Far Tide

Hello, I've been having a weird issue ever since I came back a week ago (and never before). At random times my game just freezes, displays a seemingly random frame of my past gameplay (or the intro screen) and just leaves me with no option but to reboot the pc. Neither alt f4 nor alt tab work, the game is hardstuck in fullscreen mode. Any window I open (or had open) goes under the game and doesn't respond to my inputs on the task bar. This is very weird since all my computer's resources seem to be fine and don't hit 100% usage while playing, according to the task manager. This is also the only game, or even application, for that matter, this has ever happened with. Any kind of help would be appreciated. Thanks

True, I had forgotten about them. However, I don't think they're a great introduction to max level content and dungeons should fill that role, as it has always been. At least the situation isn't as bad as I initially thought.

Today I realised that with the end of the Call to Arms event, new players will officially be screwed. The story gives players an Exalted stage 3 weapon. All's well until you realise that you need to upgrade your weapon 7 times to even be able to join a dungeon. You're simply not allowed to "LFP" if you don't own a Grand Celestial 3 or the PVE path equivalent. That's where all the problems begin. So how to get the crystal materials required to get the needed weapon? Weeklies? They don't give nearly enough materials, and well, they can only be done once a week. Not exactly reliable. Getting 35 Martial Tokens to get an Exalted stage 9 weapon, reducing the required number of upgrades required to only 1? Martial Tokens are limited to 6 per day. That will take a new player a whole week to get an Exalted 9, for them to be met with an absurd leap in upgrade cost. Exalted 9 -> Skyforge 3 (which is the PVE path equivalent of Grand Celestial 3) costs 40 Transformation Stones and an Empyrean Spirit Stone. That comes down to around 600 gold if everything is bought from the marketplace, which, again, for a new player without access to f8 dungeons, is a huge amount. Finding groups for the dungeons outside f8? This one would be by far the best solution, however, sadly, nobody wants to carry someone who will deal 1% of the boss' hp in damage throughout the whole fight. Sure, a point that this is an mmo and not a solo game and communication and finding clans is what everyone should be doing, however, I disagree that it should be an absolute necessity. We all take our time to find people we vibe with and it should not be forced by any means. All in all, at its current state, this game is extremely unwelcoming to new players. I have been playing this game on and off almost since release and I've never seen a situation this bad. Story should DEFINITELY give a player a Grand Celestial 3 / PVE weapon path equivalent. Or maybe I'm just missing something very obvious.