Please Allow 50's to Enter Ishgard w/o having completed MSQ

You don't have to spend International No Final Fantasy XIV Day arguing. You can go outside. Or play Final Fantasy XIII.

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Originally Posted by Spawnie

it wasnt hard to begin with.. most just whinged cause wasnt a cakewalk like everything else.. god forbid needing alittle bit of teamwork for once lmao

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and now you know why he was hard. Now you can just sleep through it and probably still beat it.

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Originally Posted by Fortified

You don't have to spend International No Final Fantasy XIV Day arguing. You can go outside. Or play Final Fantasy XIII.

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Now come on, that's just cruel and unusual punishment. You shouldn't wish that on someone.

I just returned to my post launch character who did the initial story quest line. It took me around 4 days of dedicated quest completing to get to the last 5 quests of the main story. I do agree its kinda ridiculous that you have to finish Before the Dawn but I see why.

maintenance goes until 9pm here for me I believe, in california, because it started at 9pm. so hopefully I can play a little tonight and I have ALL day off tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Fortified

You don't have to spend International No Final Fantasy XIV Day arguing. You can go outside. Or play Final Fantasy XIII.

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Sure, as soon as Lightning Returns is released on PC like they promised. It was to be released this spring, oh wait I guess technically there are like ten more days this spring. I'm sure we will have a release by then.

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Originally Posted by Marveth

Sure, as soon as Lightning Returns is released on PC like they promised. It was to be released this spring, oh wait I guess technically there are like ten more days this spring. I'm sure we will have a release by then.

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Blame Steam. That's what I do.

I managed to enter Coerthas and Mor Dhona even before the main story told me to, so why not Ishgard?

Give people access to the city at least? That way we could at least take a glimpse of Ishgard once we bought the expansion and somehow get the in touch with the new jobs? I'm fine not having to do the newer dungeons and raids until I finish MSQ. Also, the new zones would be useless to newbies anyway (who are at least lv 35 upon their first arrival to the Coerthas' Steps of Faith) since the mobs there would have been too powerful for them.

I'm also kinda thinking about this lore-wise. I'm not finished with the story yet so I'm guessing a bit here. Somehow in the progression of MSQ I assume you will be granted access to Ishgard because of your feats and recognition as a revered hero, Warrior of Light. Following that, Ishgard will allow only *one* person (you, or maybe the Scions too) access to their holy lands. It will make sense if Ishgard is instanced as you only see yourself there. But once you enter Ishgard, obviously you see hundreds of adventurers walking around. Sure they're also Warriors of Light in their respective stories, but painting a bigger picture in a role-playing sense where everyone is a humble adventurer then that might be kinda off. This would also be contrary to Ishgard's break from their isolationist policies and opening their gates to everyone.

But the point remains that because of the story it makes no sense at all to go to Ishgard. Furthermore the ishgardians wouldn't even let in outsiders, until certain events occur.

This is not 1.0. As much as I wish it were it's not so make the best of it. Do your story and let things be. It's a good one. I support SE with this decision. End of my story.