How do newly chreated characters / new players supposed to progress naturually
From lvl's 1-50 you pretty much can progress through that like its been since 2.0's relaunch, but once you get to lvl 50 the game seems to want to push you from like i50 to i100.
I created a new character just to craft,farm,gather, but I'm getting to the point I may be getting into adventuring again.
It will be like when I play single player games I always progress the same way each time I playthrough them, but with fffxiv that seems like that wont be possible.
It sux for new players to once they hit 50 and can't experience the game like we did in the past, or is it still possible to progress naturally with endgame, from 2.0 to 2.4?
It also seems like you would get Caried through all the older content aswell, and some people would like a challenge :(
Gear Progression at your own pace
@OP - at my own experience of playing a level 50 character as warrior, I'm simply gearing up from each dungeon. I'll queue up for Amdapor Keep, and Wanderer's Palace (believe it or not some of those dungeons can offer somethings worth of value to yourself and others) I get that tank gear, then i move on to, Pharos, Copperbell, and Haukke.
Again some items in some of these dungeons worth of value. Plus the accessories from these are great, for i60 gear.
then Move onto Brayfox, Halatali, and Amdapor Ruins, for the i70 gear, this is where I'm stuck and have been for sometime now (I play slower than most). But it's pretty solid progression and fun. I have have some encounters where people will complain to me. But we progress pretty rapidly either way, just not break-neck speed.
As for the weapons, Primals are your friends :) I did, give-or-take 10 ifrit runs for my Axe, and like eight Garuda Runs for my i70 axe. As soon as i'm geared with full i70 (including accessories with the exception of the one ring). I'll start doing Titan.
I'm having a blast doing it though :) I'm having a lot of fun doing this and it's more of a personal challenge and if this is the road you might want to use as a template, I'm glad I was able to give you some ideas.
-Tari