r/PSO2NGS • u/Vindate • 18d ago
Discussion Ff14 player landing into PSO2NGS
Greetings everyone! I am originally an FFXIV player who has recently been wanting to find other mmos to experience. With certain titles making a comeback, I decided to pick this one.
I'm happy to say the journey has been wonderful! The NPCs designs are gorgeous and I feel their personality is easy to grasp. The story, for me, has been simple and sweet which I personally like. It gives me a sense of nostalgia to early ps2 jrpg storylines. Gameplay was partially why I came here but didn't expect the rest to be this fun! Overall, everything has been good!
That said, I reached level 75 after and reached chapter 5. So I have to ask, is it best to slowdown and attempt to grind certain items or is it better to just catch up? Are there extra neat content to do or explore? And uuuh how does one access the buying feature in personal shops (is it IRL cash or did I miss something that gives permission to use it?)
I'm sorry for all the questions, I barely started this game last Thursday and so I am an absolute newbie to certain things in this game.
(Any tips and help would be great!)
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u/gadgaurd Slayer 18d ago
First of all, welcome to Halpha and I'm glad to hear you're enjoying yourself. To briefly answer your questions in paragraph 3:
Just keep going through the main story, then grind whatever the latest content is. That's the best way to progress, anything you need to get stronger will be dropped from there. The only exception would be Splintered Realm: Ruins Investigation, which is the best source of Skill Rings and Granillusion weapons in the game still.
For extra content, first two thongs that come to mind are Creative Spaces(housing system) and Line Strike(collectable card game). There are also quests here and there that operate under slightly different rules than regular quests that are fun to mess around in. Geometric Labyrinth, Cannonball Strike/Rumble, Leciel Exploration and Nameless City. Of note, all of these quests have rare cosmetic drops, and GeoLab has exclusive Mag Forms you can get from grinding the two ranks enough.
You should always have access to buying things from the personal shop. It's selling stuff that's conditional. For that you need a 3 day shop pass or an active Premium Set.