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Final Fantasy 14 (FFXIV)
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Howdy folks. Nice to see this thread got a recent bump. Only back from Canada myself and stopped playing the game around 3 weeks after the Heavensward expansion came out. I was heavily focused on end game at the time and had just beaten Bahamut Extreme before they made I easier.
Now that I'm home I'm thinking of jumping back in for a bit. I'm on the Midgardsomr server but would be looking to get back into an EU Grand Company or even one with a decent Irish / UK group of players that would use TS3 or Vent etc. Any suggestions from those still playing? Naturally ill have to spend time catching up levels but I had nearly every class at 50 at the time (I had been playing since FFXIV 1.0)
Many others still playing on here? Any focused on endgame or is there enough content outside of high end dungeons to keep you busy? I was getting bored of the weekly grind for certain points for second tier gear etc. Is that still in place?
Anyways thanks for any new info etc
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FFXIV has a cash shop but only contains cosmetics and previously available seasonal items (ie, 2013 Halloween Event items, Xmas 2013 Items etc), Minions (which are a NPC doesn't do anything really...) and mounts (note: most of the mounts can be earned in the game and the ones that are not are mearly recoloured versions).
Name changes, Fantasias (Race change, character customisation) is also available but that is the height of it.
I remember playing ESO briefly so I can't really comment on that. And SWTOR is a good if you are a fan of Star Wars, good content. I am playing FFXIV because A) It's the first MMO that I have got really into and
I am a fan of the Final Fantasy series.
FF is known for it's story so you will find a great story and you will progress through it with the "A Realm Reborn" (ARR) expansion. New boss fights, new dungeons, harder dungeons. You will get from 1 - 50 from the "tutorial" and story. I believe they have increased the EXP rate because of the Heavensward (HW) expansion, so don't worry about levelling.
If you have the HW expansion, you will keep levelling to 60 after you hit 50.
As for the grind, that is mostly in current current. The game will be slow at the start, this is intentional...this is not to overload you will abilities and features If you were to start playing today (3/12/16), the current weapon "grind" will get nerfed and become a lot easier. (Current players will agree with the "Coming Into Its Own" Anima quest
)
One thing that sets it apart from WoW, SWTOR etc is that you will only need 1 character to do everything.
You can switch between being a tank, a healer, a DPS, a crafter or a gatherer at your pleasure. For example, I started playing as a Warrior tank and now I am a Bard (Archer) DPS.
Each class though will need to be levelled to 60. (Note: There is currently 23 classes (inc Gathering and crafting classes))
Dungeons are approx 20 mins (depending on group) which consists of 4 players (AKA "Light Party" which is made up of 1 Tank, 2 DPS and a healer) You can be Level synced which means that you will only be able to use certain skills that you have at that level. For example Sastasha is a Lvl 15 dungeon and is Level Synced at 19, so if you are 20 or higher, you will be brought down to Level 19 (Gear, Abilities, Health Pools included)
"Hardcore Raiding" Content - I call it "Hardcore Raiding" as this is harder than the 4 man dungeons and the 24-man "Casual Raiding". It has 8 members (AKA "Full Party" which consists of 2 Tanks, 2 Healers and 4 DPS) which is where the "Raiding Scene" is. You will hear about "T13" (Turn 13 or "The Final Coil of Bahamut: Turn 4) or A12S ("Alexander - The Soul of the Creator (Savage)") - This requires co-ordination and in some cases theorycrafting (Think it of Mythic raiding in WoW)
"Casual Raiding" Content which is 3 x Full Party Groups in fairly simplistic content. The gear from this can help you with getting into the Hardcore Raiding scene.
There is a boatload of ways to level up and there is loads of fun to have (The Gold Saucer having a lottery system and Chocobo races).
Apartments, FC Housing (Guild Houses)
Oh, do you have friends who play on the PS4? Well, you can play with them too. FFXIV players on PC can play on the same servers as PS4 and visa-versa.
What I highly suggest you do is try out the Free Trial. 14 days...Play until Level 35.
http://ffxiv-freetrial.com/en/
Free Trial Terms
Note: I don't work for Square-Enix, I am just a massive fan of the game.
(Didn't realise this post was so long, sorry :P )0 -
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Ok found a way to turn it off but it also turns off your damage. I have it on for now as im playing a Black Mage and its fine, i don't even notice it anymore. Lots of other onscreen clutter that i had to turn off like nameplates and such. Overall im liking it. Just hit 40 on my Black Mage. I like the idea of one character having access to all classes. If i ever do make it to max level i'm going to level either a tank or healer for sure.
Not sure about the other classes but the current rotation for the Black Mage is really simple but otherwise im liking the leveling experience as it offers a huge amount of ways to level which keeps its fresh.
So yeah, good game cant get enough of it. All my single player games are crying in a corner as i don't want to play anything other than this
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