How do newly chreated characters / new players supposed to progress naturually

[IzumiYuki]

The point is, by the time you're geared enough to run those dungeons you've already outgrown it. Also, it's still a random drop in a chest. There's no guarantee you'll get the headpiece, legs or body. It's entirely guesswork as to which armor drops in the dungeon, and you're still lotting against other players to obtain it. Tomes are earned regardless.

Asfor how much soldiery you get, I'd say you get sufficient enough amounts to gear up even on lower tier dungeons like Amdapor Keep. The downside now is that they've effectively cut off some players from being able to use Duty Roulette because... well, they're stupid. They've gone and attached the old 'extreme' roulette dungeons to the hard mode roulettes effectively increasing the ilvl requirement and the total number of dungeons you need to complete before it unlocks.

I think SE just hates new players.

I think most of what is said here is totally innacurate since none of you are actually new players and are just making assumptions. I am a new player who is still under the one month free trial (4 days left) and I just reached 50 not long ago.

So, far, I have not actually outgeared any content and all the gear I get are usable. I have cleared Ifrit, Garuda, Titan Ex and all the high level dungeons so far through the DF, after I barely made the ilvl requirements. I can assure you we don't lose anything not being able to do roulette right away. The gear progressions is just fine.

Of course, we won't be able to do content at the same difficulty as release but that is the nature of all MMOs. Old content need to be easy to allow new players to get a party easily by making it attractive for old players to do those old dungeons. One of the difficult things new players face in an MMO is getting to the same tier as the rest of the playerbase. As of now, I think SE is doing a great job. It is neither too fast nor too slow to catch up to the current playerbase. Once we get to your level, then we can experience content at the same difficulty as everyone. If gear progression is too slow or old content still too hard, then it will be impossible for us new players to reach to the current content. We would forever be playing catch-up, until an expansion releases where gear is reset.

So, I must say good job to SE. Sure there are problems like slow queue times for DF and players wanting to disband after 1 wipe but that is a problem of the playerbase and not SE. As of now, SE is making FF14 a great experience for new players at 50 to catch up to the current playerbase, unlike any of the other MMOs I have played where it is either impossible to reach the current content or too fast.