Quote Originally Posted by Reliquia View Post
1) So what's there to do now?
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But the question is, what to do?
As far as I'm understanding it you are supposed to:
- Level up your classes (duh)
- Do story based missions which now transit into grand companies(?)
- Save up for good gear. (quite confusing now that my gear is all outdated.. and there aren't level restrictions to gear which just makes it all even worse)
- Join "endgame" activities like raiding, kill hnm's and Ifrit
- Explore (but the zones are so overly long, uninspiring and generic)
- Do sidequests (But there are few and they are hard to find)

Is there anything I'm missing? Because at the moment I don't feel that drive to do those things because, especially because of the lack of an endgame. Which used to be my drive in other MMOs
Oh, gosh yes. You're missing quite a bit.

First of all, there are now many side quests. Here's a player compiled list of all side quests and the locations you can find them.

Second, in addition to storyline quests, each job has its own quest line. It's like a mini-storyline quest. When you get a job to level 20, your NPC linkpearl will begin to flash. You can go to the guild for that job, and speak with the NPC there. That NPC will give you a quest. As you level up, you'll get more job quests.

Third, there are now dozens of NMs. They run the gamut from low level to very high level, open world NMs.

Fourth, there are now beastman strongholds. You can fight your way through the beastman strongholds to get to boss fights, and get unique drops.

Fifth, you can now attach materia to new gear. Materia allows you to improve your gear, making the best gear even better. And as you level up, you'll be able to make and attach even better materia. So simply getting a good drop doesn't end the quest to make get the best gear. You can sort of "level up" your gear, too. And you can continue to add better and better materia to your gear as long as you have it.

Along those same lines, you say that the fact that new gear isn't restricted to a particular level makes it worse. I'm not sure what you mean. Gear is now restricted to particular jobs and particular levels. The old gear was also restricted to particular jobs and levels. You could equip it if you weren't the appropriate job or level, but you got seriously nerfed if you tried to use it. I thought that made sense, but they've adopted what you're suggesting, and they've now added job and level restrictions to gear. So buy some new gear; it sounds like it's got what you want.

Sixth, you haven't even mentioned the new focus of the game. The focus of the game is no longer on leves; it's Grand Companies. The Grand Companies have their own leves, activities (like supply-replenishment and chocobo defense), and they open up dungeons. You can earn points from the Grand Companies to buy items and gear. And eventually you'll be able to join the Grand Company of your choice, and rank up in that Grand Company.

There are currently 3 dungeons. One at low level, one at mid-level, and one at end-game. And they've also added Ifrit fights for mid and high level. So it's not just end-game content. It's available throughout the game.

And the devs have already acknowledged that when the game launched, there was almost nothing to do. That was my chief complaint from day 1. And they're working to fix that. They're adding new content all the time. But right now, their focus is on fixing the battle system. Once that's fixed, more content will be rolled out more frequently. So there's lots more content on the way.
2) Why aren't people communicating?
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I know that most suggest joining a linkshell, and I have one at the moment and had 3 in the past. But even there people don't talk that often and such. I realize that the problem might be that I haven't found the right linkshell in this sense, but I really do like it's members. I just wish that there was more interactivity between us.

It's like the game doesn't want you to communicate. Since it's just standing there without trying to do anything, much like an accomplice.
Yes, I'm going to suggest that you join an active linkshell. I'm constantly blown away by people who say no one talks in this game. People are talking constantly. They just talk in their LS channels.

If people aren't talking in your linkshell, then you need to join another one. Keep in mind that you can join up to 8 linkshells. So you don't have to drop the ones you've got. Look on the Selbina forums. There are ads for linkshells there. Consider joining a few of those.

I've currently got 8 linkshells. When I log on, some linkshells are quiet, but somebody is almost always talking on one of the linkshells. You've just got to find a more active linkshell.

So keep looking for linkshells and joining new linkshells. Drop the ones that are empty or dead, and join more.

The community in this game is extremely helpful. They'll be able to answer your questions as you level up, help you to level, and direct you toward content that you may have missed. (And as I said, it looks like you're missing a lot of content.) The other players are the biggest reason you're going to keep logging back in to play this game. Give it a shot.