Returning Player after 2 years

Aoikani · September 2016

A lot of things changed, one I noticed "Blast from the Past" isn't available anymore. The downside of that for me is that I was going to use it to complete "Story" quests that I can't seem to finish at my current level.
As I level my Ninja, I must stick to only "Story" quests or I will surpass the levels granted to do those special dungeons like "Cultist Revenge" to get nice gear. On top of that, specific story stages are then locked out because I'm leveling so fast (almost 50 in a week). So, it seems now I can only seek monsters to kill and bypass all story quests. Why do the story quest stages at all if I can't complete the whole thing? That is extremely frustrating.
The entire instance matching has changed in 2 years, and being a RPGer who wants to experience the story again... is there some way I can complete the story stages that are locked off like Cultist Revenge? I can not get instance matching for it because it doesn't show and I suspect it's my level.

As far as I am concerned the story quest that is required to perform in a 5-person party should be done away and allowed for soloist. One of my characters is a Mystic level 65 and I pretty much soloed that all the way... EXCEPT for the stupid 5-person party requirement to get that story stage that LOCKS YOU OUT unless you are the correct level.

In my opinion, that is a sorry piece of oversight and poor consideration for players who like to solo. Especially now that it traps players from progressing in the story experience. Please do something about these issues.

ThoseWhoStrive · September 2016

If you want to complete the story quest but you're overleveled for the dungeon for instance-matching requirements (instance-matching has set level barriers among dungeons), just enter the 5-man version and solo it. If you're not comfortable soloing it, set up a LFG where you specify that it is a quest credit run.

The solo version of dungeons does not progress quests (it was introduced to allow for gear-farming but we level so quickly it's useless), but the 5-man version does. Since you're going to be overleveled regardless of what content you do due to the insane exp increase from all quests and Vanguard requests and what have you (for example, the Joy of Partying buff that increases exp gain by 400% when in a 5-man party in leveling dungeons,) soloing the 5-man dungeons would be technically easier since, well, you're overleveled for them.

if you're still uncomfortable with the above proposed solution, and if you play on AV server, I would love to help you run through the storyline.

Hazgazemos · September 2016

I haven't played since January. I started a ninja last week, made 60 and never finished story 1-60, hit 65 before finishing that story as well. Finished this past weekend. Recommend running what dungeons you can and doing some story to fill in gaps. During double xp weekend, finished 60-65 in a total of 10 hours, taking breaks. I out leveled the chance to use instant matching and solo'd CR and Akasha's to finish those quests. Stopped once I hit 60 before I finished Ebon Tower section. The Avatar weapon should be the only gear you focus from 1-64. After 60 you start getting new quest gear (sky cruiser story, paesyn/zolyn drama). Then at 65 you get Idoneal, so the 61-64 quest gear is good enough until 65. You can always go back and solo what was skipped, should be EZ PZ at 65.

For the sake of speed, you don't need all the story quest, just some of it. No 5 person requirements from 1-60.

Returning Player after 2 years

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