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    Player Dualgunner's Avatar
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    Lilila Lila
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    Machinist Lv 80
    It's because you're missing the forest for the trees. Yes, the game starts slow: that is XIV's problem, not the combat system. It's the equivalent of needing to play Vanilla, Burning Crusade, Warlords of Draenor, Mists of Pandaria, Cataclysm, and Legion (forgive me if I missed an expansion) to play Battle for Azeroth. This is a known issue, but as I said earlier, SE already opted to go the cash shop route with speeding players through the slow parts of the game, so it's unlikely these will be fixed in the future.

    The story is slow, the combat is slow. What was endgame ARR will likely never be experienced as it was meant to these days. Gameplay of the jobs has changed significantly (believe it or not they used to be complete at 50.)

    Yes, you have two expansions to go. Two expansions of combat abilities (and some jobs, like Summoner, change drastically at 50, 60, and 70), two expansions of story, and two expansions of endgame. So no, 50 is not decently far into the game; 50 is just scratching the surface.

    Your points aren't worth arguing because, frankly, they're ill-informed. If you want an action MMO, you have plenty to choose from; if you don't like XIV, you're free to stop. So far it's "I dislike the combat. XIV will die." "I dislike the story. XIV will die." and "My friends (who raid at some nondescript level of endgame) dislike the combat. XIV will die."
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    Last edited by Dualgunner; 04-22-2019 at 12:49 PM.