I tried but its not the game for me

[DeafJohn]

Only issue I somewhat have with your take is that you automatically label FFXIV's story as 'bad' just because it isn't to your taste, like.. you honestly think thousands upon thousands are just blowing smoke when they say things like HW and ShB are amazing?

This isn't what I meant to imply in my OP, so I would like to answer you with an analogy if you don't mind.

A neon lime green Ford Mustang drives by. (example link)

I see that and think its hideous and nobody is going to buy it. The guy next to me thinks its amazing and wants one. Everyone else is somewhere in-between from 'drive it if I had one' to 'drive it if I had to'.

Now imagine neon lime green is the most popular color option in the world, with 95% of all cars sold are now this color.

I'm sitting here scratching my head thinking WTH? It makes no sense. I recognize its a popular color because everyone has one. But its neon lime green man.... Its neon....lime...green....

As another poster already mentioned, if I don't get it by now I am not going to get it. You can fill this thread with posts until carpal tunnel sets in and I still wont get it.

Its neon lime green.

[VirusOnline]

As another poster already mentioned, if I don't get it by now I am not going to get it. You can fill this thread with posts until carpal tunnel sets in and I still wont get it.

I need you to at least understand your OP.

People keep saying how amazing the story is, just so many people keep saying that ...

Gave up half way through ARR and bought the story skip from the store then just ground out the levels in Fates ...

If you bought skips for crafting, do you know what would happen ?
You'd lose valuable experience gameplay wise of both the mundane emptiness and the sweet excitement that is crafting.

You've ruined your own experience. You set yourself up for failure. The story all builds upon what was before. But you had no before, because you skipped it.
You bought that skip potion, excited to get rid of the boringness, but instead found yourself probably lost in another story. Not only now are you lost, but now you're completely detached from the story. I can tell you're lost because you decided to grind fates! Grinding fates would bore anyone to death, hardcore XIV player or no. It's like grinding out World Quests. Why ? Why would you grind out world quests when there are zone quests in Revendreth that are far more entertaining ?

WoW doesn't require worldbuilding or storybuilding. You can skip here and there and miss not a thing. Perhaps this was your expectation.
In XIV, if you skip, you won't understand the story or why you are doing the things you are doing in the MSQ.

But maybe you're right. I already have carpal tunnel. RIP my beloved Ulnar Nerve.

Edit: to add upon this, even when I boost up my alts I feel detached from them. I even had this feeling in WoW. For me a character is a very personnel thing and experience. You had that in crafting and somehow it didn't translate well in the leveling experience. Take your break fren and mayhap you find your way back.

[Gabadabs]

I need you to at least understand your OP.




If you bought skips for crafting, do you know what would happen ?
You'd lose valuable experience gameplay wise of both the mundane emptiness and the sweet excitement that is crafting.

You've ruined your own experience. You set yourself up for failure. The story all builds upon what was before. But you had no before, because you skipped it.
You bought that skip potion, excited to get rid of the boringness, but instead found yourself probably lost in another story. Not only now are you lost, but now you're completely detached from the story. I can tell you're lost because you decided to grind fates! Grinding fates would bore anyone to death, hardcore XIV player or no. It's like grinding out World Quests. Why ? Why would you grind out world quests when there are zone quests in Revendreth that are far more entertaining ?

WoW doesn't require worldbuilding or storybuilding. You can skip here and there and miss not a thing. Perhaps this was your expectation.
In XIV, if you skip, you won't understand the story or why you are doing the things you are doing in the MSQ.

But maybe you're right. I already have carpal tunnel. RIP my beloved Ulnar Nerve.

I find that a lot of players just don't play this genre for an epic msq, they want other types of content to fill out the experience, and to mostly ignore story.
I think that more people could appreciate xiv if they would actually stick with it's story.

[Lanadra]

This isn't what I meant to imply in my OP, so I would like to answer you with an analogy if you don't mind.

A neon lime green Ford Mustang drives by. (example link)

I see that and think its hideous and nobody is going to buy it. The guy next to me thinks its amazing and wants one. Everyone else is somewhere in-between from 'drive it if I had one' to 'drive it if I had to'.

Now imagine neon lime green is the most popular color option in the world, with 95% of all cars sold are now this color.

I'm sitting here scratching my head thinking WTH? It makes no sense. I recognize its a popular color because everyone has one. But its neon lime green man.... Its neon....lime...green....

As another poster already mentioned, if I don't get it by now I am not going to get it. You can fill this thread with posts until carpal tunnel sets in and I still wont get it.

Its neon lime green.

Fair point then, I can understand that perspective.