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  1. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Well crystal tower is required currently for ARR MSQ so everyone playing now has done it. I assume the prereqs change from time to time as they revamp/streamline older content so maybe players in the past who never did crystal tower wouldn't have known about it, since they have no idea what the...
  2. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    ?? are you fucking serious? You've got to be trolling now. Even you are not dumb enough to have been surprised by that obvious reveal.
  3. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Ok so you agree it was really dumb writing? thanks. edit:
  4. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I do have one question about the exarch scene edit: Spoiler tag for....me? sure. I'm the only one who hasn't played this game. Nobody else starting this game now cares about the story, it's the worst part of FF14. Every other sprout i''ve seen just hits escape on cut scenes and clicks...
  5. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Initial take? I liked him better when he was called Vitiate/Valkorian/Tenebrae. Hell I liked him better when he was called the black spirit. I don't dislike him as an antagonist, nor does he earn any overwhelming praise. I'm not exactly sure what you're asking? Like how am I liking him as a...
  6. Sylas

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Nah i said used 2015-2020 range but looking at used cars online theyve jumped considerably. Ive never been a fan of buying new but looking at sticker pricesit may be worth it nowadays. Im looking at rav4, crv, and acura rdx right now.
  7. Sylas

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Thanks for the inputs guys keep em coming. Ive never liked the look of a wagon will be a hard sell for me. But really the only thing i know for certain that i don't want is a convertible/sports car/coupe cus im at that mid life crisis age and i don't wanna be that guy. Budget is not a...
  8. Sylas

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Aight FOH need recommendations for a good vehicle. I am returning to the us this summer after having lived in japan for the past 8 years. When i was younger Ive normally always knew exactly what kind of car i wanted next (sports cars) but I'm older now and woefully out of date on current...
  9. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    rofl. I already refuted your points when you made them earlier when I proved you wrong last time, you just regurtitating shit that I already shot down is just your way of saying "no u"
  10. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I won't score it yet but mid game of Shadowbringers is showing marked improvement of it's story telling compared to previous content. It's done a much better job of establishing stakes and overall atmosphere of the first. However the presentation of the general of degenerate homo town feels...
  11. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Weak, 1/10
  12. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    rofl, proven wrong when? cite some examples please. Any time i've been mistaken or misremembered something I posted stating so. I can give you plenty of examples where people arguing with me were proven wrong, like how auto-facing works, etc. write walls of text, yes, guilty skipped over...
  13. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Sorry for the double tap, meant to post this earlier in response to chris' super enlightened comment:
  14. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Incorrect. Completely catatonic boy had only an hour or so left. Too bad for him he died weeks ago, days before anyone was able to kill a warden and even begin to change the aether of this world. It'll be months before anyone could rebalance the aether to the point he could of possibly...
  15. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    False. A little more time as in a few hours. Not months. The mental gymnastics you guys are doing to justify shitty writing is hilarious, cant just admit its bad. All these stories start off bad, this is no different than arr or hw or sb. Shitty writing til they find the plot. This one is...
  16. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I save the world an hour after i arrive? Cus that's how long he had to live. If that's the case then yes, that is shitty writing. Oddly enough the msq has me returning to my room and sleeping several times. The whole "Shadowbringers" aspect of me driving back the light so that natural...
  17. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Him living is even worse writing than i expected from this game, and i certainly didnt expect much. They pigeonholed in a ridiculous "sacrifice" scene and then realized later the only way to justify how completely illogical that was, was to have him live? Can't wait to see the retarded excuses...
  18. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Are you saying this shitty, illogical and wholly inconsistent writing was designed to make you feel empathy? Let me guess, you cried during air bud didn't you? There's zero logical sense to the entire arc. There's a handful of caregivers and they care for the inflicted in their final days...
  19. Sylas

    Throne and Liberty (Formerly Project TL)

    Project E is the eastern continent with asian theme and TL (previously The Lineage, now Throne and Liberty) is the western/medieval continent but they take place within the same "world". surprisingly little info about the game that's been in development for 11 years and comes out in less than 6...
  20. Sylas

    Throne and Liberty (Formerly Project TL)

    kinda reminds me of BDO + Conan Exiles
  21. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    yeah i'm killing lightwardens now in pixie land. i was talking about the caretaker lady dying for someone with minutes to live like the stupid cunt she is and then alisae getting all broken hearted and emo about it. Literally every zombie movie where the infection isn't damn near instantaneous...
  22. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I certainly hope these introductory quests aren't a sign for things to come, they've made your character/friends/companions do some pants on hand retarded shit in order to further the "plot" but these alisae quests with the inflicted, man I've never rolled my eyes so hard in my life. This guy...
  23. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    No i mean the elf body he is currently inhabiting, was a ala mhigo resistance fighter. yeah ok I see he just merges with the primal. Not really a critical point but i'll cede that I misremembered that part.
  24. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I must of missed the scene when the elf had red eyes. Also thought he was just riding Shinryu (like gaius with ultima) didn't see him possess him. So his soul left his body and he possesssed Shinryu, so his body was just laying there on the ground the whole time? until the primal died and he...
  25. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    welp I have finished post Stormblood and started Shadowbringers. I was about to post a scathing review halfway through when Zenos made his miraculous reappearance, this being what the 8th, 9th time someone you killed/watched die magically isn't dead, but i'm glad I reserved judgement. The plot...
  26. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    In mmo space i don't think i'd call any story a 10/10. They're video games so will always draw comparison to similar media. They are at their heart rpgs thus they compete against single player rpgs, but with far more restraints (such as the necessity for multiplayer content, repeatable...
  27. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    about to finish stormblood, well on the last quest, royal menagerie part. Other than the ninja turtles and naboo/pineapple under the sea early on i'm not just sure why stormblood gets hate compared to heavensward. maybe the final cut scene ruins it? idk, i'll tell you after i finish it...
  28. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    You don't have to teleport around betweeen regions but throughout hw you will still do the alpino shuffle non-stop: you, off in far away lands, venture to the top of the mountain and discover X alpino: "can you believe we discovered X? lets head back to revenant's toll and talk about it" 4...
  29. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    ESO does this as well. You can start at level 1 in whatever current_expansion is and have a complete story/leveling experience. you can also go back and do other expansions if you want.
  30. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    fucking lol if you think i'm supposed to commit this garbage to memory. I've read every MSQ though I wish to fucking god I didn't. I can sum it all up right now "Is aught amiss? /headnod" The funniest thing is you think this shit is not only good but somehow deep and requires understanding...
  31. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    If you weren't one of the ones that was adamant that this shit was essential world building/back story I might even be able to forgive you, but you were, so I can't. The mythical "Good part" that starts when, again? Oh right you said final steps of faith back in HW, so lies or goal post...
  32. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    post-ARR? no, all pacing in this game feels bad, it's way too long for such little story nuggets. I'm talking about trimming 90% of all ARR-Post ARR MSQ down to like 15-20 quests. The first 30 levels of MSQ is basically just getting you to unlock all the various aetherytes and airships so you...
  33. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    That sounds fucking amazing, they never should of changed that. The only annoying shit you have to do in this game is MSQ. So you used to be able to actually experience the game and only had to suffer the MSQ for 1/3 of the time you are playing? SWTOR went back and streamlined exp iirc 2...
  34. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Yeah I understand that the older content is worse. By no means would I call the older content "standard shitty MMO". It was it's own thing, really leaned in to this MSQ thing, questing is the entirety of the experience. Even dungeons only exist because of quests. Sure it has a few "optional"...
  35. Sylas

    SWTOR

    man they went overboard on the ability pruning, not necessarily the total number of skills you have, that's fine, hell it was fine before, maybe only needed to trim down like 2-3 skills. The problem is when you get them, it's almost as bad as FF14. The combat style changes are amazing for...
  36. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    While I feel you give them too much credit I can agree with this for the most part. RLM style you can break them down to "Bratty, Idealistic" which yeah, great arcs there. However this is after 100+ hours of cutscenes and dialogue. That's like, 10k manuscript pages? So compare the complete...
  37. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    remember all it takes for me to stop posting in this thread is a simple "Yeah, you're right"
  38. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Oh it's definitely as bad as that. as far as story and character development, you've already confirmed by failing the RLM test. Yep we "saved" him and immediately did the dumbest shit possible and threw niddhoggs eye's off a bridge for them to immediately to be retrieved and put back in play...
  39. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I see your reading comprehension is still lacking. I already stated the only time they bother to make any character more than 1 dimensional robot and spend 2 minutes developing them (not that they are well developed or anything, look at your descriptions), they immediately kill them off or make...
  40. Sylas

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I've definitely looked in to the skips but they won't let you skip endwalker and i'm already mostly through this game. If I could go back and get my 100+ hrs back and started with a skip i definitely would have. This is the shit i'm talking about. When? When do they develop any of these...