After defeating Ultimate weapon 77 more quests to get to Ishgard?

[FireMage]

Second of all, I'm sorry but the story line in this game is garbage.

It's not, your taste is just poor

[PirateRyanG]

First of all. I'm trying to get access to the areas to do provision turn ins for GC for seals. I would also like to get mats for crafting as I really enjoy gathering and crafting.

Second of all, I'm sorry but the story line in this game is garbage. I like the game well enough but I see so many fanbois foaming at the mouth over the story. The Star wars rip off story has been extremely boring and pedantic. People say it gets better as you progress, well not yet. The final quests of the first part of the game were so tiresome and over played. Doing multiple dungeons, multiple bosses, beat boss, boss gets back up, beat boss, boss gets back up..rinse repeat....ugh wake me up when its over. Seriously, there should have been a warning about the game taking 2-3 hours of your time uninterrupted once you get to the run up to the ultimate weapon. By the time I finished, the game simply wasn't fun. All I wanted to do was get done with it so I could get back to my goals.

Lastly, if reading posts about people who don't feel the same way about the game as you do triggers you, I would suggest a skip or quit the forum, it may be too much for you to handle.

You seem to be the one being easily triggered. He said buy a skip of you need to.

Nobody attacked you at all in this thread. Why you making up things?

[Skor]

Nobody was complaining at you mate.

You seem to have gone completely insane imagining something that wasn't happening here.

This leads me to believe your only intention was to come in with that little spiel anyway.

If you aren't trolling, then I do see particularly irony in your last paragraph...

You also seemed to make up lies there. The last part leasing up to ultima doesn't require 2 hours uninterrupted. It's split into 3 different dungeons and you can take breaks between them...

Ah well.

Sorry, I was responding to someone specifically and didn't know the intricacies of the message board mechanics yet. I thought if I hit reply it would reference their post. Evidently, it didn't so it made it look like I was addressing everyone else, who I might add have been friendly and helpful including yourself.

[PirateRyanG]

Sorry, I was responding to someone specifically and didn't know the intricacies of the message board mechanics yet. I thought if I hit reply it would reference their post. Evidently, it didn't so it made it look like I was addressing everyone else, who I might add have been friendly and helpful including yourself.

But even that guy didn't attack you. He said it was a good story but if you didn't like it then pay for a skip.

There was zero malice in what he said and the only person who appears to be triggered is you

[Reap00]

A good chunk of post ARR quests is almost entirely filter, and very far from phenomenal storytelling. It's long ben maligned by pretty much everyone as a slog. Even after the reduction of quests, it's still needlessly long. But don't let your bias get in the way.

Going back to the OP. Post-ARR/Expansion quests don't give much in the way of EXP. So you won't outlevel the story. If you are just wanting to reach Heavensward, don't be afraid to skim some of the story. I'd recommend sitting through 2.4 into the 2.55 conclusion as that does setup your adventures in Heavensward. Not to mention, it's fairly good. With that said, you'll have access to New Game+. So if you do skip some story now. You can always go back later.

You are welcome to your opinion. I don't agree with you at all. I greatly enjoyed the story of ARR from beginning to end.

[Reap00]

First of all. I'm trying to get access to the areas to do provision turn ins for GC for seals. I would also like to get mats for crafting as I really enjoy gathering and crafting.

Second of all, I'm sorry but the story line in this game is garbage. I like the game well enough but I see so many fanbois foaming at the mouth over the story. The Star wars rip off story has been extremely boring and pedantic. People say it gets better as you progress, well not yet. The final quests of the first part of the game were so tiresome and over played. Doing multiple dungeons, multiple bosses, beat boss, boss gets back up, beat boss, boss gets back up..rinse repeat....ugh wake me up when its over. Seriously, there should have been a warning about the game taking 2-3 hours of your time uninterrupted once you get to the run up to the ultimate weapon. By the time I finished, the game simply wasn't fun. All I wanted to do was get done with it so I could get back to my goals.

Lastly, if reading posts about people who don't feel the same way about the game as you do triggers you, I would suggest a skip or quit the forum, it may be too much for you to handle.

Your opinion has literally zero effect on me. This is a pretty poor attempt at trolling. We have MUCH better trolls on this forum. I suggest observing them from a distance and improving your skills.

[FireMage]

A good chunk of post ARR quests is almost entirely filter

The MSQ has no filler

[kaynide]

I'm sorry but the story line in this game is garbage.

You are entitled to your opinion, but it seems rather short sighted to call the entire story garbage when you aren’t even in the 1st expansion.

We are talking “the Lord of the Rings is garbage” when you are like…just getting to Bree. Maybe Rivendell.

So, I say this with no malice: if you don’t like the story, you will very likely not like this game. It is more of an interactive novel/tv show than an actual game-game.

I encourage you to try at least the free trial content but if you still decide that you hate it, or that there is nothing for you to do, consider that a) the things everyone else is enjoying just isn’t your thing, or that b) it will be on you to invent your own fun to keep yourself entertained.

At the end of the day, this game is what it is, with lots of things to like and dislike…but it’s not likely to change drastically this late into development- if you aren’t having fun, don’t force yourself to. Even if I hope you will stick with this one, you should only play (and pay) if you are having fun.

[Jojoya]

I only do the blue quests and the MSQs aside from tribals. I'm leaving all the side quests in case I want to level other jobs. I haven't even looked at roulettes yet.

You could skip the majority of blue quests as well as they're usually opening up optional dungeons, tribal quests and other side content you don't need to do immediately. If any of them are required to continue the MSQ, the game will give you a warning when it's first appropriate to do them, then again when you reach the point in the MSQ they are needed to continue if not already done.

FFXIV is different from a lot of MMOs in that the story drives the game instead of being an afterthought. I know that the ARR story is not all that impressive but the long term story is worth it if you like stories in gaming and some of what happens in ARR is important later on. If you're not really into game stories, then buying the story skip is an option (or you can rapidly skim through dialog and skip all but a few unskippable cutscenes.

But you do need complete MSQ one way or another as most side content has some tie to the main story and so is unlocked by completing relevant parts of the MSQ.

[AngelCheese77]

Used to be about 100 quests inbetween which is what myself and many others wne thorough. .