Am I doing something wrong or is there somewhere...better for me??

[Deebs15]

So, I only started playing FFXIV about...7 months ago. I was also almost completely new to MMOs, so it's been a slight struggle trying to pick up on all the lingo and general basics proper CD usage and trash pulls (I had to google those to figure out what they meant)

Anywho...i've come along way but trust, after 7 months i'm hardly a vet. BUT, i've got a LV54 iLVL121 SCH now with almost every other class at 50. I'VE PUT WORK IN.

Uhh...getting to my point. After all this time, running DF and playing this game i still get made to feel like a chump when i'm trying to learn something new. People already seem to be over early HW stuff and I just got there!!! ALL of the main story quests that I used DF for were painful as I either missed the story to try and catch up or missed the fight altogether.

[Deebs15]

I'm totally venting here and i'm not expecting anyone to sugarcoat anything but....ugh where are the people who just enjoy the game, and are NICE. Can't people play well AND be nice???

I've considered changing worlds to maybe one that's a little newer but i'm not even sure where to begin.

[Moonleg]

I am going to assume that the story you've used DF for were the two imperial dungeons, Castrum Meridianum and Praetorium, right?

They have been admitted by Square-Enix to be a bad mistake, and no more dungeons have been or will be made with tons of lengthy cutscenes in the middle.

The thing is, people have been through those dungeons literally dozens if not hundreds of times. They hold nothing new, they hold nothing of value, the ONLY reason old players still do them is because they get a special max-level reward for doing so. The faster they get through, the faster they get their reward.

My advice right now would be to finish leveling to 60. For better or worse, MMORPGs have a tendency to live by three simple words: "Endgame is king." Endgame, that is max level, is where the raids, the challenges, the interesting gear is. You have some time; the next content patch is set to be released in November, and will contain what is likely to be an 'easy' entry-level raid that will give you a taste of big group content.

[LeeraSorlan]

Changing servers (unless to a new data centre) wont help you with DF problems, since when you que in DF you are matched with people across any server on that data center.

My advice? Take it at a comfortable pace, if someone gets upset, tough.
Youll find good people and bad people anywhere you go.

[SakuraMidori]

Youll find good people and bad people anywhere you go.

This right here is really it there are good and bad in every world. Just never let the bad get you down and go look around towns and such ^^ your bound to find some random fun loving ppl just having a good time

[AskaRay]

Weeeell personally I did the HW story asap because I wanted to know what happened..
but yes in dungeons I always wait for people because I know not everyone is speedy like I am. ESPECIALLY since I love the story and I want other to experience it the way it was meant to.. (Honestly I don't get it..speed through a dungeon and be bored again? Erokwhateverfloatsyourboat).

Non-spoiler hint, the only in-dungeon cutscene is about three minutes long. Let people wait for you, especially as a scholar they can't finish without you so...

If that still stresses you out a bit, grab one or two friends for the story stuff.
If that still doesn't work come to Lich I'll run stuff with you, hehe.

[Gamer3427]

Simple fact of the matter is that while there are plenty of good people out there in FFXIV, most of them are going in with groups of friends rather than relying purely on DF groups. The only real advice I can give you is to have a thick skin when dealing with the random people out there who want to rush everything and complain about every little thing that goes wrong or that they don't like. Other than that, try joining a good Free Company that feels the same way about the game as you do......

I've been playing since about the same time as you, (started in early February), and never had an MMO hold my interest for long prior to XIV. On the other hand, I consider myself more of a Vet than half the people out there who've been playing MMOs or even XIV in general longer, because most of them only play the game to experience one aspect of it such as DPSing or Raids, and will only look at other content as "a means to an end". I'm by no means an "actual vet", but I find that often times I'm explaining simple concepts to players with a lot more play time than me, just because I took the time to learn it while they bypassed it because it wasn't relevant to them at the time. To me, someone who is a veteran of something isn't just "experienced", but is someone who knows how to put that experience to use....

[Deebs15]

You start to see how this game has sort of a rhythm with content and when people are playing what. Maybe when the next expansion comes out and I can learn everything at the same time as everyone else it'll be a little different.

You guys are all rad...I really appreciate the tips

[Makeda]

You start to see how this game has sort of a rhythm with content and when people are playing what. Maybe when the next expansion comes out and I can learn everything at the same time as everyone else it'll be a little different.

Sadly it is unlikely to work like this.

I've been in many MMOs and the pattern repeats every time.

There's always a beta, closed or open, and people always get a massive guide ready and... either break the NDA and post it, or post it the moment the NDA is lifted.

- Even if they post that massive guide the day AFTER the expansion goes live... by the time people hit that content, even if that very same day, you will see folks getting booted out of groups for not knowing the content already. Sometimes even if a guide has not been posted - if you're a tank you can get booted for not having learned it during the closed beta you didn't even have access to...

Its actually BETTER right now than it tends to be around the time when expansions launch in MMOs. New expansions and young MMOs bring all the worst-attitude players back into active play... where they zerg stuff like crazy, find and exploit glitches, exploit bugs in trading systems, and pay a LOT to RMT sellers... fueling a lot of account hacking, accusations, and flame wars...

I've been booted out of groups before for refusing to use TOS-violating exploits. In fact in Guild Wars 2 such booting is the norm anytime someone finds such an exploit...
- and the people who have that kind of motive, are most active around launch time of new content...

Right now is the time you want to find a nice friendly guild, and start building up a long term friendship with them, so that when all the really amazingly nasty players come back next major release of something... you can play with your buddies and ignore it all.

The worst thing you can do for your morale, is to be stuck guildless (free-company-less) and friendless in a new or old MMO around launch time of new content. That is a very quick path to burnout and bad vibes.

Start friending people now... and insulate yourself.

[AskaRay]

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Ahhh yeah I remember the first day World of Darkness was out, maybe two hours after the server had gone live again...
"What do you mean you guys don't know how to beat Cerberus???"

luckily I think it was a joke because they stayed quiet for the rest of the run. However real people like that do exist