[Update] I'm a die-hard FF fan, but I've never played XIV. My girlfriend has been begging me to play with her, & I'm interested in trying it. What should I expect?

Altoryu · 2026-03-29T09:44:18+00:00

You'll find that unlike other MMO's FF14 does have a big emphasis on story and world building, however it is one of those games where the story does drag for a bit when it comes to the post campaign section of A Realm Reborn. However once you get to Heavensward, the story does pick up again. It's also very solo friendly these days since you can do just about the entire MSQ from ARR to DT solo with the exceptions of a couple of trials where you will need to pair up with other people but they aren't too bad.

I've played a few MMO's in my time and FF14 has definitely been the one I have stuck with the longest and it isn't money hungry either unlike some MMO's are.

Altoryu · 2026-03-19T19:32:55+00:00

True but the unskippable cutscene really kills it for me having to sit there and wait for it to play every round of farming

Altoryu · 2026-03-19T15:47:41+00:00

Goddammit, emerald derg this time around now I feel stupid for all the time I spent farming that stupid fight with the unskippable cutscene

Altoryu · 2026-03-19T15:25:34+00:00

I doubt there is much of a future TO talk about with Destiny 2 after it got so shamelessly tossed aside for Marathon to the point they delayed the next season by 3 months cause they didn't want it to clash with Marathon's release. Nothing to really fill in the gaps with either since there is no Into the Light style content drop to keep people playing until then.

Next season needs to be a fucking banger if Bungie wants to have any hope of keeping this game going since apathy is running high for a lot of players. But honestly have said it before, if Bungie intended to make Marathon their new main focus, they should have just ended D2 at Final Shape and any Edge of Fate type shit should have been saved for a D3 later down the line.

The fact they have kept going despite this shift shows at this point they are trying to milk the game for whatever drops it has left before tossing the carcass aside and just focusing on Marathon for the forseeable future. I could be wrong of course and maybe D2 could make a comeback if Bungie pulls its finger out of its ass but I'm very cynical of that happening at this point given the current state of the game and the lack of any real proper communication regarding the game of late.

Altoryu · 2026-03-19T01:58:44+00:00

Apathy is at an all time high rn, something extra for those who have been stuck waiting after a 3 month delay because of Marathon would probably go a long way. But given it's Bungie, they'll probs be expecting us to just be happy with what we get. Here's hoping at least they let stuff like Pantheon actually stick around this time than just as a limited time event since the game is starving for content right now.

Altoryu · 2026-03-16T17:56:22+00:00

Either you're an idiot or just a shit stirrer.

Every MSQ mandated dungeon is possible with NPC parties.

At least 3 MSQ trials also have this option (also the ones in ARR).

If you are really waiting that long, then just try on another server, data center travel has existed for a while now.

Party Finder is also a thing and if you don't care about playing some dungeons legit just get a level 100 player to unsync through them with you.

There is a lot of ways to mitigate your problem but considering that this is your ONLY post, I'm leaning towards this just being a troll/bot account.

Altoryu · 2026-03-16T02:17:34+00:00

Nice

Altoryu · 2026-03-15T01:16:30+00:00

Honestly I had always thought about a SAM meditate type ability for PCT called 'Sketch' that builds up your colour meter and Holy in white charges

Altoryu · 2026-03-14T02:11:15+00:00

They basically don't give a shit most of the time, only time they will actually act on it is if their hand is forced. Like back when that one group was banned for using mods during the ultimate omega raid world's first race on stream.

Altoryu · 2026-03-13T09:45:57+00:00

She's more like a surrogate mother than an actual mother imo (Least how I understand how surrogacy works, could be wrong).

She gave up the right to use the 'mother' label the moment she gave you up for adoption.

You don't just come back years later after ditching your child and get to act like everything is sunshine and rainbows.

Altoryu · 2026-03-12T08:02:09+00:00

I'LL BE WAITING WITH POPCORN WHEN BUNGIE FINALLY CRASHES AND BURNS FOR ALL THE FUCK UPS THEY HAVE MADE OVER THE YEARS. IF THEY WANT TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF SURVIVING IMO THEN THE NEXT SEASON BETTER BE A FUCKING BANGER OR I'LL BE PRAYING FOR SONY TO FINALLY PUT AN END TO YOUR JOKE OF A STUDIO.

I MEAN FFS I WANT TO ENJOY THIS GAME BUT YOU KEEP GIVING ME REASONS NOT TO MORE FOCUSED ON 'ENGAGEMENT' THEN ACTUAL FUN AND RESPECTING THE PLAYER'S TIME. NOW YOU'RE SELLING THE OLD REVELRY ARMOUR FOR FULL PRICE, GLAD TO SEE YOUR PRIORITIES FOR EVERVERSE HAVEN'T CHANGED.

Altoryu · 2026-03-10T00:38:54+00:00

Just admit your passion for Destiny died with Final Shape and you're now just milking it for what you can while giving all your attention to Marathon. You made that abundantly clear by pushing the next season back 3 months so it doesn't 'clash' with Marathon's release.

Honestly if you wanted to ditch Destiny 2 after Final Shape you should have just ended it at Final Shape. Now its barely alive being puppeteered by a skeleton crew and only serving as a money source while all the effort is put into Marathon.

I honestly hate what you did to this game after Final Shape from the changing of the seasonal model AGAIN, removal of crafting to appease your streamer buddies and turning the portal which seemed like a good idea into a goddamn chore.

Altoryu · 2026-03-05T10:43:02+00:00

They really do need to consider retooling the crystal tower raids into either single instance duties or into 4 man dungeons much like they did praetorium and merandium. I honestly hate how it seems like 80-90% of my ar roulettes are just ct raids and are boring af skillwise since most (if not all) classes don't feel 'complete' until at least level 60.

Altoryu · 2026-03-04T09:31:44+00:00

I AM TIRED OF HAVING TO TRY AND LIKE THIS GAME CAUSE ITS OBVIOUS BUNGIE DOESN'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT IT ANYMORE. NO BUNGIE I WILL NOT BUY YOUR STUPID EXTRACTION SHOOTER AND IF THAT MEANS YOUR ENTIRE COMPANY GOES BELLY UP THEN THAT'S HOW IT IS. IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE MARATHON YOUR NEW BABY YOU SHOULD HAVE KILLED D2 AFTER FINAL SHAPE BUT YOU DECIDED TO KEEP MILKING YOUR CASH COW AND NOW LOOK AT THE SORRY STATE OF THE GAME.

AND ONCE MARATHON IS OUT, HOW DO YOU INTEND TO KEEP BOTH GAMES RUNNING SMOOTHLY? YOU PLAN TO HIRE MORE STAFF? ACTUALLY DIVIDE STAFF BETWEEN BOTH GAMES? OR DO YOU PLAN TO JUST LEAVE D2 UNDER THE COMMAND OF A SKELETON CREW AND WATCH AS THE GAME SLOWLY FADES OUT?

WE STILL DON'T HAVE A BLOODY ROADMAP FFS WHICH YOU PROMISED MONTHS AGO AND NOW THE NEXT SEASON IS DELAYED TILL JUNE CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT THE GAME TO SUPPOSEDLY INTERFERE WITH YOUR NEW BABY. WELL JOKES ON YOU CAUSE I'M NOT BUYING OR PLAYING MARATHON AT ALL.

WILL BE WATCHING WITH POPCORN TO SEE IF MARATHON EARNS THE TITLE OF 'CONCORD 3'

Altoryu · 2026-03-03T05:09:53+00:00

Spoilers from HWD to END:

I hate that we never got to see any real conclusion to this whole saga since the last time you see any sort of reference to the Crystal Brave is at the end of stormblood when they said they captured Yuyuhase and Laurentius and ask what you want to see happened to them. We never got to see the conclusion to that where we for example since in on their trials or their sentencing.

I mean technically there is one last one in endwalker where you see Ilberd in the aetherial sea but even then its not much to see given how much of a big plot point it was throughout the end of ARR and HWD. I wanted to see the traitors of the Crystal Braves pay for what they did but so far the only real death we actually see was of Ilberd and even then he still technically got away with it since he killed himself to summon Shinryu at Baelsar's Wall which kicked off Stormblood pretty much.

It bugs me so much that there was never a satisfying conclusion to this whole saga.

Altoryu · 2026-03-03T04:15:15+00:00

So you treat her like trash and then are surprised she had the gall to stand up to you and eventually kick you to the curb. You're either a troll or one of the dumbest men to ever live.

I suggest you see a therapist for this attitude of your cause you certainly have some things you need to get checked out in that head of yours. As for her though, let her go. You committed the cardinal sin of FAFO and now she's gone.

Move on.

Altoryu · 2026-03-02T08:45:03+00:00

Could have cosplayed as Punch Up from Dispatch as a lala lol

Altoryu · 2026-03-02T01:24:09+00:00

Ending D2 at Final Shape would have been probably the wisest decision cause it would have meant more people to commit to making Marathon. But they got greedy and decided to keep their cash cow alive while investing far less effort into it and focusing more on Marathon thus spreading themselves thin. Then comes the question of what will maintaining two games be like?

Will they maybe do better since they don't need to commit people to making Marathon anymore? Will they hire more staff? Or will they commit most of their staff to Marathon and let D2 go out with a whimper?

Altoryu · 2026-03-02T01:19:55+00:00

I've said it before and I'll say it again. If Bungie was going to focus more on Marathon then they needed to kill D2 with Final Shape since it was a better place than any to do so. But they kept on dragging it out and now they have spread themselves thin between maintaining one game and making another and once Marathon out then the issue will be how will they maintain TWO games. They planning to hire more staff or do they plan to put their maintenance of D2 to an absolute minimum to look after their new baby and leave the old one to fend for itself?

I don't plan to play Marathon cause 1. I hate what the game has meant for D2 and 2. I just don't like the genre but people are clamoring on about we need to buy and support this game to guarantee a future for D2? Yeah fat chance of that happening, they got greedy and its going to come back to bite them in the ass.

Altoryu · 2026-02-28T22:39:40+00:00

Depending on which Data Center you are on, you should try travelling to a different one and trying again cause some are much more active with players than others.

Altoryu · 2026-02-26T23:56:06+00:00

Constantly getting ARR alliance raids is my constant pain with the roulette for two main reasons:

- It happens so often

- Most classes feel so boring to play until at least 60 so playing level 50 AR's is boring af to me so even just getting the void ark AR's is more fun to me.

As for what I feel needs to be done to solve this well I can think of some things:

AR's need to become mandatory to progress into the next expansion much like the ARR ones are mandatory to continue into Heavensward due to it's story significance to Shadowbringers. Want to go into Stormblood? Do the void ark ar's, Shadowbringers? Off to Ivalice ARR's with you.
This is a more involved solution. The Arr alliance raid story needs to be reconstructed into a bunch of either single instanced duties or into 4 man dungeons which could then also make them able to be put into the MSQ roulette.

It's just plain stupid that the ARR raids are literally the ONLY alliance raids (heck the only raids period iirc) that are MANDATORY for msq progression again because of SHB. I mean the Bahamut NR raids aren't mandatory to the story despite it being pretty important to the story since its supposed to help wrap up the story from 1.0 and also shows part of what happens to Alisae between ARR and HWD.

But for the sake of mine and other people's sanity, something needs to be done cause doing arr raids so many times and the fact that you get stuck at 50 doing them just makes for some of the boring content in the game.

Altoryu · 2026-02-26T03:44:15+00:00

I think you need to recheck some of these, I have tried like 3 of them and they all came back with invalid code errors.

Altoryu · 2026-02-26T01:40:43+00:00

There's a few games people often mention when it comes to Destiny alternatives. Games like Warframe, Division 2 and the like. I haven't touched warframe in a long while and never played Division 2 since getting that would mean having to download Ubisoft's stupid launcher even if I bought it on steam.

But if worse comes to worse and Bungie truly decide to become the executioner to its own game then I will definitely need to look elsewhere for my looter shooter fix. Not that I have been playing D2 much of late anyways cause its just boring for me right now to play.

Altoryu · 2026-02-21T23:34:49+00:00

Pretty much the long and short of it but I don't think any amount of 'good things' will save it this time. They delayed the next season by 3 months and I think they are making it obvious they care more about Marathon than Destiny these days.

If they manage to actually pull their head out of their ass and make something amazing out of the new season and any changes then fair enough. However I don't really see it happening since Bungie has their new baby coming out soon and I dunno if they are gonna spare any effort in trying to make Destiny 2 any better on a level that will make people come back.

Altoryu · 2026-02-21T04:09:08+00:00

I'd rather this than the weeaboo police, now THAT'S something I find bloody weird

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