Trust should go up to trails

[linayar]

I'd love to have another mmo I enjoy to play on the side, I was looking forward to New World launching but that has been postponed D':[/I] )

This has been a sad year for me as I finally decided to quit both WoW and SWTOR (and I was playing the latter only for story, but unlike in FFXIV, there is no reason to gear up or to team up, so there was nothing for me to do in between story patches, which are also not as predictable as FFXIV).

I don't really like PVP-focused MMORPG, which I think New World was supposed to be, though I also heard they backtracked a bit on that. Ashes of Creation also seems to be like that. PSO2 NGS might be worth a try, or this SoLO game I've been hearing about, though Gameforge, so ugh.

I think the ai would have to be more sophisticated for trials for the simple fact that trials typically have mechanics that are more complex than dungeons and mistakes are less forgiving. Dunno about you but I have seen Trust npcs mess up mechanics by standing in telegraphs due to pathing issues. I think they would have to fix that first before expanding Trusts to bigger parties than 4 man.

And like I said there are significantly more 4 man msq instances than msq trials, so just for covering a lot of content it would make sense for SE to prioritise 4 man content first.

I actually quite enjoy Trusts when I want to do a dungeon but I'm in a super chill mood or I'm just curious to see what little bits of lore are hidden in them. I just wish the required xp gains on the npcs to lvl up wasn't so ludicrously high. But I suppose it might be like that because SE don't want players to rely on Trusts too much? It is possible that this is the intention considering they still haven't addressed that and it's the end of the expansion now. But players only need to complete msq content once to progress so it's not a huge issue and they're always available when you have a newly unlocked msq dungeon, and there are other avenues for xp when lvling up other classes.

How do you feel about the TRUST experience in the Bozja intro quest? I think that was a good start.

[SturmChurro]

This has been a sad year for me as I finally decided to quit both WoW and SWTOR (and I was playing the latter only for story, but unlike in FFXIV, there is no reason to gear up or to team up, so there was nothing for me to do in between story patches, which are also not as predictable as FFXIV).

I don't really like PVP-focused MMORPG, which I think New World was supposed to be, though I also heard they backtracked a bit on that. Ashes of Creation also seems to be like that. PSO2 NGS might be worth a try, or this SoLO game I've been hearing about, though Gameforge, so ugh.

FFXIV is really the only MMORPG we have. Welcome to the club.

[linayar]

FFXIV is really the only MMORPG we have. Welcome to the club.

Don't get me wrong. I'm glad to have FFXIV. It's my favorite BY FAR even when I also was playing other MMORPGs.

It's just that, when people like to mention other games, it's nice if I know what they're talking about. Even now, I feel like I can't even speak much on current WoW much longer since I never got past the leveling experience in Shadowlands, so all of my experience at max level is based on BfA, (though I'm pretty sure what I've said in this thread still applies.).

And honestly, as someone who likes story, getting to know about the stories in other MMORPGs does have its charm. It's just other things about other games make me not want to continue playing them, even for the story.

[Penthea]

I don't really like PVP-focused MMORPG, which I think New World was supposed to be, though I also heard they backtracked a bit on that.

They did. Initially they had pvp constantly enabled and what happened was players found themselves unable to progress in the game due to constantly getting ganked. The game just turned into a spiteful pvp mess. It was clear that this path wasn't doing the game any favours. I didn't play it at that point because like you I just don't have interest in a pvp focused mmorpg. I played it after they removed forced pvp and I really enjoyed it.

The character creation is lacking (well it was beta so perhaps it will be better at launch) but the environments are truly stunning. The combat itself is also a lot of fun. There are no classes, instead there are weapons that have certain skill types you can use. You can switch weapons in combat to have a flexible playing style. Huge contrast to how FFXIV's character progression is done. Also the housing is instanced, which is really nice...wish FFXIV would do that. Sigh.

PSO2 NGS might be worth a try

I have been flirting with the idea of playing that. I have a friend who is a huge PSO fan and she really loves it.

How do you feel about the TRUST experience in the Bozja intro quest? I think that was a good start.

I honestly forgot it even had that. I actually have no memory of it at all lol. Brain why you no work?

Well I guess that could mean it wasn't a bad experience otherwise I would have remembered it!