Final Fantasy XIV

I can now tell people I am 10 commendations and 68 dungeons away from getting my mentor crown… which will be removed as soon as possible so people don’t expect me to know what they are doing.

I got up to 50 and did the MSQ then parked the game for a bit. Really enjoyed it, and the Ninja job, but will likely be a while before I play through Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers etc. New World on the horizon and I'm trying to finish off the MQ in ESO, having only ever played the Morrowind expansion region and still way off level cap.

Game does seem to be enjoying a real moment in the limelight atm, what with the fiasco going on over at Blizzard/Activision.

Ah, seasonally accurate

Yeah, the voice cast recasting for HW onwards was a great change. Much fewer patches in the sequence to Stormblood (and again post SB, and post Shadowbringers), but they deal with increasingly meaningful events. You're a long way from the adventurer that made it, now.

So I've started playing this and moreover it's my first ever MMO, so it feels a bit overwhelming. Got my arcanist up to level 9 already, been pottering around the first town doing a few delivery quests, fighting a few low level monsters, and just generally getting the hang of the controls. As so often happens when I play RPGs though, I'm now convinced I've picked the wrong class and am thinking of starting again with a more basic tanky melee type character. Just feel like hitting stuff with a massive sword might be more fun than spell casting. Or should I stick with my summoner for now? Thoughts/advice from the veterans here?

Ah right so you can switch jobs? Sweet. Thanks for the info. I'd only read a little bit about classes before starting, and liked the idea of a summoned pet, though so far it's not doing much damage. Cool that you can try out other roles without starting from scratch.

I did it… I got mentor status \o/

Just in time for it to get shit on for it’s toxicity /o\

Anyway, New goal time I suppose. I am thinking of trying to run extreme trials now.

An official FFXIV mentor you say? Excellent as I have questions:

Is there a way to show quest markers on the mini map when you're not already in the same area as the target? Any time I start a quest in a town where the goal is out in the world, I'm having a tough time finding the right exit from the town to get to that area. The layout of Limsa Lominsa is confusing AF.

Also, on the UI, what the heck is the little grid on the bottom right with the blue and green dots?

Big grats! I don't think the Novice Netowk on Ragnarok is much cop, sadly, so not something I'd get involved in myself.

OK level 12, have tweaked the UI a bit, and am getting the hang of the combat which seems a lot simpler than I first thought. Did my first "instanced" MSQ mission which hints at a larger goal/plot. Can already feel my OCD kicking in in terms of wanting to do every single side quest I come across, even if it's ten levels below me. Yeah I can see myself getting into this. It feels quite polished, I guess that's what 10+ years of updates gets you. Someone send me something by moogle mail please!

Ooh ok. Should we have a list in the top post? My character is called Quick Ben and I'm on Ixion.

Ah, nevermind. Thanks anyway!

Yeah the post ARR stuff is generally considered the worst bit of the game. It has some great fights but the general questing to get to them is long and arduous.

Yeah, I think a lot of the stuff is just world building stuff, growing your legend but could have been done with less quests absolutely. On top of that there is no XP for the quests so it feels a bit like your not making progress.

I will say though, I think the quests are a product of their time. Obviously these are quest lines released between expansions so I am assuming 10-12 quests every 3 months or so probably didn’t feel as long or painful than they do now.