I want to play the game long term

[seriithaz]

How far into the MSQ are you, out of interest?

iv made it past HW to SB but had real life things go on and restarted the story and made it back to heavens ward and just lost interest

[Saraide]

iv made it past HW to SB but had real life things go on and restarted the story and made it back to heavens ward and just lost interest

You probably shouldnt have restarted the story.

[seriithaz]

i didn't remember what happened in the story it was like a year break and wanted to refresh myself

[ICountFrom0]

i didn't remember what happened in the story it was like a year break and wanted to refresh myself

The inn room has a special book for that.

You started over, that's the problem, no sane person is meant to do the story twice, it's bad for your mind.

[LilimoLimomo]

Hey everyone I'm still pretty new to this game and coming from WoW dawntrails new job has gotten me excited to play it but I'm struggling to keep my interest while going through msq and the non of the job have been able to keep my interest any suggestions to someone who genuinely wants to play this game to the endgame stuff with raiding pvp crafting glam and etc

iv made it past HW to SB but had real life things go on and restarted the story and made it back to heavens ward and just lost interest

Experiencing games and art is very subjective, so take this all with a grain of salt.

If it's possible to play as your original character, I'd recommend doing that instead of restarting the story. ARR's story is passable but clunky and unfulfilling. HW is great in my opinion, but doing it a second time — including all of the fights, etc — would understandably be tedious. So if you still have your other character, I'd jump back on them. In any inn room, there is a book that will let you rewatch every cutscene you've already experienced, and that's how I would recommend catching up after a break.

Personal preference: try the Japanese voice-acting. I found it very hard to connect with characters when they spoke English because the voice-acting was so dry. The Japanese voice-acting feels like it has a lot more emotion, and it made a world of difference in helping the world feel like a more vibrant place.

Personal preference: Stormblood's story is bad. There's some fun gameplay and even the terrible story has a few nice moments, but overall be prepared to endure and just get through it. Your reward for this endurance will be Shadowbringers. Shadowbringers is a masterpiece. If Shadowbringers doesn't pull you in, it's likely that nothing will.

If you're looking for a more engaging class, my best recommendation would be Black Mage. All classes start out very simple, so especially if you're a WoW veteran, you're not going to be challenged or engaged by most of the classes when they're below 50. That said, Black Mage is easily the most complex class, and over time it accumulates a lot of different mechanics and timers and positioning to juggle, so that would be my recommendation of a class to try. I'll be genuinely surprised if you get to level 60 and still aren't feeling engaged!

Also, finding other people to play with or even just chat with while you all do different things can be a great boon to your experience. I have no helpful advice as to how to find people you personally will gel with, except that when you see them, grab on and don't let the opportunity slip to make a new friend!

Best of luck to you!