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alias_sqbrSo. As I have mentioned previously, the first section of Final Fantasy 14 is called A Realm Reborn. I was stuck on this until the game introduced "Duty Support" so didn't really look into what happens after ARR.
When I saw "As of Patch 6.1, instanced duties for A Realm Reborn, Shadowbringers, and Endwalker are supported. Duty Support for 2.x to Heavensward and beyond will be added in future patches." I read this as "ARR and the first few expansions have support, with later parts to follow".
However, having now finished ARR, I have learned better! It means "ARR has support, as does everything after the third expansion, with the parts between to follow". In my defence, Shadowbringers (expansion 3) and Stormblood (expansion 1) both start with an S, and the fact that 2.x means "everything between ARR and Stormblood" is Not Intuitive.
So now I either wait for a future patch, or have to play with actual people /o\ It's not quite as bad as it could be, I was thinking of trying a different class anyway, and using Duty Support to grind for better gear. And once I do all that I might be better enough at the game to not hate playing with others as much.
And I can always halt my subscription until the game gets patched again. SIGH. Still, I don't regret subscribing, I've had a lot of fun, and am sure I can find productive things to do until the end of the month I paid for. Waiting feels different to being unable to ever progress.
Don't let this put you off too much if you were thinking of trying the game: I was very close to the end, so the gap between the patch dropping and me finishing ARR was very short. A new player takes quite a while to finish ARR (which I'm pretty sure you can complete entirely for free), by which time the patches might have caught up to the next part.
When I saw "As of Patch 6.1, instanced duties for A Realm Reborn, Shadowbringers, and Endwalker are supported. Duty Support for 2.x to Heavensward and beyond will be added in future patches." I read this as "ARR and the first few expansions have support, with later parts to follow".
However, having now finished ARR, I have learned better! It means "ARR has support, as does everything after the third expansion, with the parts between to follow". In my defence, Shadowbringers (expansion 3) and Stormblood (expansion 1) both start with an S, and the fact that 2.x means "everything between ARR and Stormblood" is Not Intuitive.
So now I either wait for a future patch, or have to play with actual people /o\ It's not quite as bad as it could be, I was thinking of trying a different class anyway, and using Duty Support to grind for better gear. And once I do all that I might be better enough at the game to not hate playing with others as much.
And I can always halt my subscription until the game gets patched again. SIGH. Still, I don't regret subscribing, I've had a lot of fun, and am sure I can find productive things to do until the end of the month I paid for. Waiting feels different to being unable to ever progress.
Don't let this put you off too much if you were thinking of trying the game: I was very close to the end, so the gap between the patch dropping and me finishing ARR was very short. A new player takes quite a while to finish ARR (which I'm pretty sure you can complete entirely for free), by which time the patches might have caught up to the next part.
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Date: 2022-04-16 06:38 pm (UTC)I’m sorry it broke, but I’m glad you managed to do what you wanted!
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Date: 2022-04-16 11:02 pm (UTC)Edit: ahh oops sorry for replying in the wrong spot =x
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Date: 2022-04-17 01:02 am (UTC)If you decide to focus on lower level things for now you're more than welcome, of course - but if you want to be run through dungeons unsynced (or even if you want to do them on-level I'm sure sami and I can help you out! Certainly if we're helping unsynced dungeons will take <10 minutes and you can just jog along behind while sami and I destroy everything in our path so you won't have to be with people for long.
Just drop a note on the discord or something if you want to tee something up, since we haven't been online much recently ♥
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Date: 2022-04-18 01:23 am (UTC)Thank you! Unfortunately my brain is just...NOPE. Also it turns out I genuinely enjoyed playing with the Duty Helper, so would rather wait until I can do that for everything.
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Date: 2022-04-18 01:24 am (UTC)Thank you! Yeah I hope so too.
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Date: 2022-04-18 01:24 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2022-04-18 01:24 am (UTC)