Thread: Labyrinth Raid Required for 5.3 MSQ?

Yes, to my understanding you have to complete the Crystal Tower Storyline. I'm surprised they didn't make it a requirement to 5.0 (I think it is much more enjoyable with CT completed).

It's super simple to do it now, you shouldn't have any trouble doing it.

There's no reason to quit over it. Crystal Tower is face roll at this point.

Don't get scared by the word "Raid" in alliance raid. It's basically just a slightly harder (when current) dungeon with a lot of people. It's really nothing to be worried about, and it'll likely go pretty fast.

Originally Posted by Stepjam

There's no reason to quit over it. Crystal Tower is face roll at this point.

Don't get scared by the word "Raid" in alliance raid. It's basically just a slightly harder (when current) dungeon with a lot of people. It's really nothing to be worried about, and it'll likely go pretty fast.

This.
If you are coming from other MMOs, please be aware that the term "raid" in FF14 bears little resemblance to what you may be familiar with

I don't want to sound rude or mean to you, but the Crystal Tower raids are an extreme faceroll now with everyone's gear. Think of it like a dungeon, only now you have 23 other people doing it with you instead of 3 others. Like Stepjam said the word "raid" is a bit of a misnomer here.

Faceroll or not, how is it any more daunting than all the other dungeons and trials required to progress the story?

If youve played even a little ways into the 5.0 story(let alone up to 5.2) then you already have an idea of how important the tower is to the story being told in Shadowbringers. Two things(that i wont say because spoilers) that happen in 5.3 make it even more important that the raid series must already be done on your character in order to move forward. The others are right, the content isnt hard nor are the ques overly long. You should be able to do the quests, ques, and raids in under 2 hours. They really are just bigger dungeons, that your party happens to team up with other parties to tackle(which actually makes them easier instead of harder, as you have more people who can cover for something if others screw up). As a DPS, you can literally just focus on killing the trash/killing the bosses and completely ignore the people who arent in your group. Then once you finish those two hours you never need to do them again if you didnt like them.

Side note: Anyone wanting to work on the relic for the current expansion(lvl 80 resistance weapons) needs to do the alliance raids from the last one(lvl 70) because the story is a continuation. The Return to Ivalice(lvl 70) raids are a little harder then the Crystal Tower(lvl 50) ones were, but the devs nerfed them to make them easier when they became a pre-req. Clearly this is intended to be accessible, and it really is.

Originally Posted by Communion

Yes, yes, yes. I expected all of this fanboy nonsense when I posted my query. NOW I also find out that the ENTIRE Crystal Tower quest line, including THREE raids, needs to be absolutely completed before proceeding. I'm not sure if you boys realize this, but there are many older players out there (I know, a shock) that have jobs and kids and a myriad of life responsibility other than spending hours waiting for and participating in raids just to experience the story line (seriously... MrHappy, Meoni, Work to Game, Desperius, Lynx and the rest -- none of whom look like they have girlfriends aggroing them let only wives or kids). So, poo-poo me if you must, but I'm pretty much giving up on MSQ in FFXIV. Maybe when I'm MUCH older and retired and home bound.

Note: Just finishing 5.0 Shadowbringers was a Herculean task using strategies like waiting until EVERYONE was asleep to sneak in play time. I had to watch a lot of the cutscenes later on YouTube to fully enjoy the story as I simply didn't have the sit down time for it originally.

I'm gonna assume you're trolling. If you're not, there is absolutely no need for this amount of vitriol towards other players for just recommending something in the game. Seriously if you made it to 5.3 in the msq, you have enough time to do the Crystal Tower raids.