I just beat Dawntrail’s MSQ a few minutes ago and wanted to share my thoughts about it, what I liked and what i didn’t etc.
MSQ: 8/10 (will explain more at the bottom)
Music: 20/10 (Soken never misses!)
Dungeons: 9/10 (they lose 1 point because for whatever reason devs thought it was a good idea to have all the party teleport to you except the tank, so the tank just sits there and dies while healer Alisaie or G’raha casually saunter over to them pretending to care)
Trials: 10/10 (as a new player, joined during Endwalker, I’ve heard much about how difficult the fights are in Dawntrail and I admit, i was very intimidated, the fights are MUCH harder than in the previous expansions, but I think the problem is, at least for me, is that most of the time I keep staring at my skills and not what’s actually happening around me, but after I tell myself to just take it slow and and watch what the boss is doing, look at the environment and see what is actually happening, the fights become much easier. Or at least not intimidating as I thought they’d be.
Things I absolutely HATED: the tailing missions, please either get rid of them or turn them into solo duties and make them like minigames or something, anything but the way they are now because they’re just so BORING and not fun! And the other more important thing, please add MORE voiced cutscenes, yes I can read but I also love hearing all these characters talk, please don’t deprive us of that.
Now, the MSQ. If I were to rate the first half, everything prior to zone 4, it would be a 6/10. It was very slow and boring but that was exactly what I expected going in, the maps were beautiful and that in my opinion is what helped it, there were some sweet and touching moments too.
The second half however, late zone 4 and beyond (minus a very eyerolly scene) is an easy 10/10, the second half is EVERYTHING I love about FFXIV and exactly what I want more of going forward, it’s weird because the first and second half feel like they’re completely different expansions, I’m really looking forward to more MSQ if it continues with same tone of the second half.
I’ve seen and read a lot of reviews saying how bad the MSQ is and giving it a low score, but after finishing it myself, i feel like they were either only talking about the first half or haven’t gotten to the second half yet. Because overall for me, Dawntrail is an 8/10
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MSQ: 8/10 (will explain more at the bottom)
Music: 20/10 (Soken never misses!)
Dungeons: 9/10 (they lose 1 point because for whatever reason devs thought it was a good idea to have all the party teleport to you except the tank, so the tank just sits there and dies while healer Alisaie or G’raha casually saunter over to them pretending to care)
Trials: 10/10 (as a new player, joined during Endwalker, I’ve heard much about how difficult the fights are in Dawntrail and I admit, i was very intimidated, the fights are MUCH harder than in the previous expansions, but I think the problem is, at least for me, is that most of the time I keep staring at my skills and not what’s actually happening around me, but after I tell myself to just take it slow and and watch what the boss is doing, look at the environment and see what is actually happening, the fights become much easier. Or at least not intimidating as I thought they’d be.
Things I absolutely HATED: the tailing missions, please either get rid of them or turn them into solo duties and make them like minigames or something, anything but the way they are now because they’re just so BORING and not fun! And the other more important thing, please add MORE voiced cutscenes, yes I can read but I also love hearing all these characters talk, please don’t deprive us of that.
Now, the MSQ. If I were to rate the first half, everything prior to zone 4, it would be a 6/10. It was very slow and boring but that was exactly what I expected going in, the maps were beautiful and that in my opinion is what helped it, there were some sweet and touching moments too.
The second half however, late zone 4 and beyond (minus a very eyerolly scene) is an easy 10/10, the second half is EVERYTHING I love about FFXIV and exactly what I want more of going forward, it’s weird because the first and second half feel like they’re completely different expansions, I’m really looking forward to more MSQ if it continues with same tone of the second half.
I’ve seen and read a lot of reviews saying how bad the MSQ is and giving it a low score, but after finishing it myself, i feel like they were either only talking about the first half or haven’t gotten to the second half yet. Because overall for me, Dawntrail is an 8/10
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