New Jobs Gated Behind Completion of 2.0 Story?

[Felis]

How were legacy characters introduced? That's something I missed out on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOoQum5S5Ro (had to finish the "united we stand" GC mission with the character to get the special text)

No carriage for our 1.0 hero, we had to walk.

It is a commonly accepted guess, but just a guess. Basically, since there are no zones that could bring to new areas (or does SE intend to just slice off mountains in Coerthas Central Highlands?) the assumption everyone makes is that once in Ishgard, you will get your flying mount, and with it access the other areas otherwise unreachable. "zoning" probably will not work with flying (unless they plan to patch the sky with those blue trails?), so we're assuming that Heavensturn will be more of one large open world, similar to 1.0, with areas on several levels and accessible through flying.

I guess that the Ishgardians find a way to the other side of the Snowcloak glacier to Western Highlands after the 2.55 story. Then there will be a NPC or a portal that bring you to the other side (like the NPC at the White Wolf gate in Gridania).
After all, since the event with Shiva they know that the glacier is full with tunnels.

[BreathlessTao]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOoQum5S5Ro (had to finish the "united we stand" GC mission with the character to get the special texts and the tattoo)

No carriage for our 1.0 hero, we had to walk.

Huh... o.O I've a legacy character, but I don't recall that intro. o.O Probs tied to actually having completed the story in 1.0 (which I couldn't)?

[LalaRu]

... it strikes me as an odd decision considering any new players drawn by the expansion will be locked out from playing any of these jobs until they level a different job to 50 ...

I don't know what part of "expansion" word, did you missed.

Of course you have to level to 50, if you want play all the new maps that are, not surprisingly, leveled 50+.

What is odd, is get an expansion and want play that as it is a whole new thing. New players? They have to buy the game and the expansion, if they want the whole thing.

Then, Final Fantasy is a game that relies on a story by concept, definition, and the developer very choice: if you want trash it all and just play new content, FPS games are better suited at that scope.

[FoxyAreku]

I'm still at a loss as to why people think gating CLASSES behind a story that will take over a month (most likely) to complete is a good thing.

Gate anything else, you can even make the new classes take level 30 to unlock, that's FINE, but having to do the majority of the game just to start playing a machinist/astrologian/dark knight? Ridiculous.

[Felis]

Huh... o.O I've a legacy character, but I don't recall that intro. o.O Probs tied to actually having completed the story in 1.0 (which I couldn't)?

Only if the character finished the "United we Stand" GC mission in Castrum Novum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGdz1gjQPrE

[Duuude007]

I'm still at a loss as to why people think gating CLASSES behind a story that will take over a month (most likely) to complete is a good thing.

Gate anything else, you can even make the new classes take level 30 to unlock, that's FINE, but having to do the majority of the game just to start playing a machinist/astrologian/dark knight? Ridiculous.

Except that it isn't classes.

[Dererk]

I don't know if this has already been mentioned but.

Is everyone forgetting that smn was locked behind story?

And its not that big a deal that they are as long as you can unlock them right away from the first or fifth at most 3.0 main story quests.

[Chiramu]

What is odd, is get an expansion and want play that as it is a whole new thing. New players? They have to buy the game and the expansion, if they want the whole thing.
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New players don't have to buy Heavesnward straight away, they can play on ARR. They need to purchase Heavensward if they want to be Au Ra however.

[Aeyis]

I'm still at a loss as to why people think gating CLASSES behind a story that will take over a month (most likely) to complete is a good thing.

Gate anything else, you can even make the new classes take level 30 to unlock, that's FINE, but having to do the majority of the game just to start playing a machinist/astrologian/dark knight? Ridiculous.

Then dont play the game? Obviously the rest of the game is not interesting enough to stomache unlocking these classes?
Would you also like to have a level 50 or 60 character without having leveled it?

[Magis]

Then dont play the game? Obviously the rest of the game is not interesting enough to stomache unlocking these classes?
Would you also like to have a level 50 or 60 character without having leveled it?

Basically this. People complaining they have to play the game to get stuff.