Just Beat Stormblood

[Barta]

Thanks for the encouragement and wisdom, I consumed litres of caffeine, cartons of nicotine, and other stimulants and I'm now on... Grismal... Gray?

Grittle Gray? Some fucking war dungeon.

Yotsuyu's story was especially touching and resonated with me, as a child who was taken from an abusive home and put through the foster system.

Actually the entirety of this filler patch stuff was wholesome.

[Uielyave]

Sound slike you wont like the game at all. like... 60% of its enjoyment is the story and characters...

[Kaethra]

Sound slike you wont like the game at all. like... 60% of its enjoyment is the story and characters...

I don't believe this to be true at all. I've played through the MSQ from 2.0 through all of 5.0. I haven't skipped through any of it myself and yet I find myself enjoying the Dungeons, Trials, and Raids much more than the MSQ. I mean I haven't finished both expert dungeons yet (waiting for a friend to catch up), and I've been playing the game much more post 80 then I did 70-79.

Not everyone enjoys FFXIV for the story. I like the story, but its definitely not why I'm here. If I was looking for story, I'd play ESO. Its quest/story system is far superior to FFXIV's. However, that's not why I play MMOs. I play for the game itself, as well as the people and the social aspect. So far FFXIV has the best dungeon content of any MMORPG and has the most of it, while at the same time being the most challenging. And that was the weakest part of ESO's content. It was too easy, too little, and hardly any variety.

[Schan]

Sound slike you wont like the game at all. like... 60% of its enjoyment is the story and characters...

I wouldn't say it's that high of a percentage. Yes it's a story driven game but there is still plenty to enjoy outside of the story. I'd say the other big + from this game are the Trials aka Boss fights.

I can tell you most of my enjoyement of this game comes from Boss fights. The spectacle blows my mind more often than not. The transitions, the music, the cinematics. That is why i stick around and I will probably stick around while they keep being so damn good at those aspects.

Also i've spent an unhealthy amount of time Chocobo racing. I say unhealthy because I am a slave to the mindset that my time is wasted if the numbers on my characters stats are not incrasing, be it with levels or new, stronger gear. I am learning to stop blaming myself if i spend 2 hours just taking screenshots of the sights or of my characters. If I'm having fun I shouldn't be considering it "wasting time" now should I?

[JowyAtreides]

Thanks for the encouragement and wisdom, I consumed litres of caffeine, cartons of nicotine, and other stimulants and I'm now on... Grismal... Gray?

Grittle Gray? Some fucking war dungeon.

Yotsuyu's story was especially touching and resonated with me, as a child who was taken from an abusive home and put through the foster system.

Actually the entirety of this filler patch stuff was wholesome.

Glad you are enjoying it.

To answer your question - the size of the Stormblood to Shadowbringers story is about as long as it was to get from Heavensward to Stormblood.

They really, REALLY learnt from the backlash of A Realm Reborn to Heavensward.

[Driavna]

Sound slike you wont like the game at all. like... 60% of its enjoyment is the story and characters...

I playing with another person that dislikes the way the story is delivered but enjoy everything else.

[Melorie]

Have you guys read the post instead of telling the OP of how this game isn't for him? Gezz. The guy is reading the story, he just wanted to know if it's a stupid slog like ARR-HW or if it's better. If you think that you must enjoy ARR-HW slog in order to enjoy the rest of the game you're nuts. I'm saying that as someone that read all of ARR-HW slog and actually, hah, enjoyed it. Doesn't make it less of a slog, of course.

[ADVSS]

Gymlit Dark is the last bit of SB before you enter ShB. The story in ShB doesnt slog, if you ignore the optional sidequests, at least to me, its very straightforward, does have a couple slog moments, but it feels like by the end of each quest youre actually a step closer, sometimes area chapters ending a bit fast, if you wanted/liked the story and wanted more context before getting the results. If you are at that point, youre basically a quest or two away from ShB. You'll know what I mean when you get the first quest for ShB, you will be given a nice surprise, during your fetch duty.

[Yeul]

So dont play it, it seems u dont like history, so maybe its not the game for u. There isn't filler patch, all patches are part of the MSQ. Stormblood wasnt great, but middle to the end it got good, better then the beginning.

[jarlmcqueen]

It's not long. Maybe a week or so. Maybe think along the lines of a days play session per patch.