I'm trying out the 14 day trial of FFXIV and overall am enjoying it. Up to this point have leveled THM to 16, which I used to get through the missions required to access the airship. Following that I decided to level ACN for some healing spells and have since then enjoyed the job more for soloing. I've been traveling around the the surrounding areas from the 3 main cities and have been doing some FATEs, most recently at Hawthorne Hut to level 17.
At this point, with the limitations of the trial (level 20 max, and communication (tell, shout, etc.) limitations, I'm not quite sure on what are my options on what I can do or see to best experience the game's offerings before my trial period runs out. I really don't know where to go or what to do now that the game has opened up beyond doing the early missions. Any advice or ideas is greatly appreciated.
Two other final question points: Does this game have anything similar to FFXI's NM camping? I always enjoyed soloing some NMs since that allowed to casually play on and off and didn't require me to be constantly active at some time periods.
The other question, does FFXIV have anything similar to FFXI's strongholds and quests/missions of that nature? One of my fondest memories of FFXI was attaining the airship for the first time and doing those missions with a group of people and the epic feeling of exploring those large dungeons full of monsters and high level NMs lurking around at every turn.
Thanks you in advance.
Edited, Aug 26th 2014 5:14pm by TimePrime