FF14 community

[Velvet_Lunarfang]

Hello. Figure this be a wasted vent and useless but feel like the community isn't all that is cracked up to be. I feel like at least half the community wants other players to become perfect and be 150% better. I ran a DR with complete randoms and all I ever hear is get essences use essences etc. Have you ever thought maybe I don't have time to grind for fragments and hope that RNG gives me the essence I need?

Maybe tell the devs that the whole thing is stupid to rely on essence potions to buff up our DPS. Maybe they should of let our gear dictate our damage. I just feel like this game went from being fun to almost a job on how we have to strive for perfection or don't play.

I know it falls on deaf ears a few years ago as I was learning had a person use a parser to make fun of me in a raid back in SB. Of course nothing happened as always. People just turn a blind eye.

[BaconBits]

Just use essences lmao

[Velvet_Lunarfang]

I do until I run out

[Rilifane]

With the time it took you to post this you could've probably farmed enough healer essences for many, many runs.
Or just buy some of the MB. Doesn't even have to be an expensive one with full set of actions and everything. Using a cheap essence isn't nowhere near "almost a job", "perfection" or "150%". It only means you managed to find the MB in a big city or spend 5-10min bashing something that doesn't even try to fight back.

[SturmChurro]

Don't have the time to grind essences? What about the all that extra time spent in DR/Castrum/Dalraida due to people not using essences?

[DrWho2010]

they hard sync the stats so that everyone is on the same playing field and so that no one can overpower the content on their own. so it comes down to what it always has. player skill. and since the game is all about dps, dps, and more dps, and gotta go hurry hard fast everyone demands everyone bring essences because they're obsessed with efficiency. some ppl go bonkers because it took 5 more minutes longer than it should have. if you feel you're harassed because of it, then report those people.

[SturmChurro]

they hard sync the stats so that everyone is on the same playing field and so that no one can overpower the content on their own. so it comes down to what it always has. player skill. and since the game is all about dps, dps, and more dps, and gotta go hurry hard fast everyone demands everyone bring essences because they're obsessed with efficiency. some ppl go bonkers because it took 5 more minutes longer than it should have. if you feel you're harassed because of it, then report those people.

Don't you mean 30-45 minutes longer due to people not using essences?

[Caurcas]

It takes all of 10-20 minutes to get basic essences for several. Like you walk out of camp in Bozja and start killing the plant mobs. Simple as.

[Wyssahtyn]

Hello. Figure this be a wasted vent and useless but feel like the community isn't all that is cracked up to be. I feel like at least half the community wants other players to become perfect and be 150% better. I ran a DR with complete randoms and all I ever hear is get essences use essences etc. Have you ever thought maybe I don't have time to grind for fragments and hope that RNG gives me the essence I need?

Maybe tell the devs that the whole thing is stupid to rely on essence potions to buff up our DPS. Maybe they should of let our gear dictate our damage. I just feel like this game went from being fun to almost a job on how we have to strive for perfection or don't play.

I know it falls on deaf ears a few years ago as I was learning had a person use a parser to make fun of me in a raid back in SB. Of course nothing happened as always. People just turn a blind eye.

Using appropriate essences is the bare minimum though? Do you similarly not use lost actions because "you don't have time to grind"? Your excuse falls flat as well considering you can buy fragments in bulk across all the servers in your data center.

[Aelin_Ashryver]

Using appropriate essences is the bare minimum though? Do you similarly not use lost actions because "you don't have time to grind"? Your excuse falls flat as well considering you can buy fragments in bulk across all the servers in your data center.

It's really not though? Me being in the content and smacking things is the bare minimum. Don't apply your standards to someone else. I make no excuse, if there is a run I am not using an essence then.. I'm not using an essence? I'm perfectly chill doing one DR or so every couple days and I don't always feel the need to rush it to 20mins. If one's like yourself want to speed run, great! There are PFs up to do just that. Avoid queing and instead go into those. No point getting panties in a twist over something you cant and have no right to control.