster and see everything there, I have to look at two extra bars on top of that. I do not really like them. In the end I am not so sure if making some jobs easier is really the way to go. Lower levels were already boring for me since you could not hit that much, yet those will become even more boring and I am not sure if someone will stick with that game if they are new to this.

Space is way to low and I am quite annoyed to already see so many re-used monsters and dungeon loot..(Are you telling me that I need that much of time and skill to beat a small mouse like monster? Something that was in the <10 zones in Eorzea?) Also I just see re-used gear everywhere. Be it with vendors or in dungeon. I know that you cant alway use only new sets, but why not get older sets and combine them together? I mean this is an expansion not a patch. Would be nice if at least the dungeons have unique new gear..because right now I see no reason at all to run the first dungeon again. I really hope that higher dungeons will have that or I see this as lazy..(well one kind of way to "help" us against inventory issues..we simply wont need to get the loot since its a recolor anyway..)

I would have found it nice if we got a little bit of a glamour dress as a welcome gift in Kugane. I see people running around in their traditional clothes and yet it seems that there is no way to get it. Unlike Ishgard which was a closed of city with no real trade with outsiders and because the clothes were more for higher ups I could see (but still feel sad) that we would not get it. But these clothes seems to be common..I also really hope that there is more asian themed glamour clothes..because my search on the market board only showed one kinda Chinese like dress, but I thought that it looked a little "cheap". So I wish we get such simple Kugane clothes somewhere soon. I would just love to wear it and go around the town, feeling like I am part of this.

So in the end I am not really amazed by the expansion. I fear that the zones will be barren soon and they dont feel alive anyway. Everything is okay right now but nothing more. In HW I could not stop doing the MSQ, here I am more like "well I think I will log of and watch some youtube." Its already lots of similar side quests and lots of walking and talking to NPCs in the main story.

[Glenfiddich]

After reading all these contributions it sounds like Stormblood isn't worth it. Swimming? I don't care. Re-used gear? Great. Job changes do not sound good.
Boring Zones? Boring MSQ?
I'm glad that I didn't order early access.

[Rivxkobe]

Long queues.

edit: misinterpreted what was being said.

You are on Balmung one of, if not THE, most popular severs. What should they do, let everyone log in and completely crash the server?

[fumofu]

the good:
-MSQ is absolutely awesome! Much better than HW story.
-Jobs re-work. Currently main WAR, so far at lv65, but totally love this new playstyle, because now it's much easier. Totally happy with DRG, MCH, WHM, SCH changes too. Dunno about other jobs yet.
-New maps are beautiful and fun to explore. Swimming and diving are also a very good addition.
-Upgraded map and jobs UI.
-Increased inventory! \o/
-Kurogane - climbers heaven!
-Overall aesthetics and soundtrack are great.
-2 new jobs!
-PVP system rework is great. Now it's much more simplified and approachable to regular players.

the bad:
-Had this little problem with Raubhan blocking MSQ, but after that, all went smooth.

Overall I'd rate this expansion 10/10. Problems with instances and all other issues related to servers overload don't really count because it's only temporary and surely gonna get fixed soon enough.

[Ephemiel]

Suddenly i don't mind that Blizzard's Overwatch is releasing the new map and balance changes on the 20th.

[Sun_Shira]

I can live with the new expansion tech problems, I just didn't like the changes to my summoner and bard, among other things. I unsubscribed.

[Alleo]

After reading all these contributions it sounds like Stormblood isn't worth it. Swimming? I don't care. Re-used gear? Great. Job changes do not sound good.
Boring Zones? Boring MSQ?
I'm glad that I didn't order early access.

Well its all subjective. You will have people on reddit that find it really great. So if you dont really know if you want it or not maybe watch some youtube videos on it and buy it if its cheaper. I am still only at the beginning of it so maybe my opinion will change a bit but I was never much of a fan of "war stories" so maybe thats also the reason why the story is not that great for me at the moment.

In a way the most important thing for an MMO is the endgame content at the end because story is a one time thing (still important for me) but if there is nothing interesting at the end then people will not stay for long.

[HakaseNyan]

I have plenty to say, but just one actual concern: It's somewhat odd that Rhalgr's Reach is the end-game hangout. With new players in and out, it would be unfair to discuss anything end-game there.

[Rinuko]

I love it so far! I wasn't one of those who spammed MSQ day 1 so I never encounted these issues with Rabauhn duty

[DuranAaron5]

I wouldn't know. A lot of PS4 users are stuck in re-downloading 22gb over and over. So majority of the whole early access, we've just been downloading this bullshit bug.