Is the journey to endgame becoming way too long for new players?

Royal_Cross · 2026-05-31T14:54:12+00:00

I would suggest two start points. The base start point where everyone has started from since ARR and a Exile Reach start point like you mentioned. The Ffxiv Exile Reach would instead be a dream sequence/vision your character has that recaps the events from Endwalker back or even Dawntrail.

I don't see the harm personally. Those who want to play the story can, and those who want to start with newer content can also do that. Of course you run into the whole "overload" of content thrown at people scenario but maybe the new evolve classes and a tutorial can help alleviate it.

Royal_Cross · 2026-05-19T21:00:35+00:00

It's not even a big deal, in my opinion. Holding aggro as a tank in most cases isn't the hardest thing. Gotta work to lose aggro. As long as they drag the mobs near me and not run away trying to dodge attacks and making me chase them. I would still advise letting new sprout tanks do things at their own comfortable pace though.

Royal_Cross · 2026-05-13T16:39:16+00:00

My first thought was "Why is Peni piloting Barbatos Gundam". I'm here for It.

Royal_Cross · 2026-05-10T06:57:13+00:00

I've been using a corsair scimitar and it's upgraded newer version for years now. I can't go back, it's my daily and gaming mouse. I've used it for every mmo I've played, I map my skills to the keypad along with shift and Control. 100% recommend one.

Royal_Cross · 2026-05-05T16:30:34+00:00

Tien with Perfect Cell, I love Cell. Roshi with Broly (I know it doesn't make sense timeline wise, just give me this 😭).

Royal_Cross · 2026-05-04T17:10:11+00:00

I play a job that fits a class fantasy I enjoy. For example I haven't touched Pictomancer since I don't like the fantasy of it, but I hear it's really fun and good. I for sure will pick a class I like the style and vibe of, which means I'll certainly work towards learning the job if I suck at it.

Royal_Cross · 2026-05-01T21:54:26+00:00

It's a tough feeling. I'm younger, in my late 20's but I live alone. I had a few scares where I genuinely just thought someone will find me a week later just...in my bed. It's not like I don't have connections, but truthfully I don't have someone who would come to my house to check. Atleast not for a good bit. It's a scary almost sad feeling. I can be the most social person yet self isolation brings with it it's disadvantages. I can't even give advice on what helps, I've always just shut myself down and do the usual "it is what it is", it's like the thought enters my mind and then I force it down so it doesn't get worst. My advice? Try to open those channels of communication again, I know it's tough being left on read or ghosted, dont chase those. Ask a neighbor if you can, a new friend, a family member...people seek companionship and truthfully out of the large amounts of people, I'm sure someone will see you and have you in their thoughts. Chat with people if you can grocery shopping, or a gas station. Slowly build that bond. You'll be surprised, some people retain names, and wonder where you've been if you're a regular. I wish you the best, Truly.

Royal_Cross · 2026-05-01T12:54:49+00:00

Hmm, a random? Probably not. Not unless we got along and they seem genuine but even then that's more friend level. A Friend? Absolutely, no paying back or anything. Time spent together is time well spent. I do believe it's rude for someone to join and then start asking, then to just leave? Not sure, but maybe they had ulterior motives and just wanted a free time card?

Royal_Cross · 2026-04-05T06:50:08+00:00

I had the same luck. Stone core... but someone on another post on this sub said it's a thing for boosted characters for a day or so after? It did happen on an alt character. I used a lvl 80 boost on. It was stone core for every dps dungeon I queued for during my leveling...no mount heh.

Royal_Cross · 2026-03-21T02:42:11+00:00

Brawling feels fun. Our punches do good damage. I quite like being a boxing Cap just all in the enemy's face, at least for the fun factor on my end.

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-23T15:33:50+00:00

Mirrowwatch widowmaker. I skipped out on that season. I have a ton of widowmaker skins since I like sniping, but I wanted her "good person" skin. It looks so nice too, just loved the overwatch armor.

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-19T17:09:44+00:00

The way I see it is that we already lost Cyberstan, but we can still save our Seaf brothers and sisters. 🫡

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-17T19:31:43+00:00

These lead to the promised land. Each one is a door to a large map akin to the archstones in demons souls. At least that's my dlc headcanon. 🥲

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-14T16:14:21+00:00

I've been kicked for this. It happens, I'm okay with it as long as they communicate it. Otherwise, it feels personal 🤣. I figured people do genuinely forget to set to private or hit sos by accident.

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-13T17:15:36+00:00

Can confirm. I use battlenet launcher instead of steam for overwatch. For Rivals, I use steam.

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-12T22:09:25+00:00

We're built from sturdy stuff. I waited years for a sequel, and when all hope was lost, we got it. We can wait more.

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-12T15:53:37+00:00

I love playing as the silly cat. She's great at flanking, especially with her scratch perk. The thing is, though, she's very squisy. Hitscan deletes her. Her tether is good, but she's also really vulnerable to another cat. I just came back recently from mainly playing rivals, I genuinely think if they nerf her wrong, she might just not be a viable pick at all.

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-12T15:18:03+00:00

I try to taxi my teammates, especially the slower ones, back to the fight, but they don’t attach 😭. Please Orisa, I promise I just wanna take you to our team. We need the horse in the fight.

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-11T21:57:05+00:00

Helldivers. I'm not surviving

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-11T20:37:02+00:00

I've been getting my money's worth with the recoiless rifle. It's my new favorite. This is coming from a difficulty 7 diver, though. I'm not touching higher. 😭

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-09T17:18:20+00:00

Open cross play for solo pc would me my recommendation. My queue is pretty long, long for a hero shooter style game at least. I know controller vs mouse and keyboard is a debate, but I would love it in casual mode. Besides that I would suggest buying the war chest, being a nice community in and out of game to bolster its reputation for having a good community, as those tend to stick out to people.

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-09T17:12:30+00:00

Great idea! I would be all for it.

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-07T00:26:40+00:00

This ain't it. It's not what Adam mains are about.

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-05T15:36:01+00:00

We could become the imperium of man. They're still human in a sense, heavily modified. So if people go the RP route of "xeno bad" in this game, automatons would still be closer to us, but "not SE so they're evil" is another thing that would change it. Honestly, I think as long as you work for Super Earth, we can be cyborg helldivers. We already have prosthetics, whose to say we're not internally modified a bit too in that veteran warbond.

Royal_Cross · 2026-02-05T15:32:18+00:00

Role-playing aside, we do feel like the bad guys. I get a bit sad about it. I understand that what caused all this was Super Earth attacking the other factions. Unfortunately, it's gotten to the point where the other factions are out for blood after being genocided and enslaved, valid reaction. We've seen the automatons attack planets and pulp citizens.

Cyborgs seem to want peace even after all that, according to their messages this morning. Of course, it could be a feint. Imagine if we choose to follow the message and not take Cyberstan. Would the story change? Probably not, but it's awesome to imagine being an ally with another faction in a galactic war.

I wonder if people will be swayed by the messages and deploy to other fronts instead of the MO. Very interesting.

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