Is there a home in FXIV for the "Hardcore Endgame" Player-Type?

[Echo_Magnus]

Hello Everyone!

As of level 47 I feel like little more then a glorified Errand-Boy. My only remaining hope is with the potential "endgame".

I tried to get into the story, but 80% of the characters act/behave like they belong in some high school anime. I skip everything now because of this, which thank god I can because so far:

Formula for 80% of Quests:
1. 10 Minutes of talking about quest
2. Go here and double click this guy.
3. Quest completed.

The other 20% of Quests:
1. 10 Minutes of talking about quest
2. Go here and double click this guy.
3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2, 2-3 more times.
4. Quest Completed.

I was already suspicious at the beginning of the game, but I knew in my 30's when they had my player fetching components for wine -- that most certainly my time was deliberately being wasted.

So, is there a home here for the Hardcore Endgame player-type? Or does this game mostly cater to the Casual Player?

[Derio]

Early game pre lvl 50 is leveling. So your not at end game. The game has alot of casual content. However it also has content for extreme players.

Once you get to end game its completely different from what your doing now

[Echo_Magnus]

That's more or less what I'm curious about...

Leveling is Leveling. Traditionally this isn't my preferred style (linear-arcade), but I'm perfectly willing to endure if the leveling process isn't a reflection of what the endgame looks like.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

That's more or less what I'm curious about...

Leveling is Leveling. Traditionally this isn't my preferred style (linear-arcade), but I'm perfectly willing to endure if the leveling process isn't a reflection of what the endgame looks like.

I recommend looking up raids and EX Primals. This will give you a better picture of what the end game looks like, especially once you settle into a potential static to complete said content. Actually, lemme grab some vids.

Neo Exdeath
Ravana EX

Bear in mind, these are old fights and have long become out-geared. I didn't want to grab anything too recent in case you wanted to avoid spoilers, but the game updates near raids every seven months and new Primals every three or so.

[Melichoir]

That's more or less what I'm curious about...

Leveling is Leveling. Traditionally this isn't my preferred style (linear-arcade), but I'm perfectly willing to endure if the leveling process isn't a reflection of what the endgame looks like.

It depends what you define as endgame.

GLAMOUR IS END GAME! meme is kinda real, to be frank. But there is quite a lot of things to do once you hit 70. If you dont give a crap about other classes, dont care about glamour or side events (gold saucer or the like), dont care about housing, then youre left with Savage, EX, and Ultimate Content. Depending how experienced you are, they can give you a challenge or be semi easy. Well Savage and EX will, UCoB and the new Ultimate will probably give you a bit of run fro your money, but your mileage may vary depending how experienced you are.

If youre expecting a super hardcore press one wrong button or mistime .001 seconds late and everyone dies horribly and you lose everything in your inventory, well youre going to be disappointed.If youre looking for some boss fights that are pretty cool and a decent challenge to do with friends and what not, then yeah, youre going to be satisfied.

But gonna tell you something: FFXIV is a story driven game more or less. Everything revolves around the MSQ or events related to the MSQ. If youre bored with story or MSQ already, You probably wont be sticking around for to long anyways, even with Savage and EX content. Those things by themselves with nothing else will leave you with periods of time being bored and twiddling your thumbs. Not that the story sucks. ARR is a bit longwinded and meanders a bit IMO. HW is definitely top notch story wise I think and youll probably like it more than ARR. SB is aiite, not as strong as HW I feel but its better than ARR. I think the Devs know this too (feel like the MSQ actually gets better later in SB). Also, while I mentioned classes above, some of the class storylines are good. DRK is good stuff in 30-50 range, as an example. But yeah, story is a fairly big componant of FFXIV. Hopefully youll find something thats more your speed :>

[whiskeybravo]

Once you get to end game its completely different from what your doing now

Is it though? I seem to recall just going to find a bottle of wine for someone else...

Jokes aside, yes, it does open up more once you reach endgame. Keep in mind you have to pass 2 previous endgames (lv50 ARR end game, lv60 HW endgame) before you get to the current lv70 SB end game.. So it may feel like long wait since the previous ones aren't relevant anymore. But it looks like you're leveling up a tank so it shouldn't take too long to breeze through everything Just hang in there, it'll get better

[Sigma-Astra]

Endgame isn't until level 70 and at the end of the latest MSQ for Stormblood and really, it's not all that special as people make you believe it to be in my opinion as someone already on endgame.

It's just another day logging into the game and doing dailies, farming, roulettes, etc.

[AppleJinx]

Are you asking about end game hubs? Yeah there are a few but you can't get to any of them yet since they are locked behind msq.

[RubixCube]

Hey, welcome to FF.

ARR is notorious for those types of quests and does not reflect the next two expansions. What you’re experiencing is a common criticism of the base story and I understand what a struggle it is. However, it isn’t reflective of the game as a whole. Once you get to level 50, you will unlock trials and raids, as well as harder dungeons. Of course, the real hard core stuff is at the end of the game, once you beat stormblood, and there’s a healthy community that focuses on savage and high end raiding.

Basically, once you get to HW, all those stupid errands will get left behind.

[Echo_Magnus]

Hey, welcome to FF.

ARR is notorious for those types of quests and does not reflect the next two expansions. What you’re experiencing is a common criticism of the base story and I understand what a struggle it is. However, it isn’t reflective of the game as a whole. Once you get to level 50, you will unlock trials and raids, as well as harder dungeons. Of course, the real hard core stuff is at the end of the game, once you beat stormblood, and there’s a healthy community that focuses on savage and high end raiding.

Basically, once you get to HW, all those stupid errands will get left behind.

Thank you! That's essentially all the answer I was looking for.

Thank you for easing my concerns