Fundamental State of affairs Quests
Our prime suggestion, as a lot of you will have in all probability assumed, is to get began with the Fundamental State of affairs Quests (or MSQ for brief). The MSQ is the catalyst to unlocking all types of content material together with function quests, endgame raids and trials, and the power to fly within the new zones. Nonetheless, as is at all times the case with Final Fantasy 14, Endwalker’s MSQ is much from busy work. For a lot of, it’s the primary attraction. And Endwalker’s storyline may simply be probably the most masterfully instructed but, even in comparison with the emotional rollercoaster of Shadowbringers. No spoilers here, however put together to satisfy characters each new and previous as you traverse Endwalker’s six new main areas, which arguably play host to the sport’s best dungeons and trials. You’ll additionally get to expertise the most recent suite of music from revered FF14 composer Masayoshi Soken, and we’re completely satisfied to report that the person has outdone himself as soon as once more.Reaper and Sage
One huge draw of each Final Fantasy 14 growth is the brand new jobs we get to mess around with. Heavensward added Machinist, Darkish Knight and Astrologian. Stormblood introduced Samurai and Pink Mage on board, whereas Shadowbringers welcomed Gunbreaker and Dancer into the fold. Endwalker isn't any totally different, dropping Reaper and Sage onto the already large roster of playable jobs. And so they’re simply two of the perfect additions but. Reaper is a scythe-wielding melee DPS that attracts upon the ability of a voidsent avatar, which powers up your assaults and dishes out a wholesome quantity of harm. It’s delightfully edgy and we wouldn’t have it some other manner. Sage, as a healer, is more about suturing wounds than creating them, although you’ll be doing loads of that, too. This Sharlayan healer job employs using nouliths, 4 floating doodads that may apply highly effective obstacles to your allies, in addition to sear scorching laser beams of demise by your enemies. It’s a bit of complicated, even for a healer class, however studying Sage will reward you with experiencing a extremely satisfying job with unbelievable animations and sound design. Each of the brand new jobs start at degree 70, so that you’ll nearly instantly be capable to entry the Shadowbringers dungeons, Pixie beast tribe quests in addition to the Bozjan Southern Entrance, all three of that are wonderful avenues of shortly incomes expertise to degree up as quick as doable. Neither job requires you to start out the Endwalker MSQ to unlock, so you may degree Reaper or Sage to 80 and start the storyline from there.
The Studium
Based mostly in Previous Sharlayan, The Studium shall be your go-to hub for leveling a lot of your crafter and gatherer lessons. Very like the Shadowbringers' Crystalline Imply, every set of quests fits a special self-discipline, and all function distinctive storylines which might be price trying out, providing perception into Endwalker’s new areas. Sq. Enix elected to not repair what wasn’t damaged with these quests, too. Very like Shadowbringers, you merely want to show within the required quantity of things per quest, with the placement differing as you degree up. Getting the utmost objects required will internet you an enormous sum of expertise, so the Studium is an outstanding method to shortly get your favourite crafters and gatherers to degree 90. Moreover, performing Studium duties for the Fisher class will can help you check out the overhauled spearfishing system. What beforehand felt considerably underdeveloped is now a full-fledged minigame with its personal UI. It’s now an exquisite change of tempo from the more laid-back exercise of fishing on land.
Your job's new talents
Reaper and Sage might at present be within the limelight, however Sq. Enix hasn’t uncared for the litany of different playable jobs obtainable in Endwalker. Some adjustments are minimal, as with Pink Mage for instance, which has obtained a brand new finisher, a help skill and a few quality-of-life changes. Different jobs, nonetheless, have seen big overhauls, notably Summoner and Monk. A lot of their older talents have been pruned whereas including totally new actions and customarily altering up how these jobs play. In the event you’re diving headfirst into Endwalker’s MSQ with out first leveling Reaper or Sage, it’ll profit you vastly, as ever, to learn by your job’s Actions and Traits menu to see what’s modified and what’s been added or eliminated.
Achievements
Endwalker brings with it an overhauled Achievements menu with a stunning new notebook-style design. Its structure is much like its Shadowbringers model, however there are some new issues to take a look at once you log in and also you’re not fairly certain what to do. The brand new Beneficial tab is unbelievable. This affords a number of 4 achievements that may often be accomplished in an inexpensive period of time. Nonetheless, most of those choices at the moment are reserved for achievements that give tangible rewards, resembling a brand new title, mount or minion. And should you don’t like the present choice, you may reshuffle them till you discover one to your liking.
It’s a easy function, certain, however one that ought to serve most Warriors of Gentle effectively in the long term, and will even enable you uncover and discover a bit of content material you by no means checked out. There’s a wealth of rewards obtainable here that we didn’t even know have been within the recreation, so we’ll definitely be busy checking off achievements here if we want a break from the MSQ.