Thread: Endwalker is the lowest point of this game since 1.0

Originally Posted by Sebazy

ARR is still peak for me.

Sure the gameplay wasn't perfect and frankly the tuning was pretty terrible at times. But game hadn't had it's soul nickel and dimed out of existence yet nor had players min maxed themselves into oblivion, the social aspects of the game were still front and centre and the community was healthy and hearty.

I honestly miss the days of queueing for raids in Wineport, jobs having enough flexibility to try new approaches to problems and even just the evenings doing things like helping the attack on titan shells to get people their relic weapons.

Now I just click a few buttons in PF to hit a mindless punchbag with some randoms that I'll almost certainly never see again. Meh.

Endwalker feels like Shadowbringers with worse music and a weaker plot. Also meh.

ARR had a solid story too! Sure it has some filler but it does a good job introducing us to the world.

My unpopular ranking of the game is as follows.
SHB>ARR>SB>HW>EW
Maybe ew has some recency biased in it so it could change in the future.

Originally Posted by Mithron

HW was peak. I miss when this game was good. I have no drive to even do Extreme trials and Alliance raids any more, much less Savage. I did 99 of EW Ex trials 1, 2, 3 and 4, but 5 and 6 I'm just drained and can't even be bothered to learn them. I've never felt this before in any expansion.

1.0 -> 1.2 was when the game was peak for me. I honestly don't really take you seriously, at all. Tell me specifically what you hated about 1.0?

I enjoyed Endwalker. Is it perfect? No. There are areas in the story I felt could be improved, but no expansion or game is perfect. Plus when it comes to lore much of it is subjective. My personal ranking goes Shadowbringer, Endwalker, Stormblood, Heavensward and ARR. Enjoyed them all though.

Originally Posted by Thurmnmurmn

Maybe ew has some recency biased in it so it could change in the future.

If 7.0 ends up making me look back on Endwalker fondly I will know it's time to pack my bags.

Originally Posted by Hurlstone

I enjoyed Endwalker. Is it perfect? No. There are areas in the story I felt could be improved, but no expansion or game is perfect. Plus when it comes to lore much of it is subjective. My personal ranking goes Shadowbringer, Endwalker, Stormblood, Heavensward and ARR. Enjoyed them all though.

Awww, if it wasn't for shb being better you ALMOST had your favorite list from newest to oldest.

Originally Posted by Thurmnmurmn

Awww, if it wasn't for shb being better you ALMOST had your favorite list from newest to oldest.

It is interesting that haha. Especially considering I took a break from HW to SHB. I will say I kinda wanted to put ARR's 2.x patches as their own thing. It has some of my favourite quests (Outside the filler) and character beats, and one of the reasons I rank HW lower then most is because I dislike how it just throws away most of that in a very dissapointing and short manner.

I am in a very similar boat, even down to the played EXs. I think the job changes/direction have been dragging my experience down to a point that I only have fun if I'm working towards something, and since the content in EW that I do enjoy doesn't have much longevity, my activity's been sparse at best. Here's hoping that 7.0 (hell, even BLU in 6.45) reignites that interest I had.

Originally Posted by Hurlstone

It is interesting that haha. Especially considering I took a break from HW to SHB. I will say I kinda wanted to put ARR's 2.x patches as their own thing. It has some of my favourite quests (Outside the filler) and character beats, and one of the reasons I rank HW lower then most is because I dislike how it just throws away most of that in a very dissapointing and short manner.

Omg yes! That's why I rank it so low too. The shift in story telling and moving away from everything from ARR just felt off for me. Like the game felt too different story wise if that makes sense.

Ill judge it more Critically, and Fairly once its 100% Finished and we get the Final Patch leading to 7.0.

Arr was a Rollercoster of Good and Bad
Heavensward: even If I dont love it like everyone else, is still mostly solid overall
Stormbloods 1st arc was pretty mid, but Post was amazing, story took abit to pick up, but awesome in the end
Shadowbringers is My Favorite that I will Simp for. Bozja disappointed me in some areas, otherwise peak FFXIV imo

Endwalker is a Rollercoaster like Arr, but for me has been "mostly" good. Story should have been split, but ah well.
But I dont feel I can fully Grade the Expansion until it is 100% done. I want to see EVERYTHING 1st.
Stormblood is an example of "Wait before you judge"