[Opinion] I REALLY wish there was a new 1-15 Starter-area for Heavensward...

[Reinfeld]

Whats wrong is the development time they would spend on another useless starter area takes away from more endgame they could be adding. Since they already said new jobs wont start at lvl 1 you don't need another 100 fetch it quests to lvl up.

This is false. People are misinterpreting what was said. He said you can't start a *new* level 1 character as DRK/AST/GNR, but when you unlock them they will still start at level 1.

If players choose to switch to one of the new jobs, they'll need to raise it from level one.

From http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/7/8166...reveal-yoshida

I don't know why so many people want to think this. Wow only started doing it when the game was what, 11 year old? There's no way they would cut the small 1-30 grind from such a new-ish MMO.

[Spellbinder]

This is false. People are misinterpreting what was said. He said you can't start a *new* level 1 character as DRK/AST/GNR, but when you unlock them they will still start at level 1.


From http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/7/8166...reveal-yoshida

I don't know why so many people want to think this. Wow only started doing it when the game was what, 11 year old? There's no way they would cut the small 1-30 grind from such a new-ish MMO.

Other sources would disagree.

http://massivelyop.net/2015/03/07/pa...naoki-yoshida/

While Yoshida would not reveal the main stats of the new jobs, he did say that you will not be able to start playing one at level 1. As with other jobs, you have to reach level 30 first and do job quests to unlock them. As these extra jobs do not have base classes, the team is still making decisions about what level players will start at with them, although we likely will not be starting fresh from level 1.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/wiki/pax_2015_interview

RPGamer: For the new jobs in the game, do they start at level 1? And if so are the new zones and quests for those classes or do they have to return to old zones to level up?

Yoshida: (Editor’s note: This question will read a bit difficult because it was lost in translation at first but thanks to Matt Hilton it was corrected. I've included both answers because I think they both provide worthwhile information.) Heavensward is an expansion so if you create a brand new character that character will start at level one. So the areas within Heavensward will be level fifty one and beyond. So if you have a character that is at level one they will have to revisit the Realm Reborn areas. There may be questions because there is a system in WoW where you can either start off with a higher level character or purchase a higher level character. Those apply to games that have been around for a while, eight to ten years, and those initial levels are just way too far back in history that it would take forever to get to the current level. But A Realm Reborn has only been around for about one and a half years, almost reaching that two year mark so we feel there’s still enough time to go through and take your time to revisit the areas in a Realm Reborn and there’s still many new players that are coming on board to the world of XIV so we feel that there’s not too far of a gap between a very new player and the more experienced players. So we encourage players to explore the areas in A Realm Reborn and we don’t feel that it is time to offer an official powered up version. In terms of jobs we don’t start at level one.

Reddit: Specifics? Numbers?

Yoshida: We’re still in the final tweaking stages on where we’re going to have them start but definitely not at level one. If we mention it I’m sure so many people are going to try and get ready and get a head start. We’re going to keep it a secret as long as we can. It definitely won’t start at level one so you won’t have to scramble to get through things such as guildleves.

[Kaze3434]

This is false. People are misinterpreting what was said. He said you can't start a *new* level 1 character as DRK/AST/GNR, but when you unlock them they will still start at level 1.


From http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/7/8166...reveal-yoshida

I don't know why so many people want to think this. Wow only started doing it when the game was what, 11 year old? There's no way they would cut the small 1-30 grind from such a new-ish MMO.

why do people keep linking this when this came after what Spellbinder linked?

[Dervy]

This is false. People are misinterpreting what was said. He said you can't start a *new* level 1 character as DRK/AST/GNR, but when you unlock them they will still start at level 1.


From http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/7/8166...reveal-yoshida

I don't know why so many people want to think this. Wow only started doing it when the game was what, 11 year old? There's no way they would cut the small 1-30 grind from such a new-ish MMO.

Can you stop with Polygon articles? They're wrong 90% of the time. There's a reason why everyone, including NeoGaf never take Polygon articles seriously. They're always full of false information and horrible misunderstandings.

We should make a forum-wide ban on all Polygon articles tbh.

[Gillionaire]

This is false. People are misinterpreting what was said. He said you can't start a *new* level 1 character as DRK/AST/GNR, but when you unlock them they will still start at level 1.


From http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/7/8166...reveal-yoshida

I don't know why so many people want to think this. Wow only started doing it when the game was what, 11 year old? There's no way they would cut the small 1-30 grind from such a new-ish MMO.

Whether that's technically true or not..
Doesn't having to level other classes to unlock the new classes mean that the new classes won't NEED starting zones?

Or do you expect people to do quests to level up to 15, or 30 or whatever it is to unlock the new classes.. then go BACK to their respective starting zones and do different quests from level 1 and on.. That seems like unnatural progression to me.