Dawntrail (Spoiler Free) First Impressions & Patch Notes | SoH |

[@Primu]

2:12:22 Gatherers now have a "Revisit" passive that can randomly reset the node you're gathering & also completely restores your GP. This can also proc on collectables, it's a super nice change.

[@freddie3d]

Note about the Twitch campaign. You don't have to claim one drop to work towards the next. I just watched 6 hours and then grabbed all 3 rewards.

[@theMansen]

We cheesed Amon with ressing 3 runs in a row. Was a crazy expirience 😅

[@SorasShadow1]

Dawntrail is very much another Stormblood, and I'm enjoying it. The zones are gorgeous and memorable, the combat is fucking *phenomenal*, and while I have my issues with the MSQ they're nowhere near as dire as some of StB's issues. Plus, I really enjoyed being a relative unknown in Tural while also getting characters looking at us going "oh, shit don't mess with that one" it's fun! It's refreshing! It's pretty much the adventure I and my FC wanted, with some sizeable bumps in the road. I can't imagine very many people will be willing to give the new writers any slack, though, not after the awkwardness of the EW patches. It's gonna be an exhausting online experience with all the stupid discourse to be had. And while criticism is warranted, the sheer amount of rage I've been seeing is comical, but it always is on the internet.

[@rajabuta]

Are you telling me Zuraal ja will be our last solo duty in 10 years? 😂

[@SprocketAudio]

For people with block box, you ahve to go into currency settings and select a different currency for the one that used be comedy.

[@Sewersyrup]

Tourtural have that old april's fools vibe from SB era. it was a very good laugh.

[@Snowmanse]

1:09:10 I think the allied society thing is as simple as dwarves and omicron aren't tribes, and they intend to do more reputation quests in the future that aren't tribes.

[@arcaneSae]

All the bosses seemed to be a middle finger to blms with all their shotgun mechs 😂

[@HikingFeral]

Yeah I even felt that on RDM. You have to already perfectly know every mechanic to do a full rotation. The AOE in Duty support pre level 100 is also a 1 hit death and party wipe.

[@KaminoZan]

I love being a Summoner main. :-)

[@castoputa]

BLM can confirm lol 😹

[@rajabuta]

HEALERS ADJUST! 😂

[@Ephremjlm1]

One of the first things I did in DawnTrail was the damn jump puzzle and lets just say I have yet to actually get the achievement lmao.

[@dionaea97]

maela prophetic about beachwear lol

[@shwajo]

A little skeptical of "love the pacing". Maybe the rate events unfold isn't so bad (though they still haven't figured out not dumping 80% of a region's side quests all at once), but the exposition is still too much tell, not enough show. And that's tedious when all of the dialog, everywhere, from everyone, is incredibly wordy and monologue-ish. It really punishes those of us who want to read all the text and talk to every NPC. And I think that the "real people don't communicate like this" problem with how the text is written is a huge part of what harms the voice acting, too. This game needs to figure out shorter, more natural dialog. Maybe it means going the conversation tree route -- if nothing else, topic prompts along the way would at least make it feel more dialog, less monologue (maybe I just have a subjective preference for how ESO NPC dialog works). They also seem to be going a little harder with the anime reaction humor, where timing is so important for that kind of thing to work -- and animation/emote timing is exactly something the XIV engine is poor at building dialog around. So much humor in the game falls flat because of the sluggish emote timing. Rather than improve it, Dawntrail seems to be drawing more attention to the shortcoming. =( Anyway, strong agree that it's irritating the way players pop back into view when you talk to an NPC near a quest NPC. The hide behavior should be based on proximity to the quest NPC, and that doesn't change just because I'm checking in with Alphinaud on the side.

[@Rynn21]

The amount of times you could drink when "peace" was mentioned would leave you dying from alcohol poisoning.

[@turntapeover5749]

​@@Rynn21Same with Dynamis in EW and I didn't hear anyone bitch about it.

[@Sewersyrup]

You're spot on in regards to dialogue, 5 full blocks of expository banther wherever you go is unnatural as hell and a lot of the terminology and mannerisms feel out of place, real south america have lots of different mannerisms from place to place, places like Sao Paulo have people talk in long winded formal methods, while Rio have people use a crass colloquial dialect, in the northern regions where native culture is stronger people talk in very short phrases and use a lot of native terms which sound brutish to non locals. meanwhile all tribes in this game go on and on as if they're showcasing their academic essays. And even thou the localization goes to great lengths to claim how diverse and unique these cultures are, how come they all talk the same? That was one of the most jarring things I've noticed.

[@pwnagraphic690]

I love all the music in this expansion except for Tulilolykollyllyltly or however it’s spelled

[@shwajo]

The moment the "quest accepted" music makes you realize the Dawntrail theme is London Bridge.

[@fourcatsandagarden]

Oh y'all don't wanna see my tabs. Ive got like 100 on Firefox on my laptop, 150 on chrome on my work computer, and on my gaming computer aka the one that could handle that? Ive got like 20 tops lol. A lot of it is art stuff tho, cos I'm trying to learn how to draw. If you are a tab fiend like me I strongly recommend not using chrome or chromium browsers cos chrome runs harder than non chrome.

[@seymour_]

I found the expansion to be "okay", I'd probably give it a 6.5/10. Not bad, by any means, but just... some really bizarre choices that I think make the landing not quite stick as well as it could've. The "Smile" song that plays a couple of times (namely the pre-end credits?) is so genuinely awful. I think this is Sokken's first actual "miss", it has the same vibes as children putting on a Lion King play during Vacation Bible School.

[@awildserah]

These people in the comments must be playing a different game. Ive had the most fun and joy in an MSQ since... Stormblood

[@SorasShadow1]

if there's any one single universal constant in the world, it's that Final Fantasy fans hate the newest Final Fantasy the most. Even moreso when it focuses on a female character. I enjoyed my time with DT, it's flawed, but not in any of these overwrought hyperbolic ways people online tend to say it is. A solid StB expac, affectionately. Plus, the expert dungeons are a thing of beauty. I'm excited to do 100 roulette in a way I never was about previous expacs.

[@nucah7880]

I don't think it's that wild that people might not like this type of story and how it's told.

[@HikingFeral]

I also Love Dawntrail but there are some issues and some of the characters are annoying. However a lot of those issues existed in Stormblood and with Lyse. Over all I really enjoyed it and love the look and am having a lot of fun. I can't wait to see where they go with REDACTED!!

[@anggasurbakti8269]

MSQ is good but role quests, I only have done healer dps and magic dps, are boring and feels unimportant

[@meteorwalkergg]

The spoilers-free feedback I'm seeing is that the story is boring & slow. I re-rolled last year & have been playing completely without FOMO + meta-gaming the fun out of the adventure. Sounds like Dawntrail will be the PERFECT endgame for me, personally 😊 love that this game is staying true to its casual-supremacy roots. Exactly why it's so successful!

[@rajabuta]

Love it or hate it, just have fun with the journey

[@Rynn21]

The main story is so disappointedly boring for wayyyy too long. I was falling asleep and forcing myself through it till around lvl 75-76. A lot of repetitive dialogue, with even your character making the same exact dialogue choice word for word. I adored ShB and EW from start to finish for the story. HW too. DT feels like an after thought, not to mention all the graphical problems so many have been experiencing. Chocobos are drunk now too with the 45 degree sharp turns.

[@Horstveratu]

The graphics Update has shown me that at least 20% of the playerbase is insane and needs help... the things ppl are posting on the official Forums are beyond autistic...

[@faux9694]

Shadowbringers and Endwalker have poisoned the world of XIV. I'm so tired of these mouthbreathers praising DT for its "low-stakes" adventure. You know what was high stakes back in my day? Eorzea getting conquered, Nidhogg razing Ishgard, or one of the Scions getting nearly bisected by Zenos. All of it was confined and built in a way that made you care. None of this shark jumping bs needs to be here at the gods damned halfway point. Dawntrail is a slap in the face.

[@HikingFeral]

In your opinion

[@faux9694]

In my opinion the jedi are evil

[@simoncoweII]

G*mers are such fucking losers lol

[@liblinhas]

"mouthbreathers " what does that mean sir??

[@tamhlam]

@@liblinhasit’s an insult. mouthbreathers tend to be ugly because of their underdeveloped facial structure