OK I really beat it this time. I thought Heavensward started right after you finished the "main campaign" of A Realm Reborn. However... turns out you got 80 more quests to do!
In that time... I felt this was a pretty uneven adventure. Dungeons/trials/alliances for ARR are sort of weird in 2022 as a first-time player as vets will basically just nuke every boss so you can kind of just cluelessly meander through them.
I found the story kind of uneven and the characters at times endearing and at times stupid.
For the final, very long cutscene of the Seventh Astral Era quest line, I alternatively rolled my eyes, laughed, and felt genuine surprise. It kind of won me back over.
All to say, I've spent 60 hours on what apparently is the "prologue" of this game. I'll go back and do Heavensward at some point. The world is cool, the story has potential, and I can believe this thing gets as good as people say.
In that time... I felt this was a pretty uneven adventure. Dungeons/trials/alliances for ARR are sort of weird in 2022 as a first-time player as vets will basically just nuke every boss so you can kind of just cluelessly meander through them.
I found the story kind of uneven and the characters at times endearing and at times stupid.
For the final, very long cutscene of the Seventh Astral Era quest line, I alternatively rolled my eyes, laughed, and felt genuine surprise. It kind of won me back over.
All to say, I've spent 60 hours on what apparently is the "prologue" of this game. I'll go back and do Heavensward at some point. The world is cool, the story has potential, and I can believe this thing gets as good as people say.