Final Fantasy XIV Patch 2.1 Will Be Like “Buying a New Game”, Can Take 300 Hours to Play Everything

The 2.1 patch coming on the 17th to Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will be a veritable monster, with multiple new dungeons, housing, PvP and much more. But just how much time will it take us to consume all that juicy content? Quite a lot, if we believe what Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida said today.

[GamerSciz]

I for one am stoked. My Group is still working on Coil T5 so to add this much content is quite exciting and overwhelming at the same time.

[Lovable]

Couldn't pass Coil T4...damn Dreadnoughts kept on one shotting our tanks...Ridiculous.

[GamerSciz]

For the tanks T4 is a bit of a gear check. A couple i90 help out a lot. Tell them to start with a flash to blind the dreadnaught and help gain some hate. Also, cool down rotation is my biggest problem and the most important thing to worry about.

[joab777]

Now...please get this to the ps4...april is so far away.

[rdgneoz3]

Yah,. waiting myself for the PS4 version to come out before I hop back into it. Was fun, but trying to do some of the open world events with a large number of people would bring up the "fun" experience of getting killed by mobs you can't see or instances bugging and teammates being "out of range" when you try to heal or res them.

[Tdmd]

This will be the first ps4 system seller for me, I just have to see how gorgeous and smooth it will get on ps4! Hopefully it'll run just as smooth as the pc version!

[Toman85]

Is it April worldwide release or US release? I want the game myself for the Playstation 4.

[Jubez187]

Worldwide. PS4 ain't even out in Japan till at least Feb so

[Toman85]

Cool! That is gonna be my first experience with a MMO on a console.:)

[XiSasukeUchiha]

Holy damn Square Enix I'm giving guys a big around of praise for turn on my excited button

[ps4lifesucka]

this game is pretty good

[Jubez187]

I think anyone who buys the game now, if they play at a REASONABLE interval (anyone who has any other responsibilities in life) will always have content to play seeing as patches/content updates are scheduled for about every ~3 months. It'd be very hard to keep up with that I think.

[belac09]

god, i will be playing this game for years, i am still at the vortex battle, garuda, and i have had it since day one. damn job. but i am enjoying every minute of it!

[Volkama]

I love old MMORPGs and I love (older) Final Fantasy games. Both went on a steep decline away from what I enjoy.

You obviously like this one. Is it like every other MMORPG since WoW? Have fun levelling, then commit to a schedule if you want to play 'properly'?

[Archmagel]

Well, it definitely isn't FFXI. You don't HAVE to have a group to get anywhere past level 15, and it has a duty finder to find dungeon groups for you.
It is more like an action MMORPG. The skills don't have that much of a cooldown(80% of them are ready to be used after you are finished with the one you are casting). You have to dodge AoE's that appear as marked on the ground, or take massive damage or a debuff.

The only thing you may want to commit to is the tomes per week. The mythology tomes can only be acquired so many times per week, but they are used for some of the best gear, such as your relic weapon. They aren't long and arduous to get, and they start dropping in a level 41 dungeon. Overall, it is kind of an updated system of FFXI. You can change jobs (err...classes/jobs) on the fly, there are crafting classes, and it doesn't require a group to do almost everything. FATEs are fun to do with many people, and they give good xp and some gil, too.

I know I am missing tons of stuff, but it is worth the play. Very fun and it has allusions to every FF game ever, such as the new upcoming dungeon boss, Cloud of Darkness, from FF3

[belac09]

well, you dont really have to play at a crtain pace, but it just seems to be hard to find people to do dungeons sometime, and then if its your first time and they are redoing it they are totally rude about it, like telling you to log out and go watch youtube or something, but its still a very fun game, im lvl 47 finally and i almost beat garuda today so i think after work ill get her.

[jerethdagryphon]

i just need to get a group who will help me with 1-5 coil

[il-JumperMT]

See why sub is good. Good luck getting content on F2P games

[Magicite]

absolutely agree.