Thread: Any ARR 2.0-2.55 players? Tell us your experience during those times.

I’ll never forget unlocking carpenter and having a blast then finding out I could get every job

ARR has is flaws, but holy fudge it was fun and game felt alive. Now the game felt automatic and damn boring to predict. SHB and EW what's the difference really I just see the same game over again.

For me, the most exciting part of 2.0-55 was the continuation of the MSQ. It really impressed me just how much story content we got in each patch, though I understand why now it has had to be streamlined. We got to do things from fight Leviathan, encounter the mysterious Yugiri, battle the zealot Lady Iceheart and then endure that harrowing night in Ul'dah. Not to mention the fact it brought in one of the main enemies/npcs from my Dragoon Job quests as a major character! The fact it left us three months away from the expansion as homeless fugitives, with most of the Scions presumed dead and Alphinaud a broken husk, was shocking and amazing. I enjoyed ARR, but it was in these patches that I truly grew to love the lore and story.

BLM was actually easy to play. lol.

I enjoyed the stance dancing that tanks had to do, choosing between more dmg output or more enmity. Also PLD had a spammable ogcd shield bash which I loved to use in 4 mans. I had no issues with the TP gauge back then and managing it.

Threat management was an actual thing. So was crowd control. There was always wipe potential in the lvl50 4 mans. People took their time to run those dungeons. W2W wasn't a common thing but something groups would attempt to do if they had the gear and experience for it.

Tanks and healers were actually interesting to play back then.

Even though some people hate fates, I liked being in Blue Fog and seeing the hoarding masses zerging all the fates, or seeing them in Coerthas as they waited for Behemoth. Also the scrambling to locate Odin by everyone and the mass murder he'd induce to the hoards of players swarming him.
There was just SO MUCH CHAOS. I loved it.

Leveling Conjurer to 15 to unlock paladin was a nightmare.

Fates from 1-15....