Final Fantasy XIV - Kiwi Free Company

[ChromaQuack]

This really was naruto shippiuden the expansion

My favourite part is the quest where they make you walk through half the city talking to Wuk Lamat who recounts to another NPC shit that happened like, 30 seconds ago, two lines at a time, every 50 meters. Lv99 - A New Family, it's the worst quest in the fucking game, even cleaning the lamps in Limsa was better.

 

[Übertroon]

On level 94 questing now. Something stood out to me that made my brain feel like it'd cracked.
So if a centuries-long conflict ended because the Mamool Ja and the Hrothgar, who'd been killing each other for centuries, ate each others' food... Why didn't early Garleans just feed stew to the factions that made anti-miscegenation laws against them and wanted them all dead for being weak non-magic users? Why didn't Domans, Ala Mhigans or Dalmascans just toss the Garlean Empire some local cuisine? Would that have ended their oppression, enslavement and second-class citizenry? I'm sorry, this is retarded.
What a hilariously simplistic depiction of reconciling, considering Heavensward dedicated time to showing the people that didn't instantly fall in love with or even tolerate things like a less omnipresent church and no more Dragonsong War. There better be some sort of twist relating to Gulool not actually being a form of Lizard Jesus and there was more at play in how Tural ended up in such a peaceful state, otherwise this is laughable. Lower stakes and drama shouldn't mean no stakes and drama whatsoever.

I think we're at the stage now where any ethnic conflict is a big no no
Everything is globohomo and you'll like it.
I think Tural would have been far more interesting if it wasn't a single nation controlling two continents with no conflict between tribes

 

[Kier Starmer]

I am just so let down by Picto and those saying the gameplay is amazing is pure cope. The new battle effects don't address the issues with combat and thats some classes need a shake up, especially Black mage. Honestly as a Warrior main I think they need a rework too but because they are tanking it is less noticeable.

I think part of me is just withholding from playing because the EW burnt me out so much.

 

[RIPRhongoBongo]

I am just so let down by Picto

I think it should have been a limited job tbh

 

[Road Work Ahead]

Out of morbid curiosity I've stuck with English voices. Wuk Lamat has only gotten worse. The guy can almost make a passable female voice when it's just normal dialogue, but the moment he has to show any emotion that goes completely out the window and the Wuk starts sounding like a 13 year old boy.

I'm curious to see just how bad it will get later.

 

[Zilortha]

I am just so let down by Picto and those saying the gameplay is amazing is pure cope. The new battle effects don't address the issues with combat and thats some classes need a shake up, especially Black mage. Honestly as a Warrior main I think they need a rework too but because they are tanking it is less noticeable.

Personally I like Picto, but I wouldn't say it's "amazing". It's amazingly simple maybe, but that's about it. But that's kinda what I like about it. I'm a dumb healer player who is only good at mashing a single DPS button and looking at HP bars and making sure the bar stays full. Picto feels like a DPS designed for healers. It's really simple but fun imo, which isn't a bad thing. On the other hand (like I said, I'm kinda dumb so don't take my word for it) but Viper seems complicated af lol, so at least they have both ends of the spectrum covered

 

[Angry Crustacean]

>expansion introduces a class about painting
>expansion area's only art is sculpture
What did Square mean by this?

 

[EmpGulcasa]

Level 99 dungeon was fun, though the bosses became pretty trivial once you saw each of their attacks once. Only died on the first boss because the other DPS and healer kept running to the wrong side and I couldn't keep them both up and heal myself. Rest of it went smoothly. Music was good.

 

[Drifting Panzer]

Story still hasn't gotten better, but actually made my experience with the game worse. Through the slow start of ARR, the Ala Mhigo part of SB and EW's stupider moments it was still fun enough to disregard the bad parts of the game, like the large amount of cc in pvp, almost everyone turns into a retard in pvp, idiots in dungeons and lalafells. Now I notice those things more, or rather they annoy me more.

Thank god the gameplay loop is still the same. It will keep me going until I'm at level cap on all jobs. Hopefully the story has gotten better or the patch content goes in a more interesting direction than what I've seen so far.

Also, so far, Koana best boy.

 

[King Of Braves]

Finished the MSQ. Unfortunately the story is hampered entirely by Wuk Lamat existing. Gameplay wise though everything has been great.

 

[EmpGulcasa]

Lv99 - A New Family, it's the worst quest in the fucking game, even cleaning the lamps in Limsa was better.

Thought this was the usual hyperbole from the thread but lol. They literally have you run around a city you've already run around 3-4 times before telling you the events that you just played through over the last 2 levels as if you weren't there. What was the point of this?

 

[Kheapathic]

Already watched someone go fucking insane and try correcting people that Beast Tribes are now Allied Societies. Damn near invoked the idea of dead naming, had to point out Gaius calls them that in his monologue at the end of Praetorium, so it's still a proper name for them. Get called a bigoted, don't deny it... I fucking hate people who play this game.

 

[Angry Crustacean]

Thought this was the usual hyperbole from the thread but lol. They literally have you run around a city you've already run around 3-4 times before telling you the events that you just played through over the last 2 levels as if you weren't there. What was the point of this?

Padding in lieu of actually adding to the plot in any way.

This plot is designed by committee with no unifying vision, and it really shows.

 

[Fcret]

I am just so let down by Picto and those saying the gameplay is amazing is pure cope. The new battle effects don't address the issues with combat and thats some classes need a shake up, especially Black mage. Honestly as a Warrior main I think they need a rework too but because they are tanking it is less noticeable.

It's been more or less confirmed that we're getting major gameplay system reworks in 8.0 and that we'll start seeing hints of it starting in 7.2. I imagine Viper and Picto got half-baked designs specifically because they're just going to be completely retooled along with everything else in 8.0.

Padding in lieu of actually adding to the plot in any way.

This plot is designed by committee with no unifying vision, and it really shows.

I remember them calling out that this is supposed to be 1.2x the size of Endwalker in terms of cutscene length and god it really did not need to be. I don't know who at SE decided to make this a metric for CBU3 to follow but they fucked up badly trying to stretch this into EW length.

The one saving grace is that it's bad enough that the Japs are super annoyed which means we'll probably see them not do something so gay and boring again plot-wise.

 

[EmpGulcasa]

It's been more or less confirmed that we're getting major gameplay system reworks in 8.0 and that we'll start seeing hints of it starting in 7.2. I imagine Viper and Picto got half-baked designs specifically because they're just going to be completely retooled along with everything else in 8.0.


I remember them calling out that this is supposed to be 1.2x the size of Endwalker in terms of cutscene length and god it really did not need to be. I don't know who at SE decided to make this a metric for CBU3 to follow but they fucked up badly trying to stretch this into EW length.

The one saving grace is that it's bad enough that the Japs are super annoyed which means we'll probably see them not do something so gay and boring again plot-wise.

Are the JP players really as annoyed with it? That's good. They wouldn't care if it was just the West.

 

[Dave.]

This has so far been the worst expansion story wise that square has put out. It’s even worse than Stormblood which is a fucking achievement in itself. At least Stormblood gave me funny moments and some interesting characters, but this expansion has just been so devoid of personality, that it feels like it was AI generated using cheap anime as a training module.

It’s actually killing my motivation to play this game. I’m at level 100 and in the final stretch and I’m so bored to tears that I actually am thinking about abandoning the game. I don’t want to fucking play it.

 

[Black Willow Lurker]

It's been more or less confirmed that we're getting major gameplay system reworks in 8.0

That would be interesting too see. Not sure if they got the balls, though. So far they've been very "consistent" with how they do stuff, and major changes are guaranteed to piss off a lot of people, regardless if the changes are good or not, and I'm not sure they're ready for that.

Anyways, done with the story (seems like they fired their editor, so skip cutscene to the rescue). Combat's pretty fun. A lot more movement (RIP BLM), environmental telegraphs (very cool, but please SE, increase the zoom distance, I don't want a fucking gigaultrawide just to see stuff), and overall faster fights. Would be interesting to see bosses not run to the center of the arena for every mechanic, but oh well, good enough.
Leveled Picto to 95. Meh. I can kinda see why this is a "BLM junior" with some flexibility in the rotation (either than, or I've turned into the "freestyle samurai" meme), and you even get Ley Lines (sort of), but movement is a non-issue with generous slidecasting and tons of instant casts.
Haven't unlocked Kirito-kun yet, might try that one next.

 

[ChromaQuack]

that it feels like it was AI generated using cheap anime as a training module.

I legit feel not just XIV, but a lot of games that run as "games as a service", particularly on the RPG markets are getting written by AI as a way to pad everything with a mountain of shit and it really shows.

I really hope JP players are mad about it, I know I gave the MSQ a 3/5 when I was at the halfway point but the introduction of a certain very late coming character and its consequences lower it to 1.5/5, I can't give it a 1 because that's reserved solely for post-EW.

I wasn't even hating the trooncat that much by the end (in fact, she might be growing on me a little), but good lord I despise the latecomer, them and their story segment are just fucking awful.

 

[Kheapathic]

I'm usually not one to say shit needs to slow down, but I'm on the quest to get the final Aero to fly in the first zone (Quest Level 92) and I feel like the exp reward isn't balanced. Granted I could relieve this problem by not doing daily roulettes or using other classes; but I'm already level 95 on my Dark Knight and 93 on my Paladin, after only 2 days of playing and 2 days of daily roulettes. If this continues, I'm gonna have all 4 tank classes at 100 by the end of the expansion.

I still have different parts of the weekly completions and Zhloe's Diary that I can get exp from too. I shouldn't be whining, since I want to max out every class, but exp feels too bountiful right now.

 

[Soycast Guy]

Absolutely fuck maulskull. I’m in the skydeep cenote and my party keeps getting wiped by the red arrow attack. The NPC’s are idiots and don’t get in the middle. Now I have to run through the dungeon again with players.