Why the big rush, friend?

[Vaen]

Why does it seem like so many people are sacrificing fun in a mad dash to level 50 and the best gear?

There's so much more to enjoy on the wonderful subcontinent of Eorzea than spamming Fates for exp and dungeon speed runs for gear. Fates and dungeons are more fun if you balance them with other activities, anyway.

"BUT VAEN, WHA' ELSE CN I DO BESIDES SPAMMING TH' SAME SMALL PORTION OF TH' CONTENT OVER AN' OVER???," you ask me in your best fake cockney accent.

Well, pal, I have a few ideas.

Level another class a bit. Some of the level class quests have really great characters and stories. They're worth checking out.

You could try a tradecraft. Yeah, they're not financially rewarding at low levels, but there's still a lot to gain. I've easily made 100,000 gil over the past week with a little bit of clever level 30 LTW & GSM sales on the trading boards. (Though I'm on a Legacy server so maybe your mileage will vary.) Crafting can be a little slow, so I recommend listening to a good podcast while you do it. It makes for a very nice experience.

Most especially, I recommend taking the time to explore and find good screenshot opportunities. Especially in this gorgeous world, it's a lot of fun I really enjoyed taking shots of me and my newfound backup dancers:



I know there's lots of other great things to enjoy in this game too. Anyone else have any good examples?

But yeah, take some time and smell the mandragoras. You might find that things a lot of people are complaining about, like gil, dungeon frustrations, fate overcrowding, and so on, won't be as big a thorn in your side.

[Curagaja]

"Why does it seem like so many people are sacrificing fun in a mad dash to level 50 and the best gear?"

I stopped reading after this because this assumes that everybody thinks rushing to 50 and getting the best gear isn't fun, which isn't at all true and therefore devalues the remainder of your post.

[FutanXIV]

They want to get to 'beat the game' before the next MMO comes out.

[Vantwan]

Because the 1 month trial is running out.

[VanillaH]

For some people dash to 50 IS fun. I got to 50 pretty fast and now just doing side stuff at my moderate pace while waiting/helping my FC mates to catch up.

[Vaen]

"Why does it seem like so many people are sacrificing fun in a mad dash to level 50 and the best gear?"

I stopped reading after this because this assumes that everybody thinks rushing to 50 and getting the best gear isn't fun, which isn't at all true and therefore devalues the remainder of your post.

Hey, if you have fun spamming fates and doing dungeon speedruns, more power to you. (As long as you don't force other people to skip cutscenes on their first time. And as long as you don't berate the game too much for having gil/gameplay problems when you play in a way the devs didn't intend.)

I didn't say no one could have fun rushing. That's great if you enjoy it. It just seems like certain very vocal players are having all these unfun issues related to rushing, and maybe if they took a lil chill pill and enjoyed some other parts of the game, these issues would be alleviated.

Because the 1 month trial is running out.

Hah! That's a sad truth, I guess. Why not support this great game that they worked so hard making, at least for another month? Plus, a lot of great new content is coming up after the trial runs out, anyway.

[Welsper59]

I spent a good hour or two strutting around Gridania with my pimp hat, heels, speedo, and manstrap while popping sparklers and mixing the colors for the precious few seconds that it worked to make yellow. Damn you 6sec cooldown! Good fun though, had a few people ask me to stop so they could take a picture of/with my character.

[Catharsis]

Are you absolutely sure you don't have any latent resentment issues at people who have appeared to levelled faster than you have? Because if the purpose of this thread is to convince people to change their ways to better match your ideals with a display of magnanimous and enlightening didacticism, you are probably going to be sorely disappointed at the lack of epiphanies people are going to experience.

Not to mention if you're on a Legacy server, there is a very high chance that you will be up to your armpits in level 50s from day one, which might give you this impression.

[Riviere]

I'm not sure why some people care how others decide to spend their time in the game.

[Korihu]

You're not wearing your swimsuit at the right place




also I like your glasses