Cosmic Exploration is Bad

[Supersnow845]

I have been subbed for years at this point. No breaks. But I'm not a kid or some streamer whose job it is to play video games all day.

I have a limited amount of time I can play this game, maybe 10 hours or so a week. But in the last few months especially, the content has been exclusively for hardcore players that can invest 40+ hours a week into the game. This sh*t isn't fun and it's not for casual players. It sucks.

If you can't see that, then maybe you need to go outside some and touch grass.

This isn’t a lack of time or too much time (I’m a doctor btw I know what it means to have no time), you simply aren’t listening to people offering you advice as to why you are struggling so much

[Ekymus]

Strange how many people complain about how the game is too easy, or not difficult or complex enough, yet as soon as there is content that has a gated stat requirement of preptime and knowledge checks, everyone starts saying it is bad. This might be a good reason why the MSQ and combat jobs have to be on two-minute timers and very generous to players, or this happens. The content is not bad, you are.

FF14 players had almost an entire year with the release of DT to level and BIS there, crafting and gathering gear with many old and new catch-up mechanics. Complaining about not being prepared for this is complaining about not being ready for the new extreme trial boss when you're only level 90. At some point, you need to rise to the expectations and perhaps this is the harder content that is not for you, like ranked CC, Ultimate raiding, or solo DD.

I like the harder gathering A ranks as it is pushing me to the limits of my game knowledge to solve them as well with planning ahead and using resources that for the most part has been untouched till now. If you want to be cutting edge in most content, you need to know what BIS and a food buff is, why should gathering be different? You don't have to do all the A ranks, and this content is made to last a little longer than 24 hours.

Some of these A ranks for gathers are really tough, but you don't have to do them all gold week one to get your items, and from the time of writing, I do not even think they are all unlockable.

I have never complained about this game being "too easy", "not difficult", or "complex enough". Not once. So you can take that line and shove it right back up your *ss where you sh*t it out from.

Also, this content starts at level 10... as in it was intended to attract new players to the crafter and gatherer roles, it was clearly not meant to cater to the hardcore omnis only. I you think it was, you're just wrong and you also need to go outside and touch grass.

Also, Cosmic Exploration wasn't meant to be "cutting edge, hardcore content" like you seem to think it is. It was supposed to be for casual players and have long term goals for the more hardcore and dedicated players so they had something to do for a long time to come. If you think differently, you are wrong.

Also, who cares about the A rank sh*t. I'm failing at the C and D rank sh*t because this isn't casual content used to level. It's f*cking SAVAGE content meant for hardcore only players.

[hydralus]

Also, who cares about the A rank sh*t. I'm failing at the C and D rank sh*t because this isn't casual content used to level. It's f*cking SAVAGE content meant for hardcore only players.

No that's definitely you doing something wrong here.

[Ekymus]

No, you're just bad at the game. Read the tutorials and dialogs carefully, it explains everything. If that fails try to find some tutorials on Youtube. I had zero issues in leveling up and got my Fisher to 100 on day 1 because the missions are super fast and easy to do, you just have to pay attention, read the mission objective and use appropriate skills.


Example: i completed a mission in less than 20 seconds because all i did is use Chum a couple times.


Repeat this a bunch of times and i leveled up quickly. The game also tells you to use the vendor gear as the gear breakpoints change every level and you won't hit them with lvl90 gear due to the Sync. Ideally you should just craft your own gear and meld it, and cycle it out every few levels.


Cosmic exploration is great!

PS: the Infrastructure Projects are super lame and badly designed, that i concede.

You are wrong. I tried all of that and I'm still failing because this isn't "casual content". This is more sh*tty hardcore only content that is only meant for the top 1% to participate in.

I don't play fisher to be stressed out. I played fisher to relax and enjoy the scenery. If you think it's great, good for you, go play it and don't reply to mine or any other post that doesn't like it. Replying would just take you away from the thing you seem to love and enjoy.

[xbahax92]

Obvious troll thread. Waste of time.
Get your next account ready, RMT sir.

[Ekymus]

Yes me saying that you are not interacting with the content properly because it’s opaque in some frustrating ways and trying to help you understand it better is me trying to gaslight you

If it isn’t obvious I’m trying to offer you advice, if you want an echo chamber to scream buzzwords you don’t understand then may I suggest Facebook or xitter

You're not trying to help.

You're only here to gaslight people and tell us that our experiences aren't valid because you disagree with them.

You have nothing you can offer me or anyone else. You're as useless as the Cosmic Exploration is.

[Ekymus]

You're going into this with terrible gear for your level, a poor understanding of the content, and a refusal to learn. Exactly why should the devs listen to you?

I had the max level 90 gear. I failed at all the missions.

I bought the sh*tty gear from the vendor because the game kept screaming at me about ilvl, I was then able to actually do about 6 missions over the next two days.

This isn't about poor gear or poor understanding. This is about the Cosmic Exploration f*cking sucking and being terrible content.

[Ekymus]

This isn’t a lack of time or too much time (I’m a doctor btw I know what it means to have no time), you simply aren’t listening to people offering you advice as to why you are struggling so much

Really? I'm a doctor too, and an astronaut, and a king, so there, my b*llsh*t now tops your b*llsh*t. I win.

And again, you have NOTHING to offer anyone but your smug superiority complex because you're a hardcore player with all the time in the world to play this game and grind out whatever you want whenever you want.

[hydralus]

Obvious troll thread. Waste of time.
Get your next account ready, RMT sir.

Yeah, my mistake. I should've figured it out the second time he called it occult crescent.

I mean I even tested it out myself. I took off 2 pieces of main gear and was still able to complete a C-rank with a gold rating despite failing to hook 4 fish. It's absurdly easy.

[Ekymus]

No that's definitely you doing something wrong here.

The only thing I did wrong was try to play the Cosmic Exploration. That content is for hardcore players only and if you're not a hardcore player, it SUCKS.

If you think differently about that, you're wrong.