Endwalker is pretty great

[WantlessYoYo]

The portrait system is super fun
I don't know about you guys but I think glamour and g-posing are some of the most important pieces of content this game has. It is the one edge that FFXIV has over its more visceral peers like WoW, and it's important for it to cultivate that edge.

While this is true, it's a fact as well it breaks easily for almost to no reason a lot of times, when in it's beta version worked perfectly enough
Tho i would like more posing options, i'm surprised we haven't got our own job abilities in order to pose as well when we have the pvp LB's

Crystalline Conflict has been a massive improvement over The Feast

CC is such a great game mode ruined by the base of the game itself, if it wasn't for how the server ticks work it would be such a blast to play
It's super good and as you said a massive improvement but man it just sucks because of how the game is built

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Not gonna talk about sanctuary because it's not my cup of tea, reason i didn't go past rank 7, but can do about Orthos, and well while it's, fun, i midly like some of the changes they made on the middle part with floors being less focused on autos/kiting and more on oneshots, at the end is more of the same and sadly after your 4-6th clear you really don't have a reason to replay it outside the rare loot
Can't say i didn't enjoy it but i doubt people coming back to it more than those 4 times, specially since the mount can be brought and the solo titles along the DD community is kind of a niche

[Myon88]

CC is such a great game mode ruined by the base of the game itself, if it wasn't for how the server ticks work it would be such a blast to play
It's super good and as you said a massive improvement but man it just sucks because of how the game is built

I agree with that. The inherent limitations of the game's engine and netcode mean that its PvP will never hold a candle to the 'real' PvP games out there. Still, I think what we ended up getting is a pretty acceptable diversion.

It's also an interesting window into job identity unfettered by multiple expansions of bloat, and maybe even future mechanics e.g phys ranged being able to cast while walking.