What are the largest issues plaguing XIV currently?

[TeraTyrantShadic]

I am surprised not one person brought up the issue of limited jobs on this thread if I am being honest here.

[Haruka_R]

I am surprised not one person brought up the issue of limited jobs on this thread if I am being honest here.

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[TeraTyrantShadic]

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Yeah, only me. I mean in all honesty Limited Job was a mistake to be implemented in the first place. Don't get me wrong, Blue Mage is fine, its the Limited Job system. I mean if it set a standard of allowing a half done job to be released, then we might have just hit near rock bottom and it can go down from there.

[Helbara]

I just started a few days ago and I'm already not planning on re-subbing;

"Thoughts from a new player":

The main quest.
I've read all the dialogue so far and the coolest parts are also so few like the tempered stuff, the bulk I've done is run around for reasons I'm still unsure about doing things for people that feel SUPER side-questy. It just feels like a really big tutorial rather than a campaign.

The community.
Is there one? No one talks, and if they do it's not to you, even when you ask questions. No one talks in dungeons and I had to watch youtube videos to figure out how to do fights because everyone went from 0-60 no matter what. Dungeons are my least favorite part of it because of this. I've avoided the duty finder like a plague since I got past the "forced" ones. I've already considered transferring to a more popular server but I don't feel like that's going to change how cliquey this feels.

Dungeons.
My least liked part; which is crappy because dungeons are my most favorite part of any other game. I learned the hard way that you have to know the dungeon beforehand or you get kicked, so I started watching videos. I wish they would just put the videos in the game with the tactics for new players because this easily the most frustrating part of the game, due to lack of socializing and "gotta get it done yesterday" mentality.

That's all I've got; I can't comment on the expansions I bought because honestly I doubt I'll even be finished with the main quest by the time my subscription is over and I just can't justify another month with no one to talk to.
Sorry for the rant, I hope you all have good nights!

[ZattanaWen]

I just started a few days ago and I'm already not planning on re-subbing;

"Thoughts from a new player":

The main quest.
I've read all the dialogue so far and the coolest parts are also so few like the tempered stuff, the bulk I've done is run around for reasons I'm still unsure about doing things for people that feel SUPER side-questy. It just feels like a really big tutorial rather than a campaign.

The community.
Is there one? No one talks, and if they do it's not to you, even when you ask questions. No one talks in dungeons and I had to watch youtube videos to figure out how to do fights because everyone went from 0-60 no matter what. Dungeons are my least favorite part of it because of this. I've avoided the duty finder like a plague since I got past the "forced" ones. I've already considered transferring to a more popular server but I don't feel like that's going to change how cliquey this feels.

Dungeons.
My least liked part; which is crappy because dungeons are my most favorite part of any other game. I learned the hard way that you have to know the dungeon beforehand or you get kicked, so I started watching videos. I wish they would just put the videos in the game with the tactics for new players because this easily the most frustrating part of the game, due to lack of socializing and "gotta get it done yesterday" mentality.

That's all I've got; I can't comment on the expansions I bought because honestly I doubt I'll even be finished with the main quest by the time my subscription is over and I just can't justify another month with no one to talk to.
Sorry for the rant, I hope you all have good nights!

Did you join a Free Company? That's where you're going to get your social interaction. It's true nobody really talks in dungeons, because they're just getting through the fight, and they'll usually be from another server, and you'll never see them again.

So join a Free Company. See who's recruiting (shouting messages in towns), talk to the people recruiting, find out what they're like. And if you join an FC and it's not what you hoped for, leave and join another. Free Companies are all about trial and error. There are definitely good ones where you'll find what you're looking for.

You shouldn't really need to watch videos for any of the ARR stuff. Most of it is relatively straightforward, and most people doing them now have done them before. If you're getting kicked, you shouldn't be. Are you telling the people it's your first time in? I've found people to be very forgiving if they know you haven't done the thing before.

The main quest is LOOOOOONG. There's a lot of filler. A lot of "quests" that are effectively just cutscenes. And a lot of weird little fetch quests. But the story is good. The dungeons and trials are great.

[Helbara]

"Did you join a Free company?"
Yes, it was the only one I've been invited to and it had 10 players. 4 left over two days until finally I left as I was the only person logging in.

And that's really the only social interaction? That definitely settles my urge to not stick around.
Appreciate the replies though! <3

[sarehptar]

"Did you join a Free company?"
Yes, it was the only one I've been invited to and it had 10 players. 4 left over two days until finally I left as I was the only person logging in.

And that's really the only social interaction? That definitely settles my urge to not stick around.
Appreciate the replies though! <3

Most free companies out there have more than ten players, or even many small free companies will at least have enough active players online to have a conversation with. If you left the one free company, why not join another? There are always large FCs recruiting in the main city hubs like Ul'dah and Limsa. You can also search for free companies that are actively recruiting using the FC search in-game. Shop around and find the right group for you, then you'll have your desired social interaction.

To me, it sounds more like you might be having trouble finding social interaction in the game because you're not being super proactive about it. There are tons of people out there willing to play with new players and tons of FCs recruiting, but those players aren't going to automatically know you want their recruitment. In fact, over the years, FCs have definitely become quite discouraged from just sending random invites to players because no one wants to be spammed with constant invites. You'll need to reach out rather than just waiting around for a group to find you.

Same with dungeons. The general attitude in this game is that most people don't want advice or don't want the fights spoiled for them when they are new, so if you want advice in dungeons and fights, you'll have to be proactive and ask for it. People do talk in dungeons... if you talk to them first.

[Absurdity]

The community.
Is there one? No one talks, and if they do it's not to you, even when you ask questions. No one talks in dungeons and I had to watch youtube videos to figure out how to do fights because everyone went from 0-60 no matter what. Dungeons are my least favorite part of it because of this. I've avoided the duty finder like a plague since I got past the "forced" ones. I've already considered transferring to a more popular server but I don't feel like that's going to change how cliquey this feels.

Yeah, you're not really getting any social interaction in dungeons.

Just like literally any other mmo that has a "press button the get into dungeon with random people" feature you're just there to get through the dungeon and be done with it, that feature is what slowly killed social interactions in dungeons for WoW back in WotLK after all...and that was in 2008. There is no "dungeon talk" in ESO, WoW, PSO2 or pretty much anything else with the same system of just putting random people together in a group.