![]() The beauty of A Realm Reborn is in how detailed the “Duty Finder” is - which gets even better at level 50. Once those are out of the way you can start working towards the main goal of any MMO: earning more gear so you can do harder, higher-tier raids and dungeons. Both of these extra post-50 stories are roughly five hours each and a ton of fun. All of that classic Final Fantasy humor is still there, including a brand new Battle on Big Bridge remix and an actual showdown with Gilgamesh. On this questline you’ll oil up old gentlemen, take a dip in the hot springs, and come face to face with killer chickens as they attempt to gobble you up. You can also spring for another completely optional encounter with Gilgamesh, which will put you front and center with Hildebrand - one of the most ridiculous characters Square Enix has come up with in ages. It’s a short but sweet collection of quests that feels justified and has a payoff - I’m looking forward to seeing what Square Enix comes up with in the future (Ramuh is rumored for a future patch). You can choose to continue onward with the narrative after your heroic raid on The Praetorium, which eventually leads to a confrontation with Leviathan. If that sounds absolutely terrible to you, patches 2.1 and 2.2 have added more story to the game, and it’s a lot more manageable than a 100-hour weapon quest. Many classes have better weapons that drop from endgame fights just like any other MMO, and the weapon questline is basically just a way for people to spend time and reach something that’s roughly the equivalent of hardcore static raiding. The key thing to realize is that this is a time sink designed for hardcore fans, and it’s completely optional. ![]() After that you can go for your Animus, which involves collecting nine “books” (at 1,500 Myth Tomes apiece), and filling out said books by completing old dungeons, killing enemies around the world, and doing more FATEs. Personally, I grabbed a posse in each area either by way of the moving gravy train from FATE to FATE or by making good old-fashioned friends, and we shot the breeze the entire time - so for me, it was enjoyable. This part could take you anywhere from 20-50 hours on its own, and it’s extremely divisive in the community as to how fun it is. Your job is to do a bunch of FATEs (world events) and earn one piece of Atma in nearly every region in the game, which has a very low drop rate per FATE (it’s estimated at roughly five percent). Of course, you don’t stop at the Relic, and after completing a number of dungeons and earning 900 Mythology Tomes (more on those later), you can upgrade it to Zenith, which makes it glow, and by proxy makes you look more badass (it has better stats too, but…it also glows).Īfter that, you can do the Atma questline to upgrade it even further. I really enjoyed getting a free purple weapon for my troubles, and wish more MMOs had a similar mechanic. The Relic quest is engaging, fun, and best of all, it’s worked into the core and personal storylines of the game. It’s a lengthy but painless questline that takes you through a number of trials (boss fights), and it’s truly your first real taste of what endgame has to offer - since all of the dungeons before it aren’t really a true representation of how the fights work after that point. After reaching 50, you’ll have the option to get your Relic, which is basically your starter weapon to really get you ready for endgame content. One of the first questlines you might embark upon is the Relic weapon quest, which runs upward of 100 hours to complete in all - and that’s not even including the extensions to the quest that are planned in future updates. There’s a ton of content to explore and go through, especially when you take the massive 2.1 and 2.2 patches into account. MMO fans often say the game starts at the level cap, and when you hit 50 in A Realm Reborn, that saying still rings true. ![]() ![]() MSRP: $39.99 ($12.99 per month, with a free PS3-to-PS4 license transfer) There’s so much on offer here for just about everyone, and incremental patches add such a monumental amount of content that it’s hard to keep up.Īs long as you’re willing to brave through a few shortcomings, A Realm Reborn is one of the best MMOs in years.įinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (PC, PS3, PS4 ) Now it’s time to really put out a final verdict based on everything patch 2.2 has to offer, up to and including the Extreme Primal bosses and other pieces of endgame content.Īfter everything is said and done, I’m still loving it just as much as I did while leveling. Worthy of being called a core Final FantasyĪt this point, we’ve talked about the early-game mechanics of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, and the trip to level 50.
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