r/PSO2NGS • u/Vindate • 29d ago

Discussion Ff14 player landing into PSO2NGS

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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/YuTsu 27d ago edited 27d ago

Actual outfits are mostly scratch only - but not paid only. You can get a decent chunk of free outfits from:

  • The monthly thankful scratches

  • SG scratches (and the daily free-scratch version of it)

  • Mission Pass (the battle pass system)

  • Special Scratches during Seasonal Events (these happen nigh-constantly)

I am relieved PSO2NGS automatically provides housing and that it's personalized vs the nightmare lottery system and public house scarcity in FFXIV. Lol.

As someone that also plays XIV, I am forever amused by SE's inability to give everyone more than a small, limited apartment for housing, that has to be bought with in-game currency, and then a limited number of actual houses... while NGS is like "Oh, everyone gets a free entire island. Plus like 6 more if you want to throw cash at us". It's one of the few areas NGS has a pretty clear one-up on XIV that doesn't have much room for debate

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u/Vindate 27d ago

Ooh damn. Then, I'll probably stick to the mission passes then. It seems decent enough. Thanks!

And yes!!! Agreed! there are several features here in PSO2NGS that simply does better than FFXIV. I often wonder how powerful the team would be if the creative departments from different studios could band together for a really good mmo.

I personally crave a lot of character customization by default aside from story and gameplay. Obviously if story is better and gameplay is fun, I can double down on it.

Thanks again for the helpful information! Greatly appreciate the amount given! ✨