FFXIV Random Complaint Thread: Look forward to it

**Carth** · 2013-09-12 22:35

Originally Posted by Lucavi

Where. Are. Your. Friends.

Seriously, where is your FC? Your complaints are legitimate, but Christ, bribe your friends, if you have to, to run you through it. Suck their dicks if you have to.

All of my friends would rather level second classes and not grind AK/WP for Darklight. Something about being boring.

**five** · 2013-09-12 22:55

so wtf are we supposed to do with these double sets of AF? Had some in armoire and quest spit out more into my inventory... any way to dispose of them..?

**Maaglin** · 2013-09-12 23:57

Maybe the story is alright, idk, who cares, I'm not up on the details since I'll never make myself read through the 10 million text boxes SE wants me to read. If it was cut scenes with voice overs that I didn't have to bother to hit the "next" button to continue, I'd pay a lot more attention. But fuck you if you think I'm gonna read your wall of text while having to manually progress to the next part every time. Never gonna happen.

I just don't care enough, and there's nothing to be gained from doing so. The game holds your hand through each and every step of the way. It's not like you are forced to suffer through the cut scenes as the only way to figure out what to do next.

There's just no value to me in talking to someone to initiate a main quest, teleporting around as fast as possible to run to each ??? on the map, using DF to clear the dungeon, and running back to say "complete". There's no sense of accomplishment, just on to the next task, rinse and repeat.

Overall the game is fun, I enjoy it quite a bit, but the "story" and how it's presented is just lol.

**CrstyCptSteveWitherspoon** · 2013-09-12 23:59

To say AK sucks now is the understatement of the year. Not only did they throw in things you need to do to get to each boss(last pack at 1st, gargoyles? at 2nd, succubus at 3rd) they added MORE trash to places you used to sac to. Like that was even need. Runs are 40-45 mins now. Literally the most boring thing in the world. 8 times a week for t2 tokens then doing CM.

**ronin sparthos** · 2013-09-13 00:39

Saw this gem on the OF, made my night:

Just had a tank join a dungeon with me...
Before anyone moved he asked how long the DPS had waited. They replied 30-35 minutes. Tank says "that's not nearly long enough." and goes AFK for 10 minutes before coming back and saying "I'm going to reset your queue for you. The best part is the 15 minutes ban from duty finder STILL gets me another dungeon before you clowns."

And then he left the group.

Good times.

**blowfin** · 2013-09-13 02:02

Originally Posted by ronin sparthos

Saw this gem on the OF, made my night:

As funny as it is (and it's pretty funny), it's shit like that which will eventually get us a low pooling system like DoTA 2, or timeouts that are actually a real punishment. Ether of which wouldn't bother me, there are plenty of time wasting clowns around.

**Kuishen** · 2013-09-13 02:15

When the ACTUAL story is going on it's good, but there's so much filler I'm having a hard time remembering why I'm even doing half of the things the game has me running around for.

I wouldn't even have a problem with all the filler if it had any substance but it doesn't and it's literally all fetch quests. The writers were even aware of it based on one of the comments one of the NPCs makes and yet they still do it anyways. It's not like you're running around discovering important lore while you're doing these mundane tasks, you're just doing busy work until the next boss fight, where the only real story happens.

**blowfin** · 2013-09-13 02:33

Originally Posted by Kuishen

I wouldn't even have a problem with all the filler if it had any substance but it doesn't and it's literally all fetch quests. The writers were even aware of it based on one of the comments one of the NPCs makes and yet they still do it anyways. It's not like you're running around discovering important lore while you're doing these mundane tasks, you're just doing busy work until the next boss fight, where the only real story happens.

Yep that made me chuckle, think it's at the end of the main quest at Costa Del Sol. The NPC says something along the lines of "Wow, you sure are persistent, such a bunch of pointless busywork".

"Spot On" I thought, then "FML" as I went on doing more pointless busywork.

**Siatdiat** · 2013-09-13 02:37

Originally Posted by Kuishen

When the ACTUAL story is going on it's good, but there's so much filler I'm having a hard time remembering why I'm even doing half of the things the game has me running around for.

I wouldn't even have a problem with all the filler if it had any substance but it doesn't and it's literally all fetch quests. The writers were even aware of it based on one of the comments one of the NPCs makes and yet they still do it anyways. It's not like you're running around discovering important lore while you're doing these mundane tasks, you're just doing busy work until the next boss fight, where the only real story happens.

I hope they take the terrible filler story out of this game, and additionally remove all the xp gained from doing them. That way everyone can bitch then that those quests are no longer there to gain xp from. Hmm, why stop there? Lets remove all the terrible story and terrible quests and then people can just camp FATE, and complain there is not enough viable methods of gaining xp.

Worst thing about this game by far is every time I log on the actual game, or go to any forum, all I see is people whining and complaining like someone is torturing them. I have to wonder if that is just the way things are going to be from now on in any mmo post wow.

**blowfin** · 2013-09-13 02:42

Originally Posted by Siatdiat

Worst thing about this game by far is every time I log on the actual game, or go to any forum, all I see is people whining and complaining like someone is torturing them. I have to wonder if that is just the way things are going to be from now on in any mmo post wow.

Key for me is actually going and doing something else if i'm getting bored. Main quest had me a bit burnt out (see above) so I haven't done much but crafting and gathering for the last couple of nights.

Some people don't think that far though.

**Sephiroth** · 2013-09-13 02:42

That gear check for DF can't come fast enough. I'm sick of getting into PUGs and finding the group just can't DPS fast enough. I don't know if it's FATE grinders not knowing how to play their jobs, their shitty gear or both. Tried to PUG Garuda last night and we just couldn't kill the phase 2 adds fast enough.

**Shadowhusky** · 2013-09-13 02:46

Is it just me or do legacy servers lag? Playing on the NA one and it seems to lag more than a non-legacy server I mainly play on.

**fussel** · 2013-09-13 03:19

Originally Posted by five

so wtf are we supposed to do with these double sets of AF? Had some in armoire and quest spit out more into my inventory... any way to dispose of them..?

Interesting.... If you have your AF in inventory or Armory Chest while doing the AF quests (again, with the first time being in 1.0), you won't get the AF items a second time.

**Kuishen** · 2013-09-13 03:30

Originally Posted by Siatdiat

I hope they take the terrible filler story out of this game, and additionally remove all the xp gained from doing them. That way everyone can bitch then that those quests are no longer there to gain xp from. Hmm, why stop there? Lets remove all the terrible story and terrible quests and then people can just camp FATE, and complain there is not enough viable methods of gaining xp.

Worst thing about this game by far is every time I log on the actual game, or go to any forum, all I see is people whining and complaining like someone is torturing them. I have to wonder if that is just the way things are going to be from now on in any mmo post wow.

Holy mayad bro.

Shit writing is shit writing, I don't know why you would even try to defend or excuse that. They needed the filler to give you exp? They could have put all of the filler into regular quests and kept the main story the actual main story and the outcome would have been exactly the same.

Also for your 3rd class (depending on how you space out your quests, I'm keeping them regional: only doing them on a class that comes from that region), you do run out of viable ways to xp that isn't FATEs. So your argument is that HEY THEY COULD HAVE MADE YOU HAVE TO DO THAT SOONER.

Did you even read your post aloud before you hit enter?

**Dathus** · 2013-09-13 04:30

Hey, you know what's cool? Going to a level 20 gathering item and getting 190 for a 60~% chance, when I can just go to a level 14 item for 97% chance at 150 and 15% at 400+ experience when I'm level 16.

Seriously, how does I mine for fish?

**Hyan** · 2013-09-13 04:42

Originally Posted by Kuishen

Shit writing is shit writing, I don't know why you would even try to defend or excuse that. They needed the filler to give you exp? They could have put all of the filler into regular quests and kept the main story the actual main story and the outcome would have been exactly the same.

So now we've come to the point where we bitch about the quest icon indicating MAIN QUEST instead of SIDE QUEST when it's not about owning the Primals? And how does filler translate to shit writing?

Amazing stuff honestly.

**miokomioko** · 2013-09-13 04:45

So, I just got booted off the server while in the middle of fighting Ultima Weapon... now I can't log in at all.

bedtime.

**Carth** · 2013-09-13 04:57

Guys, the Titan filler was pretty bad, and the Garuda filler was a low point as well, but it was better constructed than Titan. I'm not sure why people here are defending that mess, and this is coming from a person who says this is one of the best FF stories in recent years.

Before the final dungeons at level 50, one of the quest is you have to cook soup for everyone so they can cheer up. Something about getting soup served from a hero makes them stop pissing themselves in fear.

**popsiclestix** · 2013-09-13 04:59

I think the story needed some type of user input instead of just passively watching the story while my character simply nods for everything.

**Siatdiat** · 2013-09-13 05:01

Originally Posted by Carth

Guys, the Titan filler was pretty bad, and the Garuda filler was a low point as well, but it was better constructed than Titan. I'm not sure why people here are defending that mess, and this is coming from a person who says this is one of the best FF stories in recent years.

Before the final dungeons at level 50, one of the quest is you have to cook soup for everyone so they can cheer up. Something about getting soup served from a hero makes them stop pissing themselves in fear.

So would it be better if that was a side quest and not a "main story quest"? And the Titan filler was IMO the least fillerish since they brought it together pretty well at the end of it.

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