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You're allowed to dislike the MSQ. It doesn't make the expansion bad. Especially a week in. Thanks for the comment!

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

I agree, that's why I think one-handed axes are far more likely

Just finished the MSQ today. I think people dooming about it are the same people who would doom about anything the game does at this point. The story wasn't amazing, but it was fine. No worse than Stormblood. All of the content has been incredible so far, and I'm excited to see what they do with the rest of the content that's coming. These are easily the best dungeons and trials we've had on release in any expansion in the games history.

@@sharlayanforum I don't agree with that. I love XIV and have played it for years now. I think in this expansion there's been a lot of great things. I really enjoy the zones, the OST is excellent as always, I like the job changes and the graphical update is fantastic I think. Going through dungeons was incredible. That being said, I think this expansion also has a lot of divisive things going for it. I agree with much of people sentiment around the story and it feeling lackluster. I get, we're starting a new story but going back to ARR errand boy and it really being us as a side kick to Wuk didn't vibe with a lot of folks, myself included. That was strong criticism after ARR and now we've reverted back to that and I think there are better ways to tell a story that doesn't sideline you, the player. I think it's also fair to say that certain characters didn't click with everyone. I can't think of a more divisive character in XIV than Wuk. She gets more hate than Lyse ever did. It's a tough act to follow from EW and ShB but I do think SE can do better with the story moving forward and I don't think that's an unfair criticism. I think many want the game and story to be better and I think SE is capable of delivering based on what we've seen but it doesn't mean that they didn't miss MSQ-wise on this expansion so far.

I think that's an actual well thought out reason to not love the MSQ, and I agree with a lot of it. I think it dragged it's feet in places and made poor choices with some of the spotlights in certain areas, who they were placed on and for what actions, etc. However, the majority of people posting about it are not this thought out. They're whining about names being hard to say and cutscenes being long, as if we've forgotten we're all playing a JRPG. I think comparing it ARR is a pretty accurate and apt description, because in a sense, this is ARR-2. We're going into a new arc. We have to do some world building and character setup just like we did in ARR for the next 10 years. It's just the way these stories are built.

As the old adage goes: "If you're not having fun, don't play."

@@sharlayanforum exactly. I am finding my fun in Deep Rock Galactic now If you dont rock and stone,.you are not coming home

@@ericbelanger794 I'm glad you found a new place to call home!

You got me man

Would be nice for sure! I'm excited to get it either way

I'm enjoying it!

@@sharlayanforum fair enough but EW and ShB are better, I've finished the MSQ I don't want to spoil it but in terms of rankings I can't believe I'm saying this but ARR might be neck and neck. In terms of content though omg a very good expansion. The story for me though just wasn't hitting on any level.

@tjandhuri I'm just about finished with it. I think that the overarching story so far is probably on par with something like Stormblood, which while not on the level of Shadowbringers, is a perfectly serviceable story. We also have to address our biases of coming off of a 10 year saga into something new. This is, for all intents and purposes, another ARR. I think this absolutely kills ARR in terms of pacing and writing. There are sections that prattle on and feel longwinded; but that exists in every expansion. We're just more attuned to it with this being the beginning of a new story arc.

Thanks for the comment!

"Please save us! (You have one hour earth time)"

Also, very subtle just having the Endwalker logo imposed on the video during the second encounter with Esha amd then light up whenever the moon comes up.

@@DaneeBound That plot isn't similar like, at all.

Yay! Thank you!

The difficulty there is that Abyssea mission were basically just "go here. Kill thing" and didn't have cutscenes associated with them. There were 9 quests in abyssea, three in each region, that were kill quests for a species of monsters that led to an NM of that monster type. Basically between each of the main story beats we had to clear a region. What I cover In there videos is the main story quests only, so this is all that was on offer, generally.

@@sharlayanforum ah thank you yeah kind of sucks that there is any storyline with the mission ><

@@zantravmotovin4606 Yeah, Unfortunately this era of XI was sort of the "filler" era. It got a lot better in the next expansion though, which I'll cover at some point!

Oh no! I forgot to add it, it's in now! Thank you for the reminder!

Looking forward to the other expansion/story recaps! I stopped playing after abyssea😢

My pleasure! It'll probably be a bit before I get to Adoulin, but it'll come eventually!

My pleasure!

I'm a man of the people

I think they fixed the mooncat fang situation.

In my own lane. Vacationmaxxing

Story wise, I agree, content wise? I think it's going to blow HW out of the water

@@sharlayanforum yea, can’t wait for Friday. Glad warrior is still good and untouched

Given that we haven't seen any of the story yet, I think it's probably hard to say how it will compare, but they are facing an uphill battle setting up for the new overarching story for sure!

@@sharlayanforum well we can hope that we get to see some cool plot, interresting villains and great character buildup to it,

@@MikkiZHskDK exactly! I see Dawntrail almost as a sort of ARR-2. It's the start of a whole new setup and a whole new arc that will carry us through the next 10 years of XIV. They have a lot of legwork to do to create something as epic as the Hydaelyn and Zodiark saga, but I have faith that they can do it again.

Maybe! I'd personally rather be a copium addict than a doomer

You'd rather lie to yourself than move on to better things?

@@justinloosbrock6436 I'd rather enjoy the things I like regardless of what people on the internet say than pretend I'm not going to because that's what someone else thinks is right.

Detinee grind is definitely a grind

​@@sharlayanforumThe Khvostov grind was rough. Took me an entire day just to get the legendary variant of it in Destiny 2. The gun is definitely worth it, especially the exotic version, super fun in PvE

Sorry you feel that way! I feel that there's going to be a lot of content on offer here.

Thanks for the comment!

It really is it makes the WOW community look positive in comparison, in the FF community it is so hellbent on wilful ignorance.

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I get that, but you're kind of missing an important piece. This is the beginning of a completely new story, every expansion for the past 10 years has been a part of the same overarching story, which concluded in Endwalker. This is a new story. Yes, all of these pieces of content have been offered at some time before. We've never has them all at once in an expansion. Thanks for checking it out

I definitely went from "whelmed" to "overwhelmed" with my excitement

Welcome aboard!

Agreed!

Yes, Beastmaster is coming as a limited job alongside Blue Mage during the expansion

I'd rather be optimistic and disappointed than pessimistic, personally! Thanks for checking out the video!

So don’t set myself up to become what you are, right? Great advice

HUUUUUGE agree. I've played since ARR and I've felt the ebb and flow of the overall attitude of the community as things have risen and fallen. In terms of whats on offer, Dawntrail is positioned to be, far and away, the most jam packed expansion we've ever had. Even if the the story they start with this expansion is only as good as what most people consider to be the "worst" story, Stormblood, it will still be a fine story and the amount of QoL, content, and new shine on everything with all of the updates we're getting? As long as they don't absolutely fumble this thing in the 11th hour, it's a guaranteed slam dunk, 15/10, goated, undeniable.

I do agree that the game can still get better, but I personally I think that ShB and EW should be where the stakes peak. I think they should avoid planet destroying threats going forward

I suppose I'm more optimistic!

@@sharlayanforum I'm excited to play the game. I'm just not sure why people are expecting this eexpansion to be so much different. It's going to have the same content we have gotten in the past and everyone knows that

I think saying that this expansion is exactly the same as all the others is like saying that all pizzas are the same, regardless of whats on them or how they're built. We're getting the same building blocks, but they're all being delivered for the first time in unison. This will be the first expansion ever to have all of these individual pieces of content on offer, in a new form, at the same time.

All facts!

A little cautious optimism is never a bad thing

Yeah I don’t want to get upset.

2 channel dye it's not overhyped

@@davibergamin5943and you can combine hats with glasses now

​@davibergamin5943 it's not overhyped, it's sad. Numerous MMOs over a decade ago, even F2P ones have 3-4 dye channels. FF14 is still catching up on many common features and other QoL. Took until 6.x to add duration timers to buffs/debuffs in party list....

Same! I'm very curious to see where they go with it!

It'll be hard to top the setup and delivery that was the previous 10 years of story, but I'm willing to give them a shot! thanks for chekcing out the video!

My static and I are unbelievably hype for the ff14 tournament season

Agreed! I want to see more about Allag and the previous calamities, and more about what happened between the ancient world and now.

@@sharlayanforum People keep telling me they're done with the Allagans but I dunno, man. Right now they're just a MacGuffin to explain *some* technology in the world. There's a lot that's unexplored there. I refuse to believe they would be that advanced and the only characters we got from it was Unei and Doga.

exactly!

👍 fair enough!

100% agreed

yeah, for me is the same, i think this game need first a total overhaul of the open area. they feel good to see but nothing really exiting to do in it ( hidden stuff, some puzzle or something more fun ). Is a shame they have built a big world but is kinda of feel empty... Most of the game is instanced and can be ok but i would really loved if they do something with the open area (fate is the same stuff over and over...) . The concept of the game is every time the same : new dungeon to rush..., trial, raid and some experimental stuff who goes to dead shortly...( kinda if they finally kill the residential area and give a instanced house to all the player with the island instead of a grind mindless boring area...) and go on until the end of the cicle. Raid i would really loved if they don't continue to put other game idea on the raid but instead use the lore of FFXIV and do something original. The last one was really good for me at least was about the Twelve god :D Same was for the raid of ARR and Heavensward. Not really a fun of the lvl 70, 80, raid to be honest. For this time i think i pass as i pass Stormblood. Not a fan of the theme of this patch at all :P But i hope other player can enjoy it a lot :)

That's how I feel. It's all going to be the same stuff, just different areas and story. Finish story, farm tombstones, farm raids. Wait for 7.1 for the rest of content. It feels like for the last few expansions they just use the same checklist/roadmap without really introducing anything new that's worthwhile

@@Eric-sp7wz because that's exactly what will happen. I've been playing on and off since Heavens ward and the formula has been the same ever since then. I just got burned out after playing for over 4k hours. Sucks I'm in too deep now to stop, so I'll be seeing yall in the expansion in a few days

I have faith 👏

I’m about to start EW. Why did you not enjoy EW? Was the story bad, or was it just because of the endgame content? If the story is bad, I might just skip it and watch a recap or something and jump straight into Dawntrail

The story of Endwalker was fantastic. The endgame content wasn't super popular, and the patch stories were not very well received.

@@smellybearc7411 I think most people really enjoyed EW’s story. I don’t want to color your potential enjoyment of it by explaining my personal gripes with it. The patch quests were not anyone’s favorite afaik, but you might feel differently. I mostly disliked EW because content-wise, it felt very paint by numbers. We got a handful of standout savage fights and one ultimate that everyone loved (and another that lots of people hate). Criterion dungeons were actually amazing design-wise but ended up being pretty DOA. As a deep dungeon solo fan I was happy with Orthos but if you’re not soloing it good luck finding full groups to clear it now to get the mount (4 clears). Not much in EW had a lot of staying power. Some of the stuff I really like (exploration zones with alternative leveling and lots of grinding to do) was completely absent. I spent more time in Eureka this expansion working on a handful of SB relics than I did getting all the Manderville ones

I'm sure that we'll see changes throughout 7.x, but I'm excited for the major changes in 8.0 for sure!

@@sharlayanforum Yeah, really looking forward to much-needed updates in two years. /s

@ExceedProduction the way i see it, I can choose the either be angry about something I can't change or I can just play the game I enjoy playing knowing that things will change. The game isn't perfect, but nothing ever really is. I just choose to not play it out of spite, logging in every day and saying "man I hate this game and I hate the way this job is designed." If I ever felt like that I would just play a different game, lol

Can't wait!

Time for some spring cleaning before summer vacation!

I think the stakes are definitely lower than "The world is about to end plz help," but we all know some shenanigans are going to go down in Tural