Good Criticisms about FFXIV Leveling for Newcomers

[Miste]

8 hours to get to Satasha and claims the game is really slow paced due to that.

But no one should take 8 hours to get to Satasha on a fresh character....unless they were very relaxed and purposefully taking their time, but if they are choosing to take their time and pace themselves slower then it isn't the game that is slow paced...it's the player?

It took me 3 hours and 12 minutes to get a fresh character from 1 to 15 and unlock Satasha (you can probably minus 20 mins in there somewhere due to breaks like bathroom or getting a snack also). I didn't skip any cutscenes...the only variable not taken into account is reading speed which varies person to person and can't really be used to measure.



So why did it take him 5 hours longer? That's a massive difference.

He claims to be a very experienced gamer...but it took him that long? AND he didn't read tool tips so he never used proper abilities...idk how experienced he is then.