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Mazrim · 05-19-2022, 12:28 PM

I managed to get my wife to start playing FFXIV on the free trial in summer 2020 (I made a new character to play along with her) and we just hit Endwalker (the most recent expansion). Aside from goofing off in Gold Saucer, we focused completely on the main scenario and did only a couple side quests. My time played in the game said 231 hours when we started Endwalker the other night. I'm sure if you're laser focused you can get it down to right around 175 hours, but yeah...it's a lot.

I'll say that I had a great time replaying the expansions up to Endwalker and I'd still recommend it to everyone, but that time investment is really tough to deal with. That being said, they've recently made a ton of quality of life changes to A Realm Reborn to make it more friendly to new players. You can do all the content solo now if you'd like (you get AI NPCs to fill out the party for dungeons and trials), many dungeons got a rework, and they completely revamped the end of ARR to way more engaging and interesting.

05-19-2022, 12:28 PM	#5364
Mazrim CP Gamemaster Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Gary Exp:	I managed to get my wife to start playing FFXIV on the free trial in summer 2020 (I made a new character to play along with her) and we just hit Endwalker (the most recent expansion). Aside from goofing off in Gold Saucer, we focused completely on the main scenario and did only a couple side quests. My time played in the game said 231 hours when we started Endwalker the other night. I'm sure if you're laser focused you can get it down to right around 175 hours, but yeah...it's a lot. I'll say that I had a great time replaying the expansions up to Endwalker and I'd still recommend it to everyone, but that time investment is really tough to deal with. That being said, they've recently made a ton of quality of life changes to A Realm Reborn to make it more friendly to new players. You can do all the content solo now if you'd like (you get AI NPCs to fill out the party for dungeons and trials), many dungeons got a rework, and they completely revamped the end of ARR to way more engaging and interesting. Last edited by Mazrim; 05-19-2022 at 12:31 PM.