Story Line Quest

[Fusoya08]

My whole point is the game is completely unfriendly to new players. Three friends and my wife cannot deal with the back and forth story line quest requirements. It's just a waste of time.

That's the point of my post, not to be negative, but to show that it's pushing people away from the game because they aren't Final Fantasy fans and aren't hooked to play even if it's boring. Why not put a teleport stone in Vesper Bay? you really need to sprint there 20 times before you even get your chocobo? Then ride your chocobo there every time after that?

It's horrible gameplay, it's not fun, it's not exciting. It's just lazy time sinks they are justifying as gameplay. It's a load of garbage and needs to be stated as such. About 10% of the story line is interesting, the rest is filler nonsense.

[AskaRay]

My whole point is the game is completely unfriendly to new players. Three friends and my wife cannot deal with the back and forth story line quest requirements. It's just a waste of time.

That's the point of my post, not to be negative, but to show that it's pushing people away from the game because they aren't Final Fantasy fans and aren't hooked to play even if it's boring. Why not put a teleport stone in Vesper Bay? you really need to sprint there 20 times before you even get your chocobo? Then ride your chocobo there every time after that?

It's horrible gameplay, it's not fun, it's not exciting. It's just lazy time sinks they are justifying as gameplay. It's a load of garbage and needs to be stated as such. About 10% of the story line is interesting, the rest is filler nonsense.

To be fair they actually say why there is no Aetheryte in Vesper Bay.
Short answer: politics
Long answer: ...politics

[Farkle]

Why not put a teleport stone in Vesper Bay? you really need to sprint there 20 times before you even get your chocobo? Then ride your chocobo there every time after that?

Teleport to Limsa.....Aether to Arcanists Guild...Take Boat to Vesper.

[Velisra]

My whole point is the game is completely unfriendly to new players.

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/wave

New player here. I LOVE ARR's storyline and questing, and it didn't drive me away one bit. In fact, it made me want to stay a good long while, and see the rest of the story. :-)

Generalizations are generally not accurate or productive. ;-)

[Felis]

Why not put a teleport stone in Vesper Bay? you really need to sprint there 20 times before you even get your chocobo? Then ride your chocobo there every time after that?

1. Set your homepoint to Limsa Lominsa or teleport to Limsa Lominsa.
2. Take the ferry to Vesper Bay
3. ...
4. Profit

Vesper Bay is only 1 loading screen and 5 seconds away from Limsa Lominsa

[Solarra]

My whole point is the game is completely unfriendly to new players. Three friends and my wife cannot deal with the back and forth story line quest requirements. It's just a waste of time...
...It's a load of garbage and needs to be stated as such. About 10% of the story line is interesting, the rest is filler nonsense.

Another new player here. To be honest, it sounds like you, your wife and your friends all dislike MMO levelling, because this 'back and forth' seems to be pretty standard. At least FFXIV gives you plenty of options with travel, you can teleport or hire a chocobo if running is too slow.

Personally, I'm enjoying the story and the running around. The world looks fantastic and because I chose to run rather than teleport, I'm getting a sense of the geography. If I need to run to a dungeon, I can because I know where it is.

I guess there's not much more I can say, you either enjoy questing and feeling immersed in the world or you don't.
If you want to skip all that 'garbage' and get to the end as quickly as possible, this game won't accommodate you. It's a shame you're not enjoying it but you shouldn't assume every new player feels the same way.

[DragonFlyy]

My whole point is the game is completely unfriendly to new players. Three friends and my wife cannot deal with the back and forth story line quest requirements. It's just a waste of time.

That's the point of my post, not to be negative, but to show that it's pushing people away from the game because they aren't Final Fantasy fans and aren't hooked to play even if it's boring. Why not put a teleport stone in Vesper Bay? you really need to sprint there 20 times before you even get your chocobo? Then ride your chocobo there every time after that?

It's horrible gameplay, it's not fun, it's not exciting. It's just lazy time sinks they are justifying as gameplay. It's a load of garbage and needs to be stated as such. About 10% of the story line is interesting, the rest is filler nonsense.

This is literally every MMO out there. If they don't like that kind of thing, then MMOs aren't for them.

[RyuRoots]

Gee willickers, a time sink? In an MMO??? Scandalous! I'm sure SE will turn right around and edit their quest structure on ARR just for you now that you have shone a light on this wholly unprecedented and absolutely heinous aspect of MMO design.

[Jandor]

Gee willickers, a time sink? In an MMO??? Scandalous! I'm sure SE will turn right around and edit their quest structure on ARR just for you now that you have shone a light on this wholly unprecedented and absolutely heinous aspect of MMO design.

I'd just like to point out that 'everyone else does it' and 'its always been this way' are not exactly brilliant reasons for anything.

[RyuRoots]

I'd just like to point out that 'everyone else does it' and 'its always been this way' are not exactly brilliant reasons for anything.

Right, and I never said it was? I'm saying tough, get over it.