Good Intentions (Unchanged)
Bait and Switch (Unchanged)
Best Laid Schemes (Unchanged)
The Rising Chorus (Unchanged)
Aether on Demand (Finding the hidden bombs around the plant removed)
On the Counteroffensive (Unchanged)
An Uninvited Ascian (Unchanged)
In Memory of Moenbryda (Unchanged)
Mask of Grief (Unchanged)
Defenders for Ishgard (Unchanged)
The Wyrm's Road (Unchanged)
Committed to the Cause (Unchanged)
Volunteer Dragonslayers (Unchanged)
An Allied Perspective (Unchanged)
The Steps of Faith (Unchanged)
Administrative Decision (Unchanged)
An Unexpected Ambition (Unchanged)
Ancient Ways, Timeless Wants (Unchanged)
Where We Are Needed (Unchanged)
The Least Among Us (Unchanged)
A Time to Every Purpose (Unchanged except you can't start it without completing the Crystal Tower Raid)
Come, but Not Gone (Unchanged)
The Parting Glass (Unchanged)
Before the Dawn (Unchanged)
Amount of quests after the patch: 24
Amount of quests in 2.X after the patch: 80 (3.X is 44, 4.X is 40)
Amount of quests to complete A Realm Reborn: 240 (Gridania and Limsa) and 241 (Ul'dah) (Heavensward is 138, Stormblood is 162, and Shadowbringers as of 5.3 has 138)
Amount of quests deleted: 51
Amount of quests streamlined: 29
Unsurprisingly, 2.5 and 2.55 are basically unchanged except we don't have to search for the bombs around the Plant anymore. Like with 2.4, however, the alterations made by 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 made a difference in my perception of characters and interactions.
Alphinaud seems a lot worse by time you reach this point. He feels properly big headed compared to everyone else. The Scions feel more competent and much more helpful. When Minfilia asked us to check up on Tataru and help Hoary, I didn't mind nearly as much because she wasn't asking us to do things like that throughout anymore.
But otherwise? It feels relatively the same as it IS relatively the same. Since 2.4 and 2.5 have A LOT of story beats that doesn't just affect Heavensward but even future expansions it's unsurprising to see that the pace of the game remained the same.
On a comparative note, 3.5 and 3.56 has 9 quests, and 4.5 and 4.56 has 7 quests. 2.5 and 2.55 having 24 quests is a huge difference but most of it comes from 2.55. 2.5 itself has 8 to 3.5's 5 and 4.5's 5 quests. The big difference of course is how much 2.55 sets the stage for Heavensward and the entire story with 16 quests in total compared to 3.56's 4 and 4.56's 2.
Thoughts on Forced Side Content
On the side here, having to do the Crystal Tower was not bothersome in the slightest except I feel like it would have been better to force you to do it between 2.5 and 2.55 along with at least not being able to finish either World of Darkness or at least the final quest until you did In Memory of Moenbryda as that point honestly feels the most natural point in which something should happen as Mask of Grief gives a feel of some time passing thanks Yda's dialogue.
When it comes to having to Ifrit, Garuda, and Titan Hard I still feel it would be better if you were forced to do those to start 2.1, not 2.5 as that is the most natural point in the story for them. Plus they should really be combined into one singular quest.
So yeah, the big problem with the two is simply that they don't feel natural as roadblocks at the moment.
Thoughts on A Realm Reborn Revamped
Overall, the entire story is much, much better. The pacing is good and near perfect. There are still things that should have been addressed or altered that weren't (such as Mutamix Bubblypots being in atrocious spot for the story, or the fact that Coerthas would be much better if the Francel is Innocent and False Inquisitor were separated into two parts rather than one long section), but it's definitely way better. The patches are way better. The slower patches not considered as good had good deletions and alterations that make them more concise and bearable.
Overall, I put it something like 6.8 with little pacing issues and the English voice acting of 2.0 holding it back from hitting 7. Comparatively, I find Stormblood to be an 8, Heavensward a 9, and Shadowbringers a 10.
Definitely a fine change for the better. A little more shine needed overall but I wouldn't consider that far below the expansions anymore.
And with that, my comparison of A Realm Reborn has come to an end.
Gridania changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/i86fga/comparison_of_gridania_115_quests_before_and/
Ul'dah changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/ibvarv/comparison_of_115_uldah_arc_quests_before_and/
Limsa Lominsa changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/icg9e7/comparison_of_115_limsa_lominsa_arc_quests_before/
Ifrit Arc changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/i8s26w/comparison_of_1520_ifrit_arc_before_and_after_the/
Sylph Arc changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/i9de7u/comparison_of_2024_sylph_arc_before_and_after/
Ascian Investigation Arc changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/i9syez/comparison_of_2428_ascian_investigation_arc/
Titan Arc changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/i9z9gx/comparison_of_3033_company_of_heroestitan_arc/
Coerthas Arc changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/iamcwq/comparison_of_3541_coerthas_arc_quests_before_and/
Garuda Arc changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/ib52yn/comparison_of_4144_corrupted_crystalgaruda_quests/
Scion Rescue Arc changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/ibi4sy/comparison_of_4446_scion_rescue_arc_quests_before/
Operation Archon Arc changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/id2iz5/comparison_of_4950_operation_archon_arcend_of_20/
2.1 changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/idbh4n/comparison_of_21_quests_before_and_after_patch/
2.2 changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/idj4sd/comparison_of_22_quests_before_and_after_patch/
2.3 changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/idqzye/comparison_of_23_quests_before_and_after_the_patch/
2.4 changes:
https://old.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/ie6koc/comparison_of_24_quests_before_and_after_the_patch/
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