deniswriter wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm curious what everyone who is near level i90 does now. Here is what I do every week: On Monday, I farm tomes until they're capped for a few hours than do Coil complete up to T5. Sometimes I might do a extreme primal if coil goes fast. Then I log for the rest of the week. I have 5 crafts at level 50 and really don't want to level anymore because I don't see any point in it. Except for converting gear into material, I find the economy stagnant and not worth the time in making items or farming. Every FC I've been in is pretty quiet even though many had over 100 members, so I haven't been successful at finding a talkative group that might be entertaining. I find the taxation and payment for travelling ridiculously expensive when you consider the low amount of gil you get for doing quests and such. And I think it's absolutely retarded that your gear deteriorates so quickly when you're crafting or fighting and you need to constantly repair it. If my clothes fell apart this quickly at my real world job, I would have to buy a pair of Levis every day. and as far as selling to NPCS? LOL! Too many items sell for only one gil. No wonder people don't want to help on Titan HM. If I could help crappy PUGS attempting it without having to pay 1500 gil after every multiple failed attempt, I would do it just for the fun of it. But knowing I have to farm afterwards to pay to repair my gown which deteriorated by 50% just doesn't sound like fun to me. So I log off on Monday evening usually and log back on next Monday, grind tomes for a couple of hours to get my 450, then have a couple of hours of fun doing Coil, do Primal or two, then log back off for a week. What do you guys do all week?
Edited, Jan 18th 2014 6:50pm by deniswriter
Edited, Jan 18th 2014 6:50pm by deniswriter
I've played XIV since the version 1.0 beta. I have never, ever run out of things to do in ARR. Even though I work full time, have a social life, and (occasionally) work on my thesis I still log like 20+ hours a week and here's what my current play time consists of (in no particular order):
1) Capping Tomes of Mythology for the week.
2) Doing turns 1-4 (haven't cleared 5 yet!)
3) Banging my head against the wall trying to beat Titan Extreme with PUGs.
4) Levelling classes I've barely touched yet (and by doing so, becoming a much better player- once you've played a class and understand it's ins and outs, limitations etc. it gives you a much better appreciation for what people are doing right -or- could do better). If you haven't done so, try playing a new class or two- and you'll probably be surprised when you find something you like better than your main!
5) Crafting! Something I've barely touched but am really enjoying.
6) Gathering. See 5.
7) PVP- though it really needs some fixing at the moment.
8) Participating in random Treasure Hunts.
9) Helping FC members- a lot of whom are newish still and need help running dungeons etc.
10) Socializing.
11) Just touring the world and taking in the sights. Exploring FC housing that I can't afford, but one day hope to!
12) Helping random people in the Party Finder- people who are stuck on various stages of their relic quests, for example. It feels pretty good to help people you know are struggling, maybe you should try it.
The thing is, as with most MMOs, you can get burned out easily so it's good to step back every now and again. I just came back from a week long holiday and as soon as I booted up the game I realized I was in love with it.
Of course, I'm not everyone, and it goes to say that if there are so many minor annoyances that deeply bother you or you don't like the progression system then perhaps this isn't the game for you. But keep in mind, this game is still in it's infancy, and I think in a short time (like a year) it will be overflowing with things to do. Look at XI, there are so many systems in that game that people never even use or used.
