FINAL FANTASY XIV Welcome Back Campaign Kicks Off!

[Madeline]

I suppose I'm going to give it another whirl. I quit with everything at 50 after 1.18 or 1.19, I don't really remember anything other than all the stuff I worked p. hard for (i.e darkhold gear) was useless when I was otw out.

Is there even any point in coming back to the game if you already leveled everything? It certainly didn't have much to do when I left. Ifrit was unkillable on my server, most were still trying to get speed run dzemael runs down.

I'd like to give the jobs a go, maybe get my AF done. But is that even possible in the 9? days left? It'd take quite a bit of improvement to get me to resub, considering the game is still going through major changes. Is the UI still ridiculously slow?

[TacoTaru]

I had a group that made it our goal to speed run jobs and we did all 7 jobs in 3 days. If you have everything at 50, there's a lot you can do in 9 days, but finding a group may be difficult. If you can find groups however, you could experience most of the content in those 9 days. From where you quit at, I think the game has made terrific strides, but it's still not fantastic by any means.

On a side note, I would not recommend trying to speed run all 7 jobs as your thing to do if you decide to come back. It's very tedious to do all 7 at once and does horrific things to your anima (although that can be reobtained quickly now)

[Tomino]

If I came back, it would be strictly for trying to grab some AF for my Dragoon. Chances are, however, that I would require a well-trained party to obtain the gear (which the average person that's coming back for any number of the 10 days isn't going to have).

I planned to enjoy some fresh new lore and the whole PLD questline. Three quests are all you need to hit the brickwall of group content.
Your AF quest takes you to some every solo-unfriendly environments, including dungeons.


SE really needs to understand content has to offer multiple rewards to cater different players at the same time. You'd be running a dungeon for quests OR drops OR tokens OR reputation.
That way you have plenty of chances (10x , with a content finder ) to find a group for that , simply because everyone will have their reasons to do so.

The whole "Help, so you can be helped in return" approach doesn't really cut when you are trying a more casual approach to the genre.

[Raldo]

AF is probably the most interesting thing you can do if you like story. You can solo most (all?) of it up until the latter half of the AF quests. The hardest part of AF is gathering the people needed for the final quest (full party of 8, with a few exceptions for easier quests). You could easily complete a set of AF in a few hours. It's possible to do even faster if you tackle multiple AF quests at once since several jobs have overlapping AF locations (particularly when it comes to dungeons).

I know people talk shit on shouting in Ul'dah, but that's really all you need to do to get a group. See a group running a dungeon that you need solely for AF? Ask if you can tag along. Heck, if you're only going to be back during the free period, you could even be a douchebag and leave after you get your AF piece, but at least you got your AF! I got a majority of my AF sets (5 out of the 7 sets) with no dedicated linkshell help. My lazy ass didn't even shout, I just sat around Ul'dah waiting to see other peoples' relevant shouts.

[Patriarch]

I had a group that made it our goal to speed run jobs and we did all 7 jobs in 3 days.

One reason I don't play this game anymore

[Raldo]

You... don't play because a small subset of people decided to burn themselves through new content? Whoa there, you'd better stop playing MMOs then.

[Tomino]

I know people talk shit on shouting in Ul'dah, but that's really all you need to do to get a group. See a group running a dungeon that you need solely for AF? Ask if you can tag along. Heck, if you're only going to be back during the free period, you could even be a douchebag and leave after you get your AF piece, but at least you got your AF! I got a majority of my AF sets (5 out of the 7 sets) with no dedicated linkshell help. My lazy ass didn't even shout, I just sat around Ul'dah waiting to see other peoples' relevant shouts.

I know you were honestly trying to help others out, but that's exactly why this game ( pre 2.0 ) has no idea how content is properly accessed in modern MMOs.

When I have an evening to spare to sit down and play, I really cant stand to idling in Uldah checking shouts, /telling people and praying they wont be douchebags just so I can enjoy a tiny bit of content (I also paid for).

[Patriarch]

You... don't play because a small subset of people decided to burn themselves through new content? Whoa there, you'd better stop playing MMOs then.

I guess you missed 20% of my post.

I said "one reason". Slow down bro, read.

[TacoTaru]

One reason I don't play this game anymore

I was going to respond as a joke with what Raldo said, then you said it was "one of the reasons" and now I'm genuinely confused. One of the reasons you quit this game was because me and 3 friends burned all the job quests in 3 days? wat

[Madeline]

Well apparently I'm on Balmung now. If there are any groups there doing stuff and would welcome an old retired (I guess you could say vet? XD) hit up Nep Nep. Mind you my stuff is outdated/useless by now, quite possibly making me dead weight. I dunno. Either way.

I'll be around this evening whenever this is done installing. It got wiped when I reformatted. :<

[Cichy]

I know you were honestly trying to help others out, but that's exactly why this game ( pre 2.0 ) has no idea how content is properly accessed in modern MMOs.

When I have an evening to spare to sit down and play, I really cant stand to idling in Uldah checking shouts, /telling people and praying they wont be douchebags just so I can enjoy a tiny bit of content (I also paid for).

Yesterday and day before I spent 2 hours in TERAs magical instance matching system just to find no parties. Give me a fuckin break. Other MMOs have plenty of same problems. Not to mention the fact that once someone done their quests in the area there is no fuckin way in hell they going to help you. It's way easier to actually find some help in XIV.
Here's the deal. SE gave you guys 10 days to check out the current version, take it or leave it. There's bunch of bitching in this thread from people who haven't even played.
Game still has ton of problems but at this point it can be enjoyable if you just let yourself enjoy it. But instead it's "zomg, Elder Scrolls will kill it, GW2 will kill it, Farmvillle will kill it, blah,blah,blah."
If you dont want to play it now, dont do it. If you want to wait for trial of 2.0 than wait. At this point bunch of you are just trolling and talking about shit you have no idea about.

Anyways, I'm on Gungnir and usually on in the evening if anyone needs some help/gear, etc, hit me up.

[Lordender]

Lol I just saw the email about the welcome back campaign, I rather wait 4 more days until D3.

[Aratharn]

Really the only thing I'd say to do is get your Gobbue mount (free, just need to be lvl 30) as it won't be available later.

Until they do the content finder and improved search system, FFXIV isn't very fun if you don't have a decent/helpful LS.

[Vuitton]

http://static.finalfantasyxiv.com/to.../e7/2584_2.jpg

Do it.

[Madeline]

That's one of the first things I'm going to do when I log in. I don't even at the thought of my Lala on top of that thing.

edit: does it "herp derp" when it walks around like it looks like it would?

[Izzy]

Huh, did I make it sound like i liked how FFXIV did it? No, I don't think i did. I pointed out his post reminded me of a video watched recently. I don't recall anywhere in that statement claiming FFXI/FFXIV executed MMO's perfectly. Considering my last post was basically how horrible they've done in the past. Well, let me clear something up before you blow a blood vessel seething in your own fluids of anger, Because I obvious hit a sore spot with you.

Let me counter this with, did I seem like I was really mad? Because I ain't even mad.

[Halion]

For anyone wondering as it wasnt answered from the first page you do not to do anything in your account. If you have one you can simply log in to the game.

[Cichy]

This is really a Lodestone quality thread at this point, so much butthurt

[Madeline]

Every game is terrible in it's own little way. It's about finding a taste of terrible that you can live with.

[Corrderio]

Really the only thing I'd say to do is get your Gobbue mount (free, just need to be lvl 30) as it won't be available later.

Until they do the content finder and improved search system, FFXIV isn't very fun if you don't have a decent/helpful LS.

Pretty much sums it up. I'd suggest AF to, but since everyone pretty much has theirs at this point, good luck finding help for the dungeons/final fight.