I'd like to share also my opinion about the lock out of jobs, as well as for the rest of the game, behind these story content. And all I can say is that I truely feel depressed that such choice was taken for the expansion.

Don't take me wrong here: I wouldn't mind if the story quests were simpler and quicker to do, with possible "solo modes" to do and basically quick content that wouldn't last a day or two, but requiring to finish the entire 2.0 game content just for unlocking the new jobs? And quests? And even duties, eventually? I'm sorry but I really don't like this decision, especially if a new player wants to join in and simply want to have fun: I wanted to invite my sister to play with me again and she has not completed any 2.0 content yet. Meaning, she is stuck at doing the old content until she can finally reach the expansion, which will require a whole lot of dungeons and trials to do and gear to actually "enter" those dungeons and trials. Oh and it will also require people to do that content, which may or may not be present since I assume most of them will be doing the actual endgame content of the expansion.


And all for what? The "story"? Does it mean that the story is more important than the game itself? Whether I like it or not, locking content behind a story "because it makes sense" doesn't make sense to me in terms of fun factor: if I was a new player I don't know If I'd stay until the end, since I'm forced to do old content (with old gear, most likely) before even reaching the expansion landscape. It's not fun.

Granted, fun is highly subjective here and what's fun for me MIGHT not be for someone else, but this is flatout "locked out content" for the sake of the story: as a new player I want to play the new class, I want to play the new quests, I want to play the new zone. And if I didn't follow the previous story? Well so be it, but at least I'm having fun and if you really want to follow the story from the previous content, why not making it optional?

As of now I don't know if I will continue, nor I know if I will be able to recommend the game to those who I hoped to play with: how am I supposed to tell my sister (or my friends) that "you must complete the original content before entering the new zone and unlock the new jobs"? It's not a good incentive to buy the game nor the expansion, and that is why I don't agree with such decision.

I apologize, but I really had to tell what I thought about this.