Hot take, but I really like ARR's MSQ

[ThisIsMyToon]

I first played after the MSQ was shortened during ShB so I don't have any idea what it used to be like aside from the stories I hear. My experience with the story has been almost completely positive since I started. ARR is certainly a slow burn, more focused on establishing lore and backgrounds for the setting than in telling a complex story, but I don't think that's inherently a bad thing. The worst part is obviously the Titan stuff, but even that has neat payoffs later on, so it's not wasted effort.

Anyways, I just want to express a little positivity for the oft maligned ARR MSQ.

[Lixire]

Автор сообщения: War Maiden

Автор сообщения: J

What is jmmorpg?

You can't be serious.
Really?

Usually when people talk about MMOs and XIV is in the talk. People see it as MMORPG or RPGMMO.
There is a term called JRPG and that genre does feature a vastly different game design from most western RPG titles.

But FFXIV for the most part is sharing the same fundamentals of WoW and even YoshiP admitting too that without WoW, ARR wouldn't have even happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgwliOmjHHE
Some people did refer to Japanese MMOs as grind heavy MMO but then you have Korean MMOs doing so i.e BDO, Lost Ark. then western MMOs like Everquest, Runescape (OSRS, no clue about RS3).

[Sweetllew]

story was to long and it felt dragged out a lot more than it should be it should be enough info that you get the general of the story and let side quests fill in gaps if the players want not forcing us to go through every detail to play the rest of the game

[Ultima]

I played ARR back when Heavensward was new. It was good. Idk why people say otherwise :/

[Lixire]

Автор сообщения: Ultima

I played ARR back when Heavensward was new. It was good. Idk why people say otherwise :/

I think is the fact that way more people play FFXIV now than it was in early HW days and also a different demographic came into the game.
so people came in with different expectations (both from their own games but also how much the community hypes about ShB and EW 6.0 stories).

[andynnos]

I am glad you like it. Personally I just finished 2.5 and it gave me brain cancer. The stupidity of it all just made me want to quit. I will push a little bit further since I heard HW story is good, but so far is below average.

[lilac]

not really a hot take the people that dislike it are just a loud minority