Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
1000 hours in the game isn't necessarily a veteran player. That's about 2 months of playing all day (16 hours a day). Could easily be done during a holiday, summer break or while seeking employment.
Depends on who you consider a veteran, I guess. I've been around for almost 3 years now and I have about 2100 hours on record. I played a LOT when it was a new and shiny game but I have long periods of raidlogging because there's no content that appeals to me for months at a time.

I have the disputable benefit of having experienced the MSQ in one big chunk from the start until the end of 6.0. It took me months to get through Stormblood because I was bored out of my mind, same with Endwalker. I did not understand why the heck it got so much praise. The patch MSQ was even worse. I had high hopes for DT. I was disappointed in every way imaginable with the only redeeming thing being the combat content, which is being drip fed to us.