I have a few issues with the end game.

[Autymnfyres]

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What I am saying is that most MMOs do not have a lot of truly worthwhile tasks to complete once you have obtained the best gear possible for your chosen character/class/whatever. This has always been my experience and I am not shocked or disgusted by seeing it happen in FF14, so I am just genuinely curious as to why people are freaking out over it in this game...

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"Why are people freaking out over it in this game????"
I'm thinkin' probably because SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ALREADY AT END GAME. Not just the dedicated hardcore raiders are shut out...we can get the best there is with 8-man grouping. And we were told from the beginning this game STARTS AT 50.

Wish there would have been an asterisk beside that statement (repeated more than once) which noted: we are putting out a game with a vision that you can quickly get the leveling up to 50 out of the way so you can really start having FUN and THAT starts at about level 50. So...zoooooom up and Look Forward To The Real Fun which begins then. Let me reiterate, aside from self-described completionists, many, many people are now at endgame who did NOT accelerate through the levels in a week of living in the game.

Many, many of us touched upon other aspects of the game and took a full 4 months or so and we have still arrived at endgame with the issues which keep being brought up in posts in this forum. Now What. Really. Now What.


In other games, it was a given that you had 'side' content of various sorts but that the leveling would take some dedication and attention if that were your goal and for us to enjoy the journey blah blah blah. You basically didn't get to raid level without knowing your class well; if you pl'd your way there it showed. Here, who gets power leveled really? A few of the harder runs at the very top. Why? CAUSE WE CAN DO IT JUST LIKE YOSHI SAID... efficiently, effectively, little along the way needed which would slow us down, and then: We Could Start Having The Real Fun...at 50.

Thats why more people in this game are crazed about what the hell to do with themselves that has merit, satisfaction and reward AT 50, When Does The Fun continue??????