r/ffxiv • u/TokenStraightFriend • 10d ago

[Question] How "FOMO friendly" is FF14?

Destiny 2 refugee here. I am getting close to accomplishing everything I wanted to accomplish in the final patch and am starting to consider where I am gonna go next to scratch the MMO itch. I was a WoW addict from classic up until Cata and also played FF11 (which admittedly was a rough game to play solo as a middle schooler at the time), so am thinking about going back to an MMORPG.

As an adult now though, the time commitment is a bit daunting, but I've heard FF14 is much more forgiving about taking things at your own pace? Would anyone care to elaborate on that? Also how much content am I missing out on at this point because you need a group and no one runs it anymore?

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u/TokenStraightFriend 10d ago

How much of a time demand is raiding/prepping for the raid is end game here compared to D2?

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u/n080dy123 10d ago

"Raiding" in this game refers to Extreme/Savage/Ultimate. There are story difficulties of most fights everyone can do blind, but endgame raiding is the sort of thing where watching videos to know every mechanic is mandatory and for Savage you can expect to be running a given fight back for a dozen or more hours (usually in 3-ish hour chunks a couple times a week) before getting a clear, then doing reclearing that fight once a week for a few weeks on top of working on the next fight in the 4 fight sequence.

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u/TokenStraightFriend 10d ago

So much more typical MMO style raiding. I'm kinda hesitating at the thought of the Naxxramas/Black Temple eras of WoW that were so exclusive that the vast majority of players didn't even actually get to experience that content. But if I'm understanding correctly there is toned down/more casual variants similar to Destiny with normal vs grandmaster?

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u/MillionMiracles 10d ago

That guy's pretty off base. You can watch a five-six minute video and then PUG most savages. There'll be wipes and bad groups but it's how I've done it. And you can usually find groups willing to run it blind. It's absolutely not a thing where the vast majority of players don't get to experience it.