Quote Originally Posted by Teno View Post
You indeed shouldn't be struggling at that point, or at any point in the story for that matter, and I'd say it's not the game but you dealing with failure here. And it's understandable since it's clearly not the most engaging and entertaining content. No point trying to improve over failure if you don't enjoy the journey.
And FF14's story doesn't teach you how to play the game, it's one mind numbing gameplay experience where things are handed to you at key points and fights, so you still don't know what you're doing until you tackle max level hard content.
Okay... but I outright admitted that it's a 'me' problem. I admitted that I'm a failure at this game. And yeah, I guess I'm not great at dealing with said failure - but therein lays the point; it doesn't help when experienced players say "you shouldn't be struggling at this point". Again I ask - by whose standards? I hate this idea that there is some fixed standard by which all players should learn/progress - does the fact that my 'sprout' disappeared (a few days ago) mean that I'm experienced/good by default? Sorry, but people who find gaming pretty challenging exist and I'm one of them. I mean, yeah, I blundered my way to where I am playing almost every evening (the only time I get) since December but I don't feel experienced and find the learning curve in the game pretty hard. I only persisted because I love the story and wanted to see it through.