A lot of people say the story is incredibly and whatnot but it is a slowburner and Final Fantasy XIV is not a "it gets good after 90 billion hours" game; it's a game that if you do (or don't) know where you're going and what you're doing, you will find something for you almost immediately.

Most of the content is locked behind the main story quest which at the beginning I thought was a bummer, but in all honesty being able to tackle content slowly, patch by patch with only the things available back then, has been a wonderful experience for me.

At the beginning I was turn down by the baby easy difficulty of things, but the more I played and delved into harder and newer content, the more I found myself deeply lost in the mechanics, enjoying my time a lot, and this can happen since the very beginning!

Solo POTD is like THE game's biggest challenge in ARR due to the amount of experience with all the mechanics you need to fully beat the game. It is a true test of knowledge, skill, endurance and composture. I've been attempting it for a while now and it's been great, specially because this kind of content, "deep dungeons", isn't just this one, there are more of these with different scenarios, enemies and whatnot.

The second time I really fell in love with this game tho, was Eureka, which is a mode that if you die, you lose XP and levels and requires communication, teamwork, and a good knowledge of everything. I love it.

There's also a bunch of other stuff that I love, like savage content, how the difficulty differences in dungeons/trials add more attacks and complex mechanics, and hell, even the more casual stuff like the golden saucer content (triple triad, lord of verminion, etc.), THE GLAMOURS, and the random social interactions with strangers.

In all honesty; FFXIV has something for everyone. When I was in the free trial and was locked out of pretty much every social interaction I kinda did not get the fun of it all, but now that I went full trial, I can see myself playing this for multiple years and actually enjoying it rather than playing it out of commitment or any other stupid bs that keeps people hooked.

FFXIV is great and I would say my favorite multiplayer game ever. Definitely recommended, to anyone new (or not) to MMOs. It is a game that has so much to offer that I feel like reviewing it based on specifics can give others the wrong idea that it's just only that kind of content all the time, when it's genuinely really well distributed.

Do know though that most of the really hard and challenging content is optional so you will have to go out of your way to reach that.

A lot of people say the story is incredibly and whatnot but it is a slowburner and Final Fantasy XIV is not a "it gets good after 90 billion hours" game; it's a game that if you do (or don't) know where you're going and what you're doing, you will find something for you almost immediately. Most of the content is locked behind the main story quest which at the beginning I thought was a bummer, but in all honesty being able to tackle content slowly, patch by patch with only the things available back then, has been a wonderful experience for me. At the beginning I was turn down by the baby easy difficulty of things, but the more I played and delved into harder and newer content, the more I found myself deeply lost in the mechanics, enjoying my time a lot, and this can happen since the very beginning! Solo POTD is like THE game's biggest challenge in ARR due to the amount of experience with all the mechanics you need to fully beat the game. It is a true test of knowledge, skill, endurance and composture. I've been attempting it for a while now and it's been great, specially because this kind of content, "deep dungeons", isn't just this one, there are more of these with different scenarios, enemies and whatnot. The second time I really fell in love with this game tho, was Eureka, which is a mode that if you die, you lose XP and levels and requires communication, teamwork, and a good knowledge of everything. I love it. There's also a bunch of other stuff that I love, like savage content, how the difficulty differences in dungeons/trials add more attacks and complex mechanics, and hell, even the more casual stuff like the golden saucer content (triple triad, lord of verminion, etc.), THE GLAMOURS, and the random social interactions with strangers. In all honesty; FFXIV has something for everyone. When I was in the free trial and was locked out of pretty much every social interaction I kinda did not get the fun of it all, but now that I went full trial, I can see myself playing this for multiple years and actually enjoying it rather than playing it out of commitment or any other stupid bs that keeps people hooked. FFXIV is great and I would say my favorite multiplayer game ever. Definitely recommended, to anyone new (or not) to MMOs. It is a game that has so much to offer that I feel like reviewing it based on specifics can give others the wrong idea that it's just only that kind of content all the time, when it's genuinely really well distributed. Do know though that most of the really hard and challenging content is optional so you will have to go out of your way to reach that.