Safehouse Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 20 hours ago, Neogumbercules said: From what I've heard, and I'm sure @Safehouse can elaborate on, the story and game itself starts to play more like a traditional FF game with a great, deep plot and tons of cool memorable characters once you start digging into the Heavensward content so I'm looking forward to that. That sounds about right. Heavensward in particular gives me vibes reminiscent of Final Fantasy 4. By Shadowbringers, the story has gone in a really cool direction, and all of the characters have been fleshed out immensely. The Shadowbringers story, especially in the beginning, has an intense and chilling aspect to it. Sometimes it feels like being in a really good, interactive movie. Liberty and Virtue server refugee. Everlasting resident. Main/Planned Characters: Astellus - Kinetic/Energy/Mu Scrapper (Magic) Plasmitar - Radiation/Energy/Flame Blaster (Science) Scionic - Psychic/Atomic/Soul Blaster (Mutation) Safehouse - Street Justice/Energy Aura Scrapper (Magic) Starshear - Energy/Atomic/Force Blaster (Science) Neonstar - Luminous/Luminous Peacebringer (Natural) Faerwald - Gravity/Energy/Psionic Dominator (Science) Fomalhaut - Rad/Rad Sentinel (Science) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golstat2003 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) I was about to post a thread on this! I got this two days ago and I'm already level 34! I'm hooked. I played XI in a bit back in the PS2/PS3 era but it didn't hold my interest. This one . . .this one feels like Final Fantasy! After playing the FFVII Remake and FF15, I needed a more traditional FF feel and this game did it. I can' t believe I'm playing a subscription MMO all these years later. 😄 (I would be paying for COH if it was still on the market. And sadly the donation windows close before I can get in. LOL) Edited August 29, 2020 by golstat2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golstat2003 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 On 8/20/2020 at 11:56 PM, Neogumbercules said: Well, anyway, that big "smooth everything out" patch dropped recently and I made a new account to take advantage of the unlimited free trial. I previously played the game up to about level 8 during a free month back when I bought my CPU and while I haven't scratched the surface of this thing yet, there are two things that stand absolutely head and shoulders above any MMO I've ever played. First, the UI. It's so ridiculously clean and easy to use. It's intuitive in every possible way, with tons of customization and scalability. Nothing really comes close. Second, the music is incredible. Just the walking around music is a joy to listen to and I feel like using my Sennheiser headphones is not a waste for this great OST. I'll admit I've been a Final Fantasy fan for.... 22-23 years so of course there are nostalgia hits peppered in all around, but overall I'm really looking forward to keeping up with the game, especially when CoH gets boring between updates. Just want to say the music is incredibly FF and uplifting. Especially in Ul'Dann (I know I'm spelling that wrong! LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeHero Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 28 minutes ago, golstat2003 said: Just want to say the music is incredibly FF and uplifting. Especially in Ul'Dann (I know I'm spelling that wrong! LOL) Ul'dah, Ul'dahn is a word that roughly means of/from Ul'dah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golstat2003 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 29 minutes ago, ZeeHero said: Ul'dah, Ul'dahn is a word that roughly means of/from Ul'dah. 🙂 thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neogumbercules Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 I'm level.... 13 or something and I'm really having a good time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeHero Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 7 hours ago, Neogumbercules said: I'm level.... 13 or something and I'm really having a good time. you're gonna be real happy when you get to the high levels then the game is like 20 times better at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neogumbercules Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 I'm looking forward to it. I'm playing a thaumaterge so it's been nice to have some simple questing to get used to the skills. Fire Fire Fire Fire Transpose Lightning/addle Transpose Fire Fire Fire Etc... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeHero Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 Black Mage playstyle changes a LOT at level 60, and it keeps getting tools to do better until level 80. https://www.akhmorning.com/jobs/blm/guide/openers/#no-b4-opener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neogumbercules Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Good lord I'm gonna keep that link on the back burner while I learn the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeHero Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 11 minutes ago, Neogumbercules said: Good lord I'm gonna keep that link on the back burner while I learn the game. It wont be a lot of use until you reach closer to level cap, black mage playstyle is nothing near the same until level 60, at which point everything revolves mostly around "How can I maximize how often I use fire 4" for single target. a lot harder than it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golstat2003 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Okay, if there are awards for video game music, the team who worked on the FFXIV Online Series deserves it. I'm in Heavensward and the music in every new environment is better than the last. Holy Cow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeHero Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 8 hours ago, golstat2003 said: Okay, if there are awards for video game music, the team who worked on the FFXIV Online Series deserves it. I'm in Heavensward and the music in every new environment is better than the last. Holy Cow! They hold the guiness world record for most original tracks in a video game, and wait until you hear Shadowbringers music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura Tenshi Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 My lala exists to PUNCH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeHero Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Evil little munchkins coming for your kneecaps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golstat2003 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 So finished up Shadowbringers last quest tonight. (The final trial against Spoiler Elmet-Selch/Hades Spoiler in The Tempest). I know there is a post game, but I just want to say this was one of the most rewarding final storyline battles I've played in a while, including WoW and City of Heroes. Overall it was a VERY VERY good expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeres Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) I really like FF14, and have a 60 ninja. I think he's 60. I do like the game but I find it requires too much time than I'm willing to put into it right now. And the constant nodding. I was tempted to rename my char to SirNodsAlot because that's what he does. Edited October 30, 2020 by Xeres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeHero Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 On 10/30/2020 at 12:36 AM, golstat2003 said: So finished up Shadowbringers last quest tonight. (The final trial against Hide contents Elmet-Selch/Hades Hide contents in The Tempest). I know there is a post game, but I just want to say this was one of the most rewarding final storyline battles I've played in a while, including WoW and City of Heroes. Overall it was a VERY VERY good expansion. Wait until you do the final battle against SPOILERS on top of SPOILERS, the SPOILERS SPOILERS had people literally CHEERING at their computers on patch day when it came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moka Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I cleared TEA and took a break from raiding, but overall I've still been very active in FFXIV. It's definitely my favorite MMO so far, even if City of Heroes has a 'home' feeling to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeHero Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 The real hard part of TEA is finding 7 other people who are patient and dedicated like you, sure its incredibly hard and requires player skill, but thats a level of player skill anyone who cares will reach with practice. it's why I didn't manage to clear it, was on crystal so you can figure how that went.. my raid leader thought disbanding was a better idea than replacing 2 people who would never show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moka Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Yeah. I had to transfer to aether temporarily to meet up with my old static. They were all gilgameshers, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherTed Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 I genuinely would like to play, and I've made a few false starts (with some incredibly cool looking characters), but the low-level doldrums hit me especially hard in FFXIV, much more so than any other MMO. Best analogy I can think of is that I feel like I'm running Breakout for days. I vaguely remember that there was an update that addressed that (among other things) - is that true, and did it actually help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeHero Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 17 minutes ago, TheOtherTed said: I genuinely would like to play, and I've made a few false starts (with some incredibly cool looking characters), but the low-level doldrums hit me especially hard in FFXIV, much more so than any other MMO. Best analogy I can think of is that I feel like I'm running Breakout for days. I vaguely remember that there was an update that addressed that (among other things) - is that true, and did it actually help? The update did help but it didn't change the fact that classes play pretty slow early on, or that the writing before 1st expansion just isn't as good. it did make it about 30% less quests until that point, got rid of a bunch of grindy stuff story didnt need. It helps if you find a server where you have friends who play. I'm playing on Siren, Aether Data center now, if you have no friends elsewhere, my discord is ZeeHero#7521 and I'd be happy to help you out, you can join my server and I can be that first friend there, and introduce you to some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moka Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 (edited) Join crystal I have a huge epic mansion and can give you money. I sugar mommy all my friends. Edited November 9, 2020 by Moka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeeHero Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Moka said: Join crystal I have a huge epic mansion and can give you money. I sugar mommy all my friends. And I had a medium worth well over 17 million gil, I left it all behind to quit crystal for Aether. not going back. Raiding with a static group of mature, non toxic players is important to me, and that was impossible on crystal. I tried for a long long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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