Heavensward content

[Pireco]

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Well, what i can say to you is, you liking or not this is not wow or others mmos where the focus is the endgame, i started in 3.0, did everything at least once , while having 1-2 hours for gaming in weekdays (including 2.x stuff and savage) and i can guarantee to you that if you want to play ffxiv for endgame , you're going to be disapointed, but its you choice, the game is more casual friendly.
Now, i havent said that you should do BECAUSE i did, but you should do (THAT'S a opinion).
Anyway, they probably will launch a jump potion in Stormblood (theres a topic quite interesting, argument wise) to jump to the begining of the exp, even if you dont know what your lvl 52 skill does (as a brd, yours changes quite a bit the gameplay ), so you and others wow fans will feel more at home, so look forward to it.

[Hasrat]

What exactly is endgame content to you? I mean, I'm not there myself, but far as I've seen, either you're doing more quests (what you're complaining about), or you're just running the same dungeons over and over trying to get bigger numbers.

[Sagittarian]

This is why there is a discussion about jump potions.

The comment about "what is current content" is a good point though - most of the lvl 60 HW dungeons aren't even "current content" anymore. They were "current" when when they were released sometime in the past 2 years but now they're only run when required by story content or to unlock roulettes. Just getting to level 60 wouldn't get you to the "current" content - you'd still have to go through all of the 3.x patch content just as you're looking at having to do all of the 2.x patch content now.

[Reinha]

All content is current content because capped players still run roulettes (random instances) and farm anima weapons and hunts to populate all maps. Anything you haven't done is new to you and if you don't like it at level 50, I'm sorry to say the game doesn't magically become a different game at level 60. There are 24-man raids and hardmode trials to try at level 50, and people do queue up for those. You still have a couple of months to enjoy the story up to the current patch until Stormblood continues that same story. Expansions aren't disconnected like they are in WoW.

Also you mentioned there not being a global chat in this game. Actually there is one, the Novice Network, and it's available to you as long as you have the leaf icon (until the end of level 50 main scenario quests and 7 full days logged in). You need an invite from a mentor (crown icon). You can ask questions and find party members in there.

[cbTitan]

I think I understand his point, but likely because I'm not yet through the story yet. I was thinking along the same lines and just figured that once I reached level 50 and finished the Ultimate Weapon main story, that I could move on to HW content to start leveling 50-60. It sounds like I will have to complete all story missions and stay at level 50 for a while before I can start HW content and my 50-60 levels. That is a surprise to me, so I get the point. If true, then I'm somewhat disappointed if I cannot start a Dark Knight or Machinist until weeks after I reach level 50. If I have this all wrong, please forgive me since I am new.

I'm not saying it's a terrible thing, just that newer players are likely thinking like us that once I get to 50, I can immediately start HW content.

[Frizze]

I think I understand his point, but likely because I'm not yet through the story yet. I was thinking along the same lines and just figured that once I reached level 50 and finished the Ultimate Weapon main story, that I could move on to HW content to start leveling 50-60. It sounds like I will have to complete all story missions and stay at level 50 for a while before I can start HW content and my 50-60 levels. That is a surprise to me, so I get the point. If true, then I'm somewhat disappointed if I cannot start a Dark Knight or Machinist until weeks after I reach level 50. If I have this all wrong, please forgive me since I am new.

I'm not saying it's a terrible thing, just that newer players are likely thinking like us that once I get to 50, I can immediately start HW content.

If you bought the expansion and register it to your account, then this is half true. As long as your account is expansion tagged, you dont "stay" at level 50. True, youve got a lot of level 50 quests to get through, but you keep earning exp the whole way and can start the expansion with a headstart(if you dont have the expansion registered, any exp earned at level 50 is lost and you will get stuck at the final quest in the chain until you do buy HW). An average player gets through those quests in 1-2 weeks. You could hardcore grind it out in like 4 hours by skipping cutscenes and getting good ques, or you could hyper-casual it for over a month by also doing all the side stories before advancing and only playing an hour or two a week. Its only 6 trials(2-10 mins each), 3 dungeons(15-30 mins each), and a lot of running around. For many people, its also during that stretch of quests that the story really starts to get good. And in one sense, you ARE doing the HW content after ultimate weapon. Ishgard is an insular country with a closed border and a heavy suspicion of anyone from outside. Theyre 1000 years into a war that has no end in sight, and every day their enemies look for weaknesses they can exploit to get inside and bring them down. You spend a lot of those quests earning their trust and getting them to let you be the exception that passes the Gates of Judgement. Plus other spoilery things happen. My advice is to not worry about the destination and enjoy the ride.

With that said, SE did realize that this was partly a mistake. So the new classes in the next expansion will have their trainers in zones you can already get to, just incase you dont completely catch up in time.

[Iggyplatinum]

The additional lore, cutscenes, gameplay, music, and, to round it out, storyline, make the quests well worth playing and not skipping or speeding through.