This Is Awful.

[Barta]

Seems strange that it is often sold on the quality of story but then saddles you with a bunch of chores and busywork that interrupt narrative flow and are generally unpleasant.

[Fredco191]

In that case I’ll warn you. In ShB there’s a level 79 story quest that requires you to beat a level 80 role quest to complete it.

[Hasrat]

Seems strange that it is often sold on the quality of story but then saddles you with a bunch of chores and busywork that interrupt narrative flow and are generally unpleasant.

It's still a sub-based game. Still want you to stay subbed.

[Barta]

But annoying people isn't a way to earn subs. Endearing them is.... Maybe I'm just too dumb to see the point XD

Personally, I'd rather do enjoyable story content then dtsy dubbed for dungeons and raids that are max level.

[Dogempire]

I had the same experience with stormblood, all you can really do is make sure to hit level 80 before shit hits the fan storywise. I think I hit 80 before the trial with the super delusional guy whose name I won't mention in case of spoilers.

[Tommara]

Few of you seem to have missed that all important "t". Stormblood, lads, not Shadowbringers. Somehow gotta suspect you couldn't have done every side quest, plus MSQ, on one job. The exp is obscene.

But hey. If you did, at least you've got beast tribe's unlocked and can run those for easy exp.

My summoner is an alt, slightly under 60, when 5.0 hit (Shadow Bringers and Storm Blood, what were they thinking with these names?)

I can attest that the game suddenly became hard for my summoner alt after the recent class changes, just doing the sidequests, which I had deliberately saved for her, because I'm a returning player who remembers how hard it was to level alts at release (which I could play immediately since I played FF11 at release)(although admittedly not so hard now, but still takes some planning).

My issues were immediately relieved at 60, since there's a big gear bump there, which I already had.

Woe to those who don't have it.

The OP's description of summoner being a "weird half class" after the recent class changes accurately describes my feelings until I could equip the 60 gear I'd stockpiled for her.

I still think the summoner is a "weird half class" now (low 60's), compared to 5.0, although the level 60 gear has made a huge difference.

Time will tell.

[foussi]

You could do hoh to catch up, its boring after a few runs but hey, it gives like 1m exp for 21-30.