Quote Originally Posted by Dmoloth View Post
I started playing just after Black Friday (after buying a new computer) and I just made it through the primary story arc of the base game yesterday. The overall story was great.

The use of cutscenes got a bit brutal in spots... particularly that last raid (seriously, that last raid and the follow up was borderline-crazy with clips). It still made for a great gaming experience though.

All dungeon experiences were completely drama free, which is amazing in itself. The crafting system is the best I have ever seen in a game... so much so that I leveled all 11 crafting and gathering classes into the low 50’s before I had even hit level 33 on my combat class.

There were a few things that I could criticize, but so far, those things have been fairly minor.

Great game.
Welcome... it really is a gorgeous game, innit?

I was fortunate to have played FFXI since early 2004 and as such, when FFXIV game started up the beta in 2010, I immediately jumped in-- it has vastly improved with massive leaps and bounds ever since.

Happy gaming.