Is this the norm for mmos

[Derio]

I am taking my time. Run the dungeons on my tank and side quest and MSQ on my SMN. I learned from HW if you rush to the end it gets real boring. Since new tomes don't release until 4 weeks, there is plenty of time to enjoy the content

[Noahlimits]

I feel it's only necessary to rush past the initial story if you want to be a part of the first wave of progression parties on the new EX primals. And definitely before the first week is over to cap on tomestones.

[Draxxion]

Quite normal. You have those who don't read quest text or npc dialog, which by the way after most cut scenes you should talk to any scion or near by npc as they tend to have additional dialog, or are people that want to get to the end game content for one reason or another. It does not mean you should rush. Enjoy the content for what it is there for and you will get there eventually.

[Elim]

Since new tomes don't release until 4 weeks, there is plenty of time to enjoy the content

Hm? You can get Allagan Tombstone of Verity now.

[Derio]

Hm? You can get Allagan Tombstone of Verity now.

I am talking about the tomes with the weekly cap. Verity doesn't have a cap

[Iromi]

Hm? You can get Allagan Tombstone of Verity now.

But the weekly cap one is called Tomestone of Creation, we don't have that yet. Verity, afaik is like lore tomes.

Personally, I am taking my time with the MSQ, playing with my BF and FC members. While others enjoy rushing and such, not me..never have. I love to take my time and play with the people who are important to me ^^ The content isn't going anywhere and its worth waiting imho!

[Venjenz]

I rejoined the game in March, and needed to grind hard (limited playtime, job/wife/other interests) to get to where I could do SB when it came out, so I am absolutely taking my sweet time. I am actually letting all the dialogue play out, reading all the text, walking instead of running, etc. I tried to do that as much as I could with the Dragonsong bridge between HW and SB, because FF games rock for story, and it shouldn't be missed imho, so now that I know I have a two year window to listen to Alphinaud, I will let him have his dialogue glory. =)

That said, yes, in any MMO xpac early release, tons of people will be racing to get world/server firsts. Buddy of mine got 3 of them in WoW, all related to crafting. World firsts are a thing for some people.

[Naberrie]

I don't think racing through the content is exactly normal for everyone, but it certainly is for some people. I'm not racing through. I'm still making sure I do gathering and crafting everyday, making sure I read the dialogue on the quests and picking up every quest I see. I'm also just running around the new zones and exploring, checking things out just to take in the environments. I'm also still running leveling roulettes on my AST to level it up.

[Claviusnex]

I'm not fast by any means but I like to run the MSQ and its dungeons at as close to level as I can. If you slow down and do the side quests and fates you will tend to out level the MSQ. So in my case, and I guess others, I will go back to do the side quests that flesh out the story after we're done. The only exception is I do try to get the flying quests done as soon as possible to unlock flying.

[YitharV2]

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It is the norm but I don't quite agree with it. I've played MMOs for quite a bit of time so I like to enjoy the experience. Yeah part of the reason for the drop off in subs is because content is easy to plow through and people speed to the end.