Is this like when the last expansion came out? I remember i had to catch up on the story quuest before i could even zone into the new content in heavensword. Also will my proffesions be screwed if i dont max them out as well?
I really want to play the expansion but id like to just jump in when it launches or is stormblood similiar to heavensword ?
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Aloha Mr Hand !
Something about the crafting in heavensword felt like such a grind, In the base game i had no problem leveling them to max but when heavensword hit i struggled. Anyway i should be able to get them caught up in 3 or so weeks
Aloha Mr Hand !
You're righ. Doing hours and hours of fetch quests makes me want to puke.
Aloha Mr Hand !
The fact you think it takes "intestinal fortitude" to grind through a ton of run here, kill this, fetch this quests is incredibly laughable. You enjoy your MMO badassery...I'll stick with my real-life accomplishments.
Aloha Mr Hand !
To answer your question. I believe it's just the age old tribalism. There are those who love their mmo so much they attack anyone who they feel might be attacking it. Even when it's just legitimate questions. Not sure what the solution for this is. I just know being here for a while that it's nothing new.
I think you can get to 50 and have access to Samurai and Red Mage, and take them through Heavenwards, I don't what class you're interested in, but I don't believe those classes will be gated behind getting to level 60 to access them. Getting to 50 isn't too bad, there are some quest that are considered filler, and are annoying to say the least, these are mostly in Mor Dohna and take about a day to complete, but once they are done, things pick up pretty quickly.
Heavenwards was really well done, the music and atmosphere is great, the dungeons were really fun too, especially The Vault. You can get through Heavenwards in about a week playing casually and just focusing on the MSQ.
There are three different jump pots, you can only use one pot to get a character to 60, one pot is for skipping the ARR MSQ and one if for skipping the Heavenward MSQ. They are about 20 bucks each...if you buy all three it will pretty pricey, plus the expacs.
I'd check out the FF14 reddit, there are guides about starting fresh and returning, what to focus on etc. I can only speak for myself but the game is really great.
Samurai will be sharing gear with the Monk class, up to what level I don't know, I'd assume to level 70. They'll have to add in a Sam weapon. Monk uses "Striking" gear post 50, I know a lot of people are leveling Monks for this purpose. Once you hit 70, you'll get your Artifact gear which will replace the best level 60 gear, everyone will be starting on the same footing at 70. The newest 24 man raid tier will be set in Ivalice, and the 8 main raid tier will be based on Omega. They aren't releasing this raid until two weeks after Heavenwards launch so people have time to get they new classes up to 70.
I like the idea you need to finish the story but they should really soften the requirments to buy 230 -265 gear, reduce the tome cost because this gear will be obsolete when the xpac hits anyway.
Aloha Mr Hand !
Aloha Mr Hand !
A lot of people are currently catching up in the game and as such a lot of FC's are recruiting ingame as well. So keep an eye out.
Joining a nice FC (guild) will greatly enhance your experience ingame.