So is there anything good about Dawntrail at all?

[hynaku]

So far, I can't say have enjoyed any of Dawntrail. Pretty sure I will never buy another expansion after seeing how bad this one is.

[Saitress]

Personally me i can't even play it because this game now is too demanding. And it's not ONLY me.
But i was enjoying it BEFORE this update.
Do for me there is LITERALLY nothing good about this update .
I want back the game i was playing before ������

[Zolvolt]

The entire expansion is good. We've just entered into the pokemon effect/

"x thing sucks when it launches"
"x thing is good after a while"
"x thing was really great now that it's over!"
"I miss x thing from years ago"

long story short is people who play video games are not good judges of video games.

[Isala]

The entire expansion is good. We've just entered into the pokemon effect/

"x thing sucks when it launches"
"x thing is good after a while"
"x thing was really great now that it's over!"
"I miss x thing from years ago"

long story short is people who play video games are not good judges of video games.

The fact that you're comparing XIV to Pokemon, considering the state that Scarlet and Violet launched, and remains in, is more of an agreement with us than anything else.

[Akari-skts]

It is good.. give it a try and dont care too much about the forum. Decide for yourself or ask around actually in the game - you will meet many people that actually like DT. I enjoyed it

[Themarvin]

The Forum Criers are getting paid by EA or something to downtalk everything in the game and litterally everything, even if it is something that people like very much and it is EVERYTHING they don't like

So ya dont worry about the forums, you may see one good thread now and then.

People should read Charles Dickens Book: Great Expectations

[Zolvolt]

The fact that you're comparing XIV to Pokemon, considering the state that Scarlet and Violet launched, and remains in, is more of an agreement with us than anything else.

I literally never had a problem with s/v at launch. Most of the issues people complained about were minor like players being able to run around through your battles in multiplayer. Or a little lag when loading too many overworld spites. (but you know what? they fixed those issues relatively quick) But that is besides the point that I was making. The story was still good in those games. The gameplay was still excellent and a huge improvement from past titles.

The same applies here more or less. You'll see all these people praising dawntrail by the end of it. Players are fickle and listening to them too much is a recipe for disaster. Just look at world of warcraft for an example of that.

[fulminating]

The Forum Criers are getting paid by EA or something to downtalk everything in the game and litterally everything, even if it is something that people like very much and it is EVERYTHING they don't like

So ya dont worry about the forums, you may see one good thread now and then.

People should read Charles Dickens Book: Great Expectations

Wasn't the gist of that pip was more a gentleman before being trained to be one than after? So when converted into ff14 terms, the most damage done to the story was by people claiming it the best thing since sliced bread in ~shadowbringers?

[Isala]

I literally never had a problem with s/v at launch. Most of the issues people complained about were minor like players being able to run around through your battles in multiplayer. Or a little lag when loading too many overworld spites. (but you know what? they fixed those issues relatively quick) But that is besides the point that I was making. The story was still good in those games. The gameplay was still excellent and a huge improvement from past titles.

The same applies here more or less. You'll see all these people praising dawntrail by the end of it. Players are fickle and listening to them too much is a recipe for disaster. Just look at world of warcraft for an example of that.

You literally had entire cutscenes running at single digit FPS! What the hell do you mean minor issues?!

[Luca_]

Stuff I like about Dawntrail, as of lvl 97 MSQ:

• The instanced content has been fantastic. Easily some of my favorite dungeons in the game.
• The solo duties are top tier and the first one in particular is just awesome.
• The new zones are all beautiful and SE is going out of their way to flex the graphical updates.
• All the new glams I've seen are very striking and unique.
• The supporting cast is really endearing, especially Koana, Erenville, and Bakool Ja Ja.
• Koana in particular has some of the best voice acting in FFXIV. Seriously.
• The idea for the WoL to take a backseat role as a mentor of sorts was good - maybe not particularly well executed, but I do like their relationship with Wuk Lamat.
• Editing to add: the music!!! Holy shit, the music is so good. It's unreal how hard Soken cooked with this one.

Stuff I don't like:

• The story is mid and VERY dry, especially in the first two zones.
• There's a lack of real gameplay outside of instanced duties, which becomes very noticeable and grating when combined with the above issue. Fetch quests and "talk to 3 villagers" shouldn't be the best SE can do with lvl 90+ content.

I think there are definitely a lot of fair criticisms to be made especially in regards to the story, but to me it also seems like a lot of people set their expectations way too high for certain things after explicitly being told that Endwalker was a grand finale. I'm really enjoying Dawntrail for what it is, personally.

There's a lot of negativity, but keep in mind that people who are having fun are probably just playing the game instead of chatting on the forums. Hell, I'm only here because I'm bored at work. Try not to let it get to you before you've even given things a chance ^^