New Player Experience Sucks! - Impending Expansion Problems

[gumas]

sadly this game was made with "storyline" as the primary mindset when it created. aside from skip potion and newgame+ later in shadowbringer, there is nothing much you can do.

this game maybe mmorpg, but personally i say this game is more like the usual singleplayer story driven final fantasy game but with online support.

[Mirassou]

sadly this game was made with "storyline" as the primary mindset when it created. aside from skip potion and newgame+ later in shadowbringer, there is nothing much you can do.

this game maybe mmorpg, but personally i say this game is more like the usual singleplayer story driven final fantasy game but with online support.

Singleplayer? You have to run a boatload of multi-player dungeons in this game to progress the storyline, and these will usually be done with other random players. So whatever else it may be, I would not characterize FFXIV as a single-player game.

(I love the entire story so far, btw)

[AnimaAnimus]

Singleplayer? You have to run a boatload of multi-player dungeons in this game to progress the storyline, and these will usually be done with other random players. So whatever else it may be, I would not characterize FFXIV as a single-player game.

(I love the entire story so far, btw)

To be fair its more like a coop than a single player or an mmo. You don't need to talk to anyone, you do play with others in a dungeon or primal but you really don't need to treat them any different than an npc. There is no emphasis on community or need to make friends. An mmo used to be about community, but those days are gone.

When it comes to the expansion problems, I agree, its way to much for new players to get caught up. I really wish instead of one incredibly long narrative, that every expac was its own thing. It would also keep the story from getting stale, which it has. Ascians and Garlemald have been the main antagonist in one way or another since original launch in 2010 and its gotten b-o-r-i-n-g. I really don't even care about them, haven't since end of ARR. I just want them to go away so we can move on to better, or at least different, stories and antagonists.

Imma say it, even though the mere mention of this game gets major flamage on these forums. This is one area I think XI shined in. You could access the entire world, unlock every job and complete every story at your own pace and in your own order, if you even wanted to at all. It made it a lot easier for people to get in and play with their friends, outside the leveling process woes. Here its, buy game and sludge through 3 expansions as fast as you can just so you can do even basic things with your friends. They really didn't think this through.

[Penthea]

Singleplayer? You have to run a boatload of multi-player dungeons in this game to progress the storyline, and these will usually be done with other random players. So whatever else it may be, I would not characterize FFXIV as a single-player game.

Anyone who says the msq is a single-player experience hasn't been paying attention. The vast majority of msq based combat either can be done with a group or must be done with a group. Solo duties are the only things that can be argued as single player.

I find this funny because there are people on the other end of the spectrum who hate that you have to do so much group content to get through the msq.