"Casual" content thoughts

[Tiranadel]

As someone who does have a physical disability and some social anxiety, I wanted to post how it is for me on this game. I've been playing this since January 2014.

Royal Menagerie was probably the most frustrating thing for me. I think this was the first time I actually did MSQ when it was still new vs catching up on ARR and HW when it was old. For the most part, the first two phases wasn't quite too bad, though I still messed up some. The third phase was where I had the most trouble with so many of the mechanics happening. I haven't done EX primals, Coil, and so forth when synced. The most I've done was Garuda/Ifrit duo, and Titan solo. I'm only now doing Labyrinth of the Ancients and Syrcus Tower since it's easier, for the most part. I think the issue was mainly my reaction time. If I recall, it took maybe four or five tries to get a clear. First it was some FC people and random on the remaining, but eventually got a clear when it was all FC members.

To be honest, I most likely would have taken a break if I didn't get it cleared that day. I think about the only thing that would make me quit playing would be if I was unable to use my controller. When I first played, it was as Pugilist/Monk. Thinking back on that, I'm sure there was a lot of mistakes I did like not using AOE and positionals properly. There was a break after I finished ARR before I played again. At that point I was having difficulty playing Monk, so I leveled up Ninja since it didn't have as many positionals. Once I got to 35, I did ask when AOE skills should be used. I stayed with Ninja until Stormblood when I switched to Samurai after doing Sirensong. I'm not quite sure why I switched, however. So I cleared SB as Samurai and been doing Expert enough for some 310 gear and two 330 items.

Probably a broken record by now, but I switched jobs once again. After having issues on avoiding stuff in Skalla as melee, either avoiding mechanics or the first boss not being in place for positionals, I've decided to go with Red Mage for a different view. I haven't tried the other level 70 dungeons just yet as RDM, but for the most part, I've been having a bit of an easier time now. Still getting the hang of things, but I'm most likely going to stick with this job.

I'm most likely an average/terrible player. I do read/watch guides on the things I know I'll have issues on, despite how much of a spoiler it is. The only other thing I've had issues with would be the second boss on Bardam's Mettle. For some reason, I've struggled with that every single time I've seen it in roulette. I know by now what I really can or can't do, so I won't do things like Void Ark, Omega and such, most likely staying with LotA or ST.

As for the social anxiety, it just depends on how I feel that day. At this time, I can usually put it to the side when I do roulettes, though I don't say too much. I try to say "Hello" at the start or "Take Care" at the end and reply to things if it's directed at me. I think the most talking I've done would be on a Pharos Sirius Normal run when I was still fairly new on RDM, mostly explaining mechanics the best I could.

I'm not quite sure how to describe my reaction time, but I can try to use some other games for an example. While I wasn't a great player, I could still play some games like DMC 1 - 3, the first Bayonetta, and some fighting games on Normal, with a few issues, but nothing major unless it was Street Fighter 3 or something. Skip several years later to Bayonetta 2... and it was a huge difference. I somehow got to Chapter 11 on Normal before it was just too much for my hands. So I switched it to Easy, but I left the automatic accessory off. Even with that, I couldn't defeat the last boss so I just used the accessory so I could finish the game and haven't really played it again. Seems like action heavy games is something I'll have to avoid now.

I won't deny that I'm lazy on some things, but I also try to do the best that I'm able to. I know I still make mistakes, and probably still will in the future. Like one time on the first level 70 SB dungeon I forgot to use Embolden entirely, and face palmed after the dungeon ended. As long as it doesn't get crazier than RM, I can probably still do some things. Though if does, I might have to start mentioning that I do have a disability and might have some issues because of that. Anyway, pardon the long post, but I wanted to post a perspective of one person that does have some issues.