Heavensward proper doesn't even end until 3.3 (and it's a fantastic ending), 3.4 is very important, and 3.5 sets up Stormblood... Yeah, there's nothing to really trim there.
It's indefinite, there's no time limit. The only limit is the level and expansions.
There's no difference between Grand Companies no, other than some low level gear and color scheme. They don't really have any stories attached to them, although some of the NPCs within them are tied into the early main story. As for the Complete Edition, that's correct. You can hold off registering the registration code until you've completed all the Heavensward content, which will save you the subscription costs you would have spent up to that point.
My AST is only lvl 63 so I can't speak to how they play at the highest levels, but I also happen to play NIN, and AST is nowhere near as demanding as far as inputs and mechanics go. As a healer the demand and complexity comes from your awareness: awareness of your party, awareness of boss mechanics, and especially awareness of your MP, as Astrologians can be very mana thirsty (although this has been mitigated with the latest patch). Managing your resources and your cooldowns, as well as knowing when you can get away with putting out some damage, is where the complexity and difficulty comes in.
I hear you! It's a very active job and can definitely get a bit exhausting haha. As someone who only played tanks and DPS in MMOs before, I can't tell you how enjoyable it was to start leveling an Astrologian. Healing in this game is incredibly fun, at least to a newbie like me, so I definitely recommend it! It can be pretty demanding too though haha, you can't exactly turn off your brain like you can as DPS sometimes.
Oh! that's interesting, would you say is a good idea to get the complete edition now that is 50% cheaper and then redeem the online code once I reach level 60 on the free trial? I'm tempted but I plan to play a couple of times per week so I didn't want to buy the whole game and then play during my first subscription month only the part that would have been free.
Absolutely! Grab it now while it's on sale and redeem it once you've reached Stormblood.
If you can afford it you can bypass a big chunk of the farming by just buying HQ 480 crafted gear and either rolling with that or exchanging them for 490's while you gather Allegory Tomes for that stuff. No sense in farming Normals, Memoria, or Ruby weapon (can just do the Relic weapon)
This sounds like exactly what you're looking for!
Thanks! I'll check it outI would also second the above poster's encouragement! It's not so bad anymore as they've nerfed the harder fights, and given the Echo (A boost to HP, healing and damage done) to get people through. Not clearing also locks out the entirety of the Bozjan Front, which is a new zone/duty related to the relic with its own armour, mechanics and such.
There's a tab called Recommendations that you can pop using the Duty menu, which you can then use to filter quests available to you in the zone you're currently in. Sidequests that unlock new things have a blue background and show up here
Click on that, and it'll show you on the map where to pick it up
I believe (could be wrong) you get som extra exp the first time you do each of them on a class, plus some from the weekly challenge log. But, they're essentially just tutorials for battle mechanics, I wouldn't make them a priority. There's no big reward waiting at the end.
Good point. I haven't used them to do any crafting or gathering, so you got me there.
You're about to start running dungeons. You'll get the overwhelming majority of your XP from them.
Don't push yourself. You're playing through 7 years of story. Take your time. You're quite early, I mean chocobo mount is what, lv 20? 30? It ramps up near the end of A Real Reborn and doesn't really stop once it hits that first expansion. Try and join a Linkshell (cross datacenter) chat room if you can. I'm on Crystal if you're the same.
At end game where I'm at you feel like a god when you're stringing jutsus, teleporting across the stage, flinging magic, and providing utility for the dps in the party. It's glorious.
Yeah that's what my worry was. I guess I got a little boned because instead of picking up the complete edition for $30 I spent about $20 on ShB and now have to spend $20 on the Starter Edition but eh, c'est la vie. I don't feel bad because I'm in 2.3 right now and I already have over two days of play time total. I guess they're entitled to my $40. Thanks!
My free trial vanished on PSN once I got the free Starter Edition they gave out earlier this year, so I imagine if you get the Complete Edition, it'll do the same thing. The minute I logged in to the game for the first time after my "purchase," the game automatically moved me to a normal account.
Shukuchi (teleport) is very useful for exactly that reason. It lets you play a little more dangerously since you can yeet yourself out of an attack that otherwise would've hit because you didn't run away soon enough. It's also just nice for getting around where you can't summon a mount like towns or the Gold Saucer.
You will get 30 day game times when registering for base game on a new platform, so you don't have to pay for sub right away.
Not a dumb question! Don't think there's any other way other than asking someone to create the party for you and invite (the party will not be disbanded once they leave). Try politely asking in /say once in a while at a town crystal or a grand company HQ.
Oh, so if I've a friend that already plays, I could get invited by them, they could invite the other trial person as well and we could play together? I thought Trial could also not get invited by others!
