ilvl requirements of Heavensward content..

[Numenor1379]

While I share your opinion, I should point out that makes sense only if the 3.0 quest line is gated by the 2.1+ quest line. They could just gate it behind the 2.0 line (up to and including the fight with Ultima) and leave the rest of the primals as optional.

Agreed, except for the problem of how you jump from the story at the end of 2.0 to where the narrative has brought us by 2.5X. Players are going to need to see how Ishgard comes out of isolation, not just be dropped into it straight from Ultima. The story discontinuity would be horrid. This said, I imagine they will delete a lot of the fetch quests we currently have to speed up story progression.

[Delily]

The story discontinuity would be horrid. This said, I imagine they will delete a lot of the fetch quests we currently have to speed up story progression.

Previously on Dragon Ball Z....

[cookiecutter]

Agreed, except for the problem of how you jump from the story at the end of 2.0 to where the narrative has brought us by 2.5X. Players are going to need to see how Ishgard comes out of isolation, not just be dropped into it straight from Ultima. The story discontinuity would be horrid. This said, I imagine they will delete a lot of the fetch quests we currently have to speed up story progression.

I think it should be relatively easy for new players to catch up even if they have to witness the whole 2.0-2.5 story. All they have to do is add experience to these quests if you're at or above level 50 and they probably can convert hard primals to light party content to lower que times (even add weapon drops if necessary). Then the new players should be around level 52-53 when they start 3.0 storyline.