Forcing players through MSQ content makes it un fun.

Additionally, those who are arguing that the MSQ experience is helpful for leveling: It is. Those who want to ride the quest-chain to 50 shouldn't get that chance for XP taken away. I just want the OPTION to find my XP elsewhere and still be allowed to advance through the game. I have several 50 alts who will never see Ishgard because the thought of slogging through the MSQ again isn't worth it.

I'm a new player to the game and honestly, I had no intention of playing HW until the story sent me there. I'm thrilled that old patches on this game are relevant. For instance on WoW, if you want to experience the blood elf island or the panda island while levelling a new class/player, there's literally no point. Same with old bosses, noone runs them. It was dead content the minute the next expansion came out. I'm really glad I can still fight Ifrit and Titan and Shiva. Sure, I probably won't spend forever on them or do their hard modes, but the game still lets me see the content so I'm happy about this.

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Originally Posted by Vickii

I'm really glad I can still fight Ifrit and Titan and Shiva. Sure, I probably won't spend forever on them or do their hard modes, but the game still lets me see the content so I'm happy about this.

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I'm glad you're having a good time, but can you honestly say you were happier being forced to do the fetch quests and not getting to skip straight to Ifrit and Titan and Shiva when you're at the appropriate level?

I agree about needing to keep a motivation for high level characters to keep cycling though the dungeons and primals so everyone gets to see them (though the duty roulettes are the primary factor in that).

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Originally Posted by Isondre

I'm glad you're having a good time, but can you honestly say you were happier being forced to do the fetch quests and not getting to skip straight to Ifrit and Titan and Shiva when you're at the appropriate level?

I agree about needing to keep a motivation for high level characters to keep cycling though the dungeons and primals so everyone gets to see them (though the duty roulettes are the primary factor in that).

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I am finding the fetch quests a bit repetitive. Actually it's the dungeon requirements which I'd like to skip because I have a bit of lag with AOE's and get a bit nervous grouping with people I don't know. So yes, I see your point, I kinda want to skip stone vigil and just continue on. I am very glad that they keep people cycling through the content though, I've never actually seen a game do such a good job keeping content relevant and areas busy.

the fetch quest the hide and seek quest are all repetitive and ridiculous at times, please don't tell me that HW has more of them?

I pretty much rushed to get to the latest content so I could get MCH but my feelings were I could always watch cutscenes in the inn or simply enjoy it with one of my lower level alts. So I don't feel bad rushing through things and will probably play my alts at a slower pace just to enjoy the content more and yes its nice that the content is still playable rather being dead , square making the new jobs start at level 30 also allowed more people to revisit older dungeons making it so us newer players dont have to wait 20 mins for a dungeon

i will say this too some of things are simply to good to rush over, the entire syndicate plot in 2.55 is pretty good and leads to an epic climax at the end (and explains your reason for being in Ishgard) don't skip if you have the chance

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Originally Posted by PogueX

i will say this too some of things are simply to good to rush over, the entire syndicate plot in 2.55 is pretty good and leads to an epic climax at the end (and explains your reason for being in Ishgard) don't skip if you have the chance

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Agree with this, it is a great story...I can only hope the end of this expansion is as good.

The problem here is that people are comparing this game to other MMOs. Don't look at it like an MMO at all because that's just a side benefit. This game is, strictly speaking, an RPG, and the point of all RPGs is to go through the story. You can't visit high level places in non-MMO RPGs so why would you even assume that'd be the case in this game? The story is the focus and basis of this game so of course you have to play through it to go to all the places, just like any other RPG. And most if not all RPGs have the annoying go here fetch that quests that are required for the main story.

Also my brother joined to play with me and it really didn't take him long to get to HW content and I was perfectly happy to help him through all his dungeons and trials. If your friends aren't helping you "catch up" why are you even playing with them? Sounds more like they are just selfish and don't care about your enjoyment of the game.

Also it took me less than a week to level an alt to HWs content with no help from other people. It honestly isn't punishment to require you to do the MSQs. The story is linear and honestly I'm really not sure why you'd expect an RPG to be different than that.

For an MMO so heavily rooted in it story elements, having people just skip content straight to the next expac is an utter travesty.