Goodnight, Goodbye

[Magellan]

@Arma: Personally I don't find leveling all that easy (cuz I find the story and quests in this game a grindy slogfest) but I am certainly with you on your last point. Mini -games accessible to all levels would be a nice start. 

 

Honestly, they will probably get there eventually. SE pays a lot more attention to their game than most devs do, and 4 major patches a year is pretty ambitious and impressive. But outside of rp,  have not found the most cordial community though I'm not referring to anyone on this site.

[Tiergan]

Hey Steel Wolf! I haven't gotten to RP with you personally, but I heard good things. If the endgame is what's making you feel frustrated because you feel like you're blocked off by your ilevel, here's my two-cents:

 

I got Lurial from i56 to i71 in roughly a week just by running CT and doing 'low level / main scenario roulette' to get the philosophy tomes needed to get Darklight gear and some bits of i80 stuff from Crystal Tower. The gear-score wall isn't as insurmountable as you might think when you're a tank or a healer, because we have extremely short wait times for almost everything. If you've limited time to play the game because of work, just try to squeeze in at least one low-level roulette and main scenario roulette every day before bed. CT is also really, really darn easy for tanks - ESPECIALLY if you are not the main tank. Then it is the most cake-walkiest of cakewalks ever to walk cake.

 

If you haven't gotten your relic weapon yet, the other-other good news is that most of the Primal Hard Mode fights (except Garuda if you're not 100% sure about positioning) are pretty easy for tanks. For Ifrit and Titan - you don't even have to really move all that much as the main tank. You just get hate, move juust enough to avoid standing in bad things, and let the other 7 poor sods do all the work. Garuda on the other hand is involves much more actually running around and such, but once you know what to look for, it's not too bad. :>

 

If you ever think about heading back to play the game, hit me up. I can be your pocket healer as Lurial while talking through fights from a tanking perspective because Tiergan, my main, is a paladin. o/

[LandStander]

Magdellan. I'm actually happy to see them put in gear checks with all this new content. There have been people playing this game for months and months, not to mention those who have been playing for years. If you add in content that is too easy to do, people will simply blast through it all and become bored and leave. 

 

You need not only to add new content, but more challenging and difficult content to keep a strong player base. If they started adding say, normal level 50 dungeons or level 15 dungeons. That leaves the hundreds of thousands of players with geared characters with not much to do. 

 

I don't consider myself an end-game players...honestly most of the MMO's I play I never reach end-game because I get bored too quickly, but I do definitely enjoy challenges. For those of us who do love challenges we have extreme modes and coils and all that fun jive. For those of us who take on a more easy approach there is gathering, crafting (which is about to get a much needed upgrade), roulette and dungeons (you can still get ilvl90 by just completing dungeons). I know its going to sound elitist when I say this and a lot are going to disagree with me, but i have always been of the mind that MMO's are not for everyone. They aren't for the people who enjoy sitting down maybe 3-4 hours a week and playing. They are for gaming enthusiast. I'm not saying that he needs to turn into a second job ala FFXI, but they are around for people who have more time to donate and can sit down and play a game for maybe 10+ hours a week. 

 

At least that is my take on it.

[Ignacius]

@Arma: Personally I don't find leveling all that easy (cuz I find the story and quests in this game a grindy slogfest) but I am certainly with you on your last point. Mini -games accessible to all levels would be a nice start. 

 

Honestly, they will probably get there eventually. SE pays a lot more attention to their game than most devs do, and 4 major patches a year is pretty ambitious and impressive. But outside of rp,  have not found the most cordial community though I'm not referring to anyone on this site.

 

Hey, I played EVE online for like 9 months.  I was also into Battlefield 2 for a while.  Believe me, FFXIV's community is like walking into a Mormon church compared to a really toxic community.

[Steel Wolf]

Myuuuu.... ;-;

 

Alright.  Time to put my money where mouths are.  There was just...just TOO much luv to ignore.  I know this sounds like a level of peer pressure, but you guys were really way too warm to just toss away.  I couldn't do it.

 

I should be angry at the game.  I can't be.  Certainly not its players.  So I've re-entered once more to really REALLY give it a push.

 

Right now I'm working on levelling up my MRD because big axe is big fun.  Currently broke 26, so got a while to go.  I have a feeling I'm going to have to enter low-level roulettes in order to get acclimated to the tanking style of the class, unless I find some folks who are similar level to run around with.

 

I couldn't do it, guys.  I couldn't ignore such awesome support.  Thanks.  ;~;

 

...can I close this thread or something?  It's kinda embarassing now. 

[Kage]

No. Cause I will continue to shower Steel with luff from... ... before your shins

 

I don't know tanking at all from MRD perspective so I'm no helps >< But I can always level sync my BLM~ Everything else is too low >_>;

[Ignacius]

Myuuuu.... ;-;

 

Alright.  Time to put my money where mouths are.  There was just...just TOO much luv to ignore.  I know this sounds like a level of peer pressure, but you guys were really way too warm to just toss away.  I couldn't do it.

 

I should be angry at the game.  I can't be.  Certainly not its players.  So I've re-entered once more to really REALLY give it a push.

 

Right now I'm working on levelling up my MRD because big axe is big fun.  Currently broke 26, so got a while to go.  I have a feeling I'm going to have to enter low-level roulettes in order to get acclimated to the tanking style of the class, unless I find some folks who are similar level to run around with.

 

I couldn't do it, guys.  I couldn't ignore such awesome support.  Thanks.  ;~;

 

...can I close this thread or something?  It's kinda embarassing now. 

It shouldn't be.  It's not as if you're probably even the first person on the board to feel that way.

 

My recommendation?  Try a crafting class.  They seem boring at first.  I was doing leatherworking just to make sure I could keep my armor updated.  A week later, I'd almost outleveled my lancer class because I just wanted to open the next log and keep going.  But I finally ran out of aldgoat leather and my lancer finally switched to a dragoon, needing metal armor rather than leather.

 

So I started armoring.

 

*taps inside of his elbow looking for a vein to just raise itself up, damnit!*

[FreelanceWizard]

Right now I'm working on levelling up my MRD because big axe is big fun.  Currently broke 26, so got a while to go.  I have a feeling I'm going to have to enter low-level roulettes in order to get acclimated to the tanking style of the class, unless I find some folks who are similar level to run around with.

 

Give me a poke if you want to do anything. I've got ARC at 23ish on L'yhta, I completely don't mind level syncing my higher classes, and I love to help people learn stuff -- that's a big part of the fun!

[Koninbeor]

Myuuuu.... ;-;

 

Alright.  Time to put my money where mouths are.  There was just...just TOO much luv to ignore.  I know this sounds like a level of peer pressure, but you guys were really way too warm to just toss away.  I couldn't do it.

 

I should be angry at the game.  I can't be.  Certainly not its players.  So I've re-entered once more to really REALLY give it a push.

 

Right now I'm working on levelling up my MRD because big axe is big fun.  Currently broke 26, so got a while to go.  I have a feeling I'm going to have to enter low-level roulettes in order to get acclimated to the tanking style of the class, unless I find some folks who are similar level to run around with.

 

I couldn't do it, guys.  I couldn't ignore such awesome support.  Thanks.  ;~;

 

...can I close this thread or something?  It's kinda embarassing now. 

 

Welcome back, Steel. You should be embarrassed. I think it's really cool to see how everyone was so quick to reach out. I'd be happy to play with you as well, I'll just have to wait until April 14 to do so. Soon, crappy lappy... soon you will be overthrown by the PS4 and my FFXIV woes will be at an end!

[Tiergan]

Glad to hear you're sticking around. If you want Warrior tanking advice, I know a couple of warriors you could chat with on how the class works. If you ever get curious about trying out paladin again though, I can give you tips learned through months of ...chasing down all the good paladin players I know and forcing them to teach me everything. <_<;a

[Nykkus Trachspyr]

I'll look for you in game, and teach you the rage of the Warrior. And that of the Fem Roegadyn.

 

Roe Unite!

[FreelanceWizard]

Moderation note: I split the EVE discussion off into another thread, since it kind of drifted off the overall topic here. You can find it here.

[Kage]

I've been doing some CT and other things when I see ya pop on Steel. Lemme know here or in the Linkshell if you ever need me. If I gotta eat a 30min penalty I will.  

 

Just lemme know

 

Unless I am in Eastern La Noscea in dungeon it means I'm most likely trying once again to clear T4 ToT