New Jobs Gated Behind Completion of 2.0 Story?

[Zfz]

Requiring a month and a half of work for new players to get to actual relevant content or to get to play the only class they may care about doesn't strike you as bad design AT ALL?

You have to be level 20 and clear Ifrit story to ride a chocobo.
You have to be level 30 and have the appropriate secondary class to unlock any job.
You have to complete 2.55 story to enter 3.0 content.

It's called progression.

No other MMO has ever locked a new class behind anything. Once you bought the expansion you could go right away. Only exception being classes that didn't start at level 1, but even then that didn't require you getting to level cap, just whatever level they started at.

World of Warcraft, when Death Knight was released, you must play through a different character to level 55. Then you get to start a new character as Death Knight at level 55. At that time the level cap was level 80, and the player had to level the Death Knight through level 55-70 content that was release in a previous expansion.

FF14, when the new jobs are released, you must play through the same character to level 30 and you get to unlock the new jobs. Then you get to play that new job on the same character. At this time, the level cap would be 60.

None of the new jobs start at level 1.

Heavensward new jobs fit your description of that every other MMO. You also don't have to get to level cap to play the new jobs. What are you complaining about?

[Kuwaitum]

You have to be level 20 and clear Ifrit story to ride a chocobo.
You have to be level 30 and have the appropriate secondary class to unlock any job.
You have to complete 2.55 story to enter 3.0 content.

1. No need of GC Chocobo, at a certain level you will obtain a land/flying mount (as per 3.0 scenario).
2. New jobs don't follow the (main class/sub-class), they are your ONLY choices as Tank, DPS, or Healer.
3. Not really, New players will start a fresh adventure in Ishgard, but they won't be able to access the ARR content.

[Kaitlen]

1. No need of GC Chocobo, at a certain level you will obtain a land/flying mount (as per 3.0 scenario).
2. New jobs don't follow the (main class/sub-class), they are your ONLY choices as Tank, DPS, or Healer.
3. Not really, New players will start a fresh adventure in Ishgard, but they won't be able to access the ARR content.

lol, what?

It's already been stated you have to clear the last mission of 2.55 to access the new expansion content/storyline. Thus, you need to have completed the ARR content. >.>

[Balipu]

1. No need of GC Chocobo, at a certain level you will obtain a land/flying mount (as per 3.0 scenario).
2. New jobs don't follow the (main class/sub-class), they are your ONLY choices as Tank, DPS, or Healer.
3. Not really, New players will start a fresh adventure in Ishgard, but they won't be able to access the ARR content.

1. At a certain level, in ishgard, most likely after a quest chain. Your point is?
2. I won't bother you because of the syntax error but you still have to realise that Zfz was listing the examples of gating already in the game. And all the jobs now need to be unlocked anyway by leveling 2 other classes.
3. Ehhmmmm. Where did you get this? NOt only does it go against what we know about the plot, but makes no sense whatsoever because (1. the new jobs wont start at level 1, 2. the story is direct continuation of 2.55 and not a fresh adventure, 3. Heavensward is not a standalone expansion that you can play withouth ARR content)

[Felis]

You have to be level 20 and clear Ifrit story to ride a chocobo.
You have to be level 30 and have the appropriate secondary class to unlock any job.
You have to complete 2.55 story to enter 3.0 content.

It's called progression.

There are also more unlocks within story progression

you have to finish Stone Vigil storyquest to unlock beastmen quests.
You also have to finish the Ultima Weapon storyquest to unlock the lv 50 dungeons, except Wanderer Palace and Amdapor Keep. To unlock Amdapor Keep you have to finish the GC missions (clear Aurum Vale).
And you have to defeat Ifrit, Titan and Garuda storymode to get their Egis as a summoner.

Imagine new players want to start playing with Heavensward and they can't do anything until they finish all the long quest line from 2.0 to 2.55.

ridiculous.

Already now in 2.x you can't do everything if you don't do the storyquests. It is nothing new.

I agree, FFXIV:HW is a new game, the story continues but the game is new.

2.0 was a new game
3.0 is an expansion to a old game, not a new game.