Endwalker is a masterpiece

[Deceptus]

The MSQ pacing is terrible.

Cutscenes every few minutes to slog through. Escort quests to slow you down. Cliffs to prevent progress and exploration.

70% done with MSQ and seeing the same things repeat over and over again is pretty bad. However, there have been a few very emotional moments.

[True-to-Caesar]

Without entering spoiler territory, would someone miss massively if they haven’t done Omega and Bahamut raids ?
I’m planning to do them both, I wanted to finish Bozja (rank 21) but idk if the late part of the Bozja questline are relevant in Endwalker. Gonna be hard to find groups too

[LittleImp]

Without entering spoiler territory, would someone miss massively if they haven’t done Omega and Bahamut raids ?
I’m planning to do them both, I wanted to finish Bozja (rank 21) but idk if the late part of the Bozja questline are relevant in Endwalker. Gonna be hard to find groups too

I would definitely do omega and bahamut if you aren't in a big rush to get to EW endgame.

[True-to-Caesar]

I would definitely do omega and bahamut if you aren't in a big rush to get to EW endgame.

Thanks ! Yea I have no will to rush through it, I want to level up my craft jobs a bit and do these raids before starting ( I still haven’t finished 5.4 and 5.5 because... well I got distracted lol).

I can’t start anyway with these queues so it might take a while sadly.

[CazzT]

So queues aside which are a major issue it is a pure masterpiece. I had little confidence they could followup Shadowbringers because I have never seen an MMO developer one up themselves after putting up a great release or expansion.

It is inconceivable this was done in 2 years since they launched Shadowbringers. The size is just ridiculous and makes Shadowbringers look small in comparison.

They keep just one upping themselves in the MSQ. Everytime something epic happens it is followed by something even more EPIC.

I haven't even hit the halfway point yet and I must 110% agree. Putting aside all the frustration coming from the login issues, I can definitely say that Yoshi and his team have, yet again, outdone themselves.

[Rae88]

Just past the 3rd dungeon and so far everything has been a step up from Shadowbringers for me. Considering Shadowbringers had a content drought after the initial release I can very easily see this being my favourite FFXIV expansion ... by a decent margin

[LittleImp]

The biggest negative point for me is that a lot of the encounter design in the leveling dungeons feels incomplete, and an enormous step backwards from SHB. The typical pattern for bosses in this game is they'll show you a couple of unique mechanics, and then in the second half of the fight combine them in interesting ways to trip you up. Many of the encounters simply stop short at the first part, and basically loop one set of extremely basic mechanics for the entire fight.

Part of me speculates that this is due in part to the trust system; The trust system was new in SHB, so they could throw all of the best trust-compatible ideas they had into their dungeons. As time goes on, the pool of fresh and interesting trust-friendly mechanics shrinks more and more, leading to blander and blander encounters.
This is even more pronounced in the expansions trial design, with one of the normal mode trials being a serious.. outlier compared to the other two, in terms of fight quality.

All of that said, the 3 'endgame' dungeons are phenomenal. This will probably be my favorite Expert Roulette set in my time playing this game.

[Ryaz]

I'm only like 2/3s through the story. But I've really enjoyed every minute of it so far. I'm someone who appreciates world building and character work, so the slow start didn't bother me at all. Instead, I got to learn more about the world and my friends.

Someone may have spoiled something in a youtube comment section for me and if they did, I'm going to be ticked, but I'm hoping it was just a troll. I've decided to completely avoid youtube until I'm done now. Sorry, Lulu.

[Mythos12]

It must be nice. I am glad to see some people actually get into the game while the rest of the thousands just keep getting error messages. i have tried every hour today and nothing. i love paying for a game and a subscription that i can't play. Maybe you all that are lucky enough to join the game log off after a few hours and let others join instead of playing all freaking day. SE should remove anyone that is AFK after 30 minutes due to the heavy congestion.

[Ryaz]

It must be nice. I am glad to see some people actually get into the game while the rest of the thousands just keep getting error messages. i have tried every hour today and nothing. i love paying for a game and a subscription that i can't play. Maybe you all that are lucky enough to join the game log off after a few hours and let others join instead of playing all freaking day. SE should remove anyone that is AFK after 30 minutes due to the heavy congestion.

I'm getting a ton of 2002... i just keep logging back in and I always get put back into my place. I have had one 4004 error, which sucked, but otherwise, its just having to relog a few times per queue. I'm waiting in queue right now like everyone else. Just playing games on my second monitor while I wait.