JUST GOT TO ISHGARD WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! what now?

[DaKiddPiff]

Lvl 51 BLM. been grinding the story out since HW dropped. I returned after couple months break as a lvl 47 blm. only did up to story quest 41. So yea i returned for HW only to realize i had over 150 quests to do before i could play it. well FINALLY i've got to ishgard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 woooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so what should i do now? i still have to do the tower crystal quests so i can start raids/coils. but what else as far as heavenward stuff

[saber_alter]

you can go all the way to the first dungeon, dusk vigil. and depending on your exp you can do your story quests so long as you sidequest along with it.

you can also go and unlock the new jobs, but they don't have markers on them for the quests, you have to find them yourself.

[SaitoHajime]

Nothing besides msq and countless side quests til 60 and new jobs

[EdwinLi]

just basic lvl 51 stuff. Do the side quests in the 3.0 areas since each area has their own unique Side-Storyline Quest chain which covers lore about the area and certain NPCs.

At level 54 you should be able to obtain the Adventure Guild Side-Quest storyline covering the Doma Adventure Guild kids which will hint towards a possible future storyline (most people believe it is hinting towards Hildibrand Season 2 due to Hildy being mentioned in the side-storyline.)

If you want for some kicks you could get some people or FC members to help you burn through Coil for the Coil storyline since T1 to T12 can be blazed through with current lvl 60 gears. Except for T13 since Bahamut currently still strong enough to one shot a ilvl 180 geared player if they don't time their cooldown skills right.

[DaKiddPiff]

oh yay more quests (cry)

[Kaedan94]

oh yay more quests (cry)

If you don't like questing/story, you may want to try a sandbox game like EVE or something.

Frankly, this smells like trollbait. I don't know anyone who finished the MSQ of ARR and didn't immediately want to continue in heavenward. Seems like you're trying to start a "nothing to do" or "same old, same old" flame war.

There's plenty to do, and it's obvious. Best thing is to continue MSQ and unlock Dusk Vigil... it's a sidequest in western coerthas.

[DaKiddPiff]

If you don't like questing/story, you may want to try a sandbox game like EVE or something.

Frankly, this smells like trollbait. I don't know anyone who finished the MSQ of ARR and didn't immediately want to continue in heavenward. Seems like you're trying to start a "nothing to do" or "same old, same old" flame war.

There's plenty to do, and it's obvious. Best thing is to continue MSQ and unlock Dusk Vigil... it's a sidequest in western coerthas.

so you think i bought heavensward just so i can troll? are you stupid? i made thus thread because the game has SO MUCH content and i wanted some guidelines/structure on what. to start. i want to try new job maybe new race and level fishing and do raids and get resh gear

[Terribad]

If you don't like questing/story, you may want to try a sandbox game like EVE or something.

That literally makes zero sense since almost every MMO out, themepark or not, doesn't force you to every single story quests.

Seems like you're trying to start a "nothing to do" or "same old, same old" flame war.

There's plenty to do, and it's obvious. Best thing is to continue MSQ and unlock Dusk Vigil... it's a sidequest in western coerthas.

"What to do" As in where to start. Is there gear I need to get first? Something I should grind first? Visit first? Do first?
This is a common question when making it to new patches and to end game, it's a valid question that simply means "Where should I start?".

How about instead of attacking, calling people trolls, and telling them to go play something else. You ask for clarification or just learn standard MMO lingo.

On topic: I'm jelly! I literally just started doing MSQs last night been up all night and I'm just now at 2.3 MSQs *sigh* I left when i90 was the highest item level.

[Luvbunny]

I literally just started doing MSQs last night been up all night and I'm just now at 2.3 MSQs *sigh* I left when i90 was the highest item level.

Congratulations!! It will go by fast if you do the following:

1. Spend only no more than 90 minutes max on MSQ, mostly are fetch quests + talk to npc + check things out. But doing them in long stretch will make you want to hate this game. You should be able to clear them in about a week or ten days doing this. Each patches is about 5 hours long or less. Up to you if you want to burn five hours a day to clear each patch though.
2. Unlock the other 15 dungeons. You should mix this up, clear 2-3 dungeons if possible a day, grab any friends or FC members along with you for the first time bonus.
3. Ilevel bump tips: ask any of your FC members or friends, who have access to Ishgard, to buy you normal quality accessories level 115 ASAP now from vendor in Ishgard stores. Yes you will get level 110 weapon, gears, and accessories down the road on MSQ, but you still have to clear those dungeons, etc, by getting normal quality stuffs earlier, it makes doing them so much easier. Do not pay inflated price in the market board, but do check the gears + accessories, sometimes undercutter may put things below vendor prices.
4. To avoid massive burn out, mix it up with doing daily roulette stuffs, leveling other lower level jobs that you may overlook for your cross class. And doing your crafting and gathering. Plus the usual weekly challenge on FATE, levequest, etc...
5. You will have to do those Hard Mode original three primal for main story quest, yes they will not let you get away from this, so may as well unlock your Relic Weapon quests, and get them all done for level 90 glamour weapon
6. Make sure you max up your grand company standing and able to unlock Hunt Board. You will use this feature more in 3.0. so get that done if you have not done it yet.

[Terribad]

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Thanks for the tips!
You mentioned unlocking the other 15 dungeons, will I need to successfully run these before accessing HW? Or is that just to have them unlocked?