New Player - Job Level Boost

[OmegaFluxx]

I don't think I've been struggling so far, although I don't do great at tanking large numbers of enemies.

I'm in two minds as to whether it's necessary, if LunaFaye is saying I could be at level 60 within a week. Does the MSQ get any more entertaining? Most of it seems to be go talk to this guy, then go talk to this guy. The fighting is few and far between.

[Yasuhiro]

I don't think I've been struggling so far, although I don't do great at tanking large numbers of enemies.

I'm in two minds as to whether it's necessary, if LunaFaye is saying I could be at level 60 within a week. Does the MSQ get any more entertaining? Most of it seems to be go talk to this guy, then go talk to this guy. The fighting is few and far between.

It starts to feel more like a Final Fantasy game after you beat a level 35 boss. Otherwise early ARR is just generic boar butt tier questing. Arguably it gets the FF feel during HW but the context to why you do the things in HW you're doing is better if you know what happened in ARR prior.

[OmegaFluxx]

OK then, I'll persevere with it for now.

Thanks to everyone for the advice!

[Pozandr2]

Hi there!

I am a new player in FF XIV.

I understand that I have to buy the job level boost and the MSQ completion to get directly to Stormblood.

The question is: I have two characters. If I purchase these items for one of my characters, can I enjoy A Realm Reborn and Heavensword's story with the other charater?

I want to discover all the secrets of Eorzea, but I would like to join to my friends in Stormblood too.

[Niwashi]

I have two characters. If I purchase these items for one of my characters, can I enjoy A Realm Reborn and Heavensword's story with the other charater?

Yes, you can. Get Tales of Adventure: Heavensward and Tales of Adventure: One <job> Journey, and give both of those to one of your characters. That character can start at 60 with Stormblood content where your friends are, while your other character starts at 1 and can go through the Realm Reborn and Heavensward storylines at your own pace.

[Veryhotsoup]

Hi there!

I am a new player in FF XIV.

I understand that I have to buy the job level boost and the MSQ completion to get directly to Stormblood.

The question is: I have two characters. If I purchase these items for one of my characters, can I enjoy A Realm Reborn and Heavensword's story with the other charater?

I want to discover all the secrets of Eorzea, but I would like to join to my friends in Stormblood too.

If i remember correct theres a book or something inside of the Inn and you can watch every cutscene from the MSQ

[Niwashi]

If i remember correct theres a book or something inside of the Inn and you can watch every cutscene from the MSQ

Only the more graphically impressive ones. Most cutscenes (the type that are more dialog focused) are not included.

[Frizze]

Does the MSQ get any more entertaining? Most of it seems to be go talk to this guy, then go talk to this guy. The fighting is few and far between.

Most of the opinions ive heard is that the story gets better and better as you go. This tends to start in earnest for most around patch 2.3/2.4 worth of story quests. It continues climbing through the dragonsong story which has a pretty nice payoff, and the current stormblood storyline is excellent. Good villians, clear motivation, some satisfying fights. You still have "do these 3 tasks to earn the trust of soandso" type quests, but the war-related story of stormblood does lend itself to a lot of skirmishes. Edit: Forgot to add this. While the story keeps getting better, it also loops back and references itself a decent amount. If you were to skip quest A, it wouldnt mean as much later on when you deal with event B.

And as Luna said, you can get the levels fairly quickly. But assuming you read fairly fast, the quests will fly by too. Tank gets short ques for all the dungeons and trials you must face, so if you play a normal amount i could see you being caught up a month from now.