I want to play the game long term

[Midare]

Just quit I've played through the content many times and never get tired of it soo I say quit we don't need quitters ...

Catgirls...

Hey everyone I'm still pretty new to this game and coming from WoW dawntrails new job has gotten me excited to play it but I'm struggling to keep my interest while going through msq and the non of the job have been able to keep my interest any suggestions to someone who genuinely wants to play this game to the endgame stuff with raiding pvp crafting glam and etc

Former WoW player who started playing for nearly 2 years now.

If you were interested at all in the lore in WoW, then you will see a whole different thing here even in the weakest points, particularly, cohesiveness. WoW's lore can't hold a candle to that.

Now, if you didn't have much interest in the story in WoW and honestly, I don't blame you for that, it might take a bit for you to get hooked. You might notice some cool characters here and there, and paying attention to those is a good start.

But if you got through the slow pace of ARR, you will do fine, I only suggest one thing in particular. Don't play this game as you played WoW, or at least how it felt to me blizz wanted us to play WoW. Take your time, there's no need to rush to the goal. The PvE content it's really good, but there's no need to get there right away.

[ChrysOCE]

Catgirls...

Lalas...

What has Sage being a Miqo got anything to do with anything?

If the story is not really holding your interest, just skip or skim-read the story (note: do not buy a level boost). For the jobs, just try each one, to see if any grab your interest, whether it's aesthetics or actual mechanics. Some of them will play a little differently, depending on which level range you are in. If a job doesnt grab you at level 30, it might grab you at 50. That may be a bit of personal perseverance though.

[DPZ2]

Lalas...

What has Sage being a Miqo got anything to do with anything?

If the story is not really holding your interest, just skip or skim-read the story (note: do not buy a level boost).

There may be a good reason to purchase a single job boost: you gain access to all the level 50+ starting jobs. It's a less expensive way of figuring out if Samurai/Astrologian/Dancer/Gunblade/Reaper/Sage could be the job you'd like to take up in-game. Less expensive in that you'd pick a job you don't find appealing (yet), boost it, and thus gain access to all of those other jobs without having to level through Stormblood/Shadowbringers first. Downside, of course, is that you still have to go through the MSQ.

Story boosts are another option. Boost <i don't care about it> job to 80. Start <level 50/60/70> job quest. Boost story to the same level as the new job. Shadowbringers was pretty fun as a Reaper when I did that on an alt.

Relive the glory days you skipped using NewGame+. There is no XP, but you get to experience all of the angst of HW, all of the frustration Zenos inspires in Stormblood, all of the questioning of morality in Shadowbringers in short chunks of story line. You can also relive job quests that way if you boost, say, Dark Knight to 80 and then relive the 50/60 storylines again.

[ChrysOCE]

There may be a good reason to purchase a single job boost: you gain access to all the level 50+ starting jobs. It's a less expensive way of figuring out if Samurai/Astrologian/Dancer/Gunblade/Reaper/Sage could be the job you'd like to take up in-game. Less expensive in that you'd pick a job you don't find appealing (yet), boost it, and thus gain access to all of those other jobs without having to level through Stormblood/Shadowbringers first. Downside, of course, is that you still have to go through the MSQ.

Story boosts are another option. Boost <i don't care about it> job to 80. Start <level 50/60/70> job quest. Boost story to the same level as the new job. Shadowbringers was pretty fun as a Reaper when I did that on an alt.

Relive the glory days you skipped using NewGame+. There is no XP, but you get to experience all of the angst of HW, all of the frustration Zenos inspires in Stormblood, all of the questioning of morality in Shadowbringers in short chunks of story line. You can also relive job quests that way if you boost, say, Dark Knight to 80 and then relive the 50/60 storylines again.

I just dont think level boosts are a good idea, for new players, in understanding basic mechanics and gameplay (and I know this is also applicable to people who don't level boost, but still...). Maybe if you use it to unlock the job you want? Maybe?

[Reinha]

There may be a good reason to purchase a single job boost: you gain access to all the level 50+ starting jobs.

This is a great point. Many of the older jobs are clunky and boring compared to other jobs of the same role. With a single job boost you can unlock 2 tanks, 2 melees, 2 ranged, 1 caster and 3 healers (10 out of 19 jobs!) without having to do MSQ on a job you don't actually want to play. By boosting a SMN/SCH you also get two jobs leveled up for the price of one.

A newbie would be able to try out a ton of jobs and pick one to do MSQ with, and they would still be learning how to play because the story and all related instances are where the gameplay and mechanics are taught.