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Seventh Astral Era Quests – Level 50 story quests that continue the A Realm Reborn story through Patches 2.1-2.5.

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Seventh Umbral Era Quests – Level 1-50 story quests released in Patch 2.0 as part of the base game A Realm Reborn.

Nope, not in Final Fantasy XIV.Ĭhronologically, the Main Scenario Quests are divided as follows: For 15+ years, I use brainwashed into thinking that the way you need to level a character in any game was to go into a town, do all the quests, then move onto the next town and repeat till you hit maximum level. Speaking of leveling, Final Fantasy XIV treats leveling very differently from how World of Warcraft brainwashed me into believing leveling should be done. New Gardinia, the place I spent the most time in for the beginning of the game

If I want to heal, then I go to the Conjurer Guild and sign up there, and boom, I’m a healer. However, if I wanted to change from an Archer/Bard and go hit things with a Sword, I could go to the Marauder guild, sign up there, and have to get new gear and level Marauder till it turns into a Warrior at level 30. When I hit level 30, my Archer Guildmaster sent me off to talk to this guy who turned out to be a Bard, which is the second-tier version of an Archer, which set me on the way of using songs, along with my Archer skills, to increase my damage output. I leveled my Archer all the way through to level 30 via traditional methods, which include: Main Story Quests, Job Quests, and side-quests. Final Fantasy XIV’s leveling system is tied to your class, not the character, and you can have all the jobs tied to one character, removing a lot of the problems that World of Warcraft has with leveling alt characters.įor example, I started out my character, Lilthica Dracal, as an Archer which is much like a Hunter from World of Warcraft, just without the pet to rely upon. The big difference between the way Final Fantasy XIV treats your character and your class as separate things is one of the biggest things that will make you rethink going back to World of Warcraft. You use these abilities to kill things, which give you experience, and you do quests which also give you experience, as well as money, that you use to level up your job, not the character. You have a bar that has all your abilities on it, and you push buttons to do special things related to your class (which is called a Job in traditional Final Fantasy style). When it comes to gameplay, there isn’t too much from the get-go that separates Final Fantasy XIV from World of Warcraft. Yes, much like slaying Boars in WoW, FFXIV has you starting out on Ladybugs World of Warcraft, you are the “Champion” from day one, a character who is going to be the “only” savior of the world and that’s all you ever are.

You are always just an Adventurer who has worked their way into a reputation of note, which allows you to do things for other kingdoms and characters who run the world. The two might seem similar, but at no point in Final Fantasy XIV are you referred to as “the chosen one” or a character of legend. The story of Final Fantasy XIV is about you as a character and your journey into a larger world as someone who is meant to help the NPC characters to shape the world. While there are other adventurers around you at all times, the only time you’ll see them is when you need to do a dungeon or raid. For years I have been subjected to over 15 years of “You are the champion of the Horde/Alliance, go forth and defeat this big god/demon/invasion/other faction” over and over again, all while standing around doing the same thing as 500,000 other “champions” as we all progress to the same goal.įinal Fantasy XIV sees you in the role of an Adventurer, someone who starts off as a newbie who arrives in town and needs to grow and build up your reputation as you become a part of the larger story over time. The biggest draw for a lot of “WoW Refugees” like myself is the different experiences that Final Fantasy XIV presents to us.

Yes, I went the trope and made a Cat-Girl… I am the weeb Given the current state of World of Warcraft, I made the move to what many people would consider the next best game in the MMO genre: Final Fantasy XIV, mostly because I wanted to play something different and also, I had a few spare codes from Square-Enix floating around that the PR people sent to me and were interested in seeing me record my experience.

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Hell, I never played Final Fantasy XI Online, which was the first time that the Final Fantasy series tried going into the MMO space, and to say that we avoided Final Fantasy XIV (the original version) due to all the issues and problems the game had is an understatement… And yes, most of us were playing World of Warcraft, something none of us are doing now. I know that we are VERY late to the party, but as I’ve mentioned time and time again, Final Fantasy XIV was not something that any of us here at The Outerhaven thought to give a go.