I can't believe it.
First time i played the game was with Heavensward release and i quit at Level ~30 when i got my Job-Crystal (Conjurer/White Mage) and figured out that nothing really changed for me and i keep on
- returning to the waking sands
- teleport around
- talk around
- and do literally nothing.
- Whenever there is a fight in one of the MSQs it's so easy and simple..
- Whenever i want to enjoy gameplay, i have to watch slow paced cut scenes and read boring dialogues i am tired.
- Whenever i am in a dungeon, people rush the hell out of it or are slow and don't understand the simplest mechanics of the enemies.
But what did I like? The presentation, armors, classes and jobs, races,... but i can not enjoy any of these because i have to wait, read and walk around for 90% of the time. And most of the interesting stuff is locked behind these MSQs.
So a little bit later, i gave it another shot with the release of Shadowbringers.
This time as a Warrior to reach Ishgard and switch to Dark Knight.
I did not have a lot of fun because of the same reasons as mentioned above, but i read alot of times that it will get better when you leave ARR.
And at the beggining of HW, it was a bit better.
But now i am level 56 with the Dark Knight and i can't do my Job-Quest because i miss 12 Quests in the MSQ. And the last Quest I did was like this:
- Cutscenes
- 3 Enemies
- Run to the end of a dungeon-like map
- 3 Enemies
- Run to the beginning of the map
- 3 Enemies
- Collect Key
- Run to the End of the map again and release the npc
are.. you.. kidding.. me... hitting 1,2,3,.. for the 9001th time for what exactly..? Can't I just rescue this idiot in the first run? I've got a big sword. Let me slay the chains and get the fk out of this cave and rescue the world man.
best part.. guess what.. my next task is.. RETURN TO THE WAKING SANDS.
So i guess i will never have fun with the game.. right? I don't have to wait for SB-Content or SHB-Content because it will forever be like this.. or will it really change? I am so sick of using only 3 spells with maybe 2 in between of them. It's so easy and boring and slow paced i have the feeling of getting insane. It's cockblock the videogame. Is there any challenge in this game waiting for me?
What do I want from a mmo?
- I want to spend time with the game and have the feeling of getting a reward for spending time with gameplay and not bad written storys.
- I want to collect gear and improve my character for gameplay.
- I want to have a challenge in Dungeons and Raids and have the feeling of doing well when you finally kill the boss.
And all i get at FFXIV is a boring story hidden behind the task to run/teleport around and do.. nothing!?
maybe you know a game which suits me better or can explain me what i miss here.
the reason why i write on mmo-champion and not reddit: alot of people on reddit are hardcore fanboys and never played something else and can't understand that it's boring to play the msqs when you ever read or play something else in your life - it's just nothing new here.
and maybe you know a gameplay-focused mmo i could enjoy. i am open for anything but wow and gw2.
thanks in advance and when you hate my post: sorry i will leave soon <3