Starting City

[Enkidoh]

Yeah, in 1.0 your starting city and starting class could both be selected individually, FFXI style (I know this for a fact as in 1.0 I started as a GLA but started in Gridania ). Not to mention in 1.0 you could also start as a Disciple of the Hand or a Disciple of the Land, you weren't restricted to playing as a melee or mage if you didn't want to.

The reason for the change is in ARR the early tutorial quests when you first arrive involve amongst other things, joining your starting class's Guild, hence the restriction where your starting city is determined by the location of your class's Guild headquarters. It's a change that's had to be made for the sake of gameplay.

[Zenaku]

Starting city don't matter anymore it's the company that matter the most. Even that does not really matter the storyline are somewhat the same.

[AngelicBeing]

Totally agree with you OP, it's a serious oversight and it does matter to a lot of us. Here's the main thread on this, and related issues, that necessitate either resetting our 1.0 characters back to their 1.0 backup or implementing features so we can correct such mistakes:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...y-char!/page13

Just like you, many of us didn't expect this when we imported and are now sorely disappointed that we can't experience the story from the beginning in the cities we love. You should probably submit a support ticket or email as many of us have so SE is aware this is something a lot of people care about and would like a solution for. Understandably, it's not a major issue for them right now, but hopefully we can at least get the ball rolling.

[Zenaku]

Totally agree with you OP, it's a serious oversight and it does matter to a lot of us. Here's the main thread on this, and related issues, that necessitate either resetting our 1.0 characters back to their 1.0 backup or implementing features so we can correct such mistakes:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...y-char!/page13

Hmm are we still talking about starting city here? Once again the class= the city you start once again it does not matter the only thing that matter if the company. The reason the class = the starting city is so you can do your class quest while level up your class.

I guess no one get that.

[TonyUK]

It's annoying they place you somewhere because of starting class but it also make sense as your guild will be in same town

[AngelicBeing]

Hmm are we still talking about starting city here? Once again the class= the city you start once again it does not matter the only thing that matter if the company. The reason the class = the starting city is so you can do your class quest while level up your class.

I guess no one get that.

You're not getting it, either. This isn't stated in the character creator, so the only way to know is through info only available outside the game. It's an easy mistake to make, and for 1.0 imports, unfixable.

Some of us care about story/lore and it's a big reason we play. We're playing ARR for the first time, but we'll NEVER get to experience the opening quests in the cities we love with the 1.0 characters we love. Our profiles matter, too.

Restarting in another city was possible in FFXI but is curiously not in XIV. It would be easy to implement by requiring the player to travel to a city and unlock a job there in order to restart the main quest there.

[Sontawila]

@ AngelicBeing

I couldn't have said it better. Thank you!

Like some of you have mentioned, as of now company matter the most not the nation, but whos to say this will not change in the future and content that restrict grouping of different cities won’t be released? All my friends are starting in Uldah (like we did in 1.0) why will I not be able to group with them as a result of such a trivial mistake?!

[Sontawila]

As for contacting SE support, I did send the issue via their website support and asked if they could somehow change my starting city or roll back my character to pre-release (obviously, I don't care about current ARR progress which is close to nothing). Here is what I got in response:


Greetings,

Thank you for using our FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn support.

Unfortunately, GM are unable to provide information regarding gameplay or guide players through the game.

Therefore, we advise you to please ask players around or seek information on a community fansite.
Alternatively, you can also visit our official websites.

We thank you very much for your GM Call and we wish you a very nice day.

Kind regards,

The FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn GM team




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