Caveat before I start, some of these issues are because of my on preferences and are in no way designed to take away from what others enjoy. Just looking for some ideas so that I may be able to enjoy this game as my primary time spender.
Ok, I’ve struggled consistently to enjoy this game outside the dungeons, trials, and raids. Once my buddies log off, I’m finding it hard to find things to do that I enjoy while solo.
Here’s a list of things I’ve tried or looked into:
Story/side quest grind: I did not enjoy the overall story in this game despite everyone claiming it was phenomenal. I figure this must be most peoples only MMO, because overall it was bland with some weird immersion breaking moments. Basically anytime something cool happened it would be rendered obsolete because you either backtracked to an earlier area (screw you waking sands) or a new group of people wanted you to tend their garden, deliver sandwiches, ect (Shadowbringers did this with every new group you meet). So side quests seem about as appealing as stabbing my own eyes with a pen.
Fates: Fates aren’t bad, because they center around the combat which in end game is fairly fluid and amazing, if a bit slow for the genre. While the shared fate is a grind of rather insane portions, it’s not bad. Much like dungeon roulette it sucks losing 10-50% of your abilities if it happens to be a lower level one, though. That makes it less fun.
Grind other classes: I’ve never been much for alts. I’ve always approached MMOs as ‘this is me in the world’ similar to old school tabletop roleplaying. So while I’m slowly grinding other classes, my hearts not in it. (GNB-80, PLD-80, DRK-75, MCH-71, SAM-54, WAR-19). Plus, as stated earlier, questing even the MSQ, is god awful boring.
Crafting/Gathering: have a few friends who do this (one just got his shark mount from fishing) and from his colorful language during the whole thing, none of it sounded like a good time. It looks deep and complicated, but crafting has never been my thing, outside of the random game (star wars galaxies, eve online, alchemy in WoW).
Hunts: I like these, but can’t do them forever. Plus, really need to get in the linkshell for the S plus ones. Make it way easier to find the buggers.
POTD/HOH/Eureka: not bad content. Just really repetitive and grindy. Which isn’t always fun. Especially when the good drops seem to be similar to dungeon/raid percentages.
Relic Weapon: Got my relic on the GNB. Probably get it on the PLD as well, but really into trying the others.
I’m really trying to stay engaged in this, but I’m slowly wondering if maybe this just isn’t for my style of entertainment. If anyone could post what they find enjoyable to solo while in game, I’d appreciate it. Trying to find other things which may draw me in and excite me.
Thanks and appreciate the time you took to fight thru the wall of text in order to assist.
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Ok, I’ve struggled consistently to enjoy this game outside the dungeons, trials, and raids. Once my buddies log off, I’m finding it hard to find things to do that I enjoy while solo.
Here’s a list of things I’ve tried or looked into:
Story/side quest grind: I did not enjoy the overall story in this game despite everyone claiming it was phenomenal. I figure this must be most peoples only MMO, because overall it was bland with some weird immersion breaking moments. Basically anytime something cool happened it would be rendered obsolete because you either backtracked to an earlier area (screw you waking sands) or a new group of people wanted you to tend their garden, deliver sandwiches, ect (Shadowbringers did this with every new group you meet). So side quests seem about as appealing as stabbing my own eyes with a pen.
Fates: Fates aren’t bad, because they center around the combat which in end game is fairly fluid and amazing, if a bit slow for the genre. While the shared fate is a grind of rather insane portions, it’s not bad. Much like dungeon roulette it sucks losing 10-50% of your abilities if it happens to be a lower level one, though. That makes it less fun.
Grind other classes: I’ve never been much for alts. I’ve always approached MMOs as ‘this is me in the world’ similar to old school tabletop roleplaying. So while I’m slowly grinding other classes, my hearts not in it. (GNB-80, PLD-80, DRK-75, MCH-71, SAM-54, WAR-19). Plus, as stated earlier, questing even the MSQ, is god awful boring.
Crafting/Gathering: have a few friends who do this (one just got his shark mount from fishing) and from his colorful language during the whole thing, none of it sounded like a good time. It looks deep and complicated, but crafting has never been my thing, outside of the random game (star wars galaxies, eve online, alchemy in WoW).
Hunts: I like these, but can’t do them forever. Plus, really need to get in the linkshell for the S plus ones. Make it way easier to find the buggers.
POTD/HOH/Eureka: not bad content. Just really repetitive and grindy. Which isn’t always fun. Especially when the good drops seem to be similar to dungeon/raid percentages.
Relic Weapon: Got my relic on the GNB. Probably get it on the PLD as well, but really into trying the others.
I’m really trying to stay engaged in this, but I’m slowly wondering if maybe this just isn’t for my style of entertainment. If anyone could post what they find enjoyable to solo while in game, I’d appreciate it. Trying to find other things which may draw me in and excite me.
Thanks and appreciate the time you took to fight thru the wall of text in order to assist.
Continue reading...