New Jobs Gated Behind Completion of 2.0 Story?

[Ayrie]

It's still 9 weeks out, so it's possible that they could alter things, although it is incredibly unlikely.

If it does turn out that nearly the entirety of 3.0 is gated behind the MSQ, it won't go over well.

I'm fine with. Took the time to get caught up. Got like 9 weeks, yah?

Seems like the issue is on our side, a lack of planning on your part doesn't something something dark side.

[LineageRazor]

It's only 52 pages because people keep bumping it to further a pointless debate..

For a pointless debate, you sure seem to have a lot of investment in it. Your post count in this thread is nearly double mine!

I'm fine with. Took the time to get caught up. Got like 9 weeks, yah?

Seems like the issue is on our side, a lack of planning on your part doesn't something something dark side.

I'd say most, possibly even ALL of the players who have posted in this thread have ALREADY completed the 2.55 storyline. No one here is whining about things they themselves want to have without working for it. We've all done the work already, we've done the planning, and the dark side is no danger.

The concern is months from now, long after Heavensward release, new players who consider buying Heavensward along with the base game but turn it down because there's nothing worthwhile for them until they've played the base game for quite a while. Do they pay 20$ for the base game, or 40$ for the Heavensward/base game combo pack? Smart buyers will pay $20 - there's no guarantee that they'll like the base game, and the expansion is useless to them until after possibly months of casual play. Making the new jobs accessible would be a reason to buy the 40$ game instead of the 20$ - the expansion ISN'T useless, as there's three new jobs to try out in addition to the ten jobs/classes in the original set.

Even if they decide they don't like the game and quit, there's still that up-front payment. And who knows? Maybe a new player would have had more fun playing as one of the new jobs than as any of the old, and would have stuck with it if they'd only been able to play as AST or whatever.

errmm i guess you miss the point....heavenwards is the expansion of FF14.... then it's not a new game, it's the continuity of what we have already. if people want to get there, they need to reach this point in the story. it's like ask to have acces to a story without do what did happend before. people that will start it will feel left out and will not understand what happend. it's worst than all for a game where story is soo much important.

Again, let's not confuse "Something for the newbies to chew on" with "Allow newbies access to everything current players can access". Yes, there ARE things for which one should be gated behind the storyline. New jobs didn't HAVE to be among these things, but SE decided to make it so. I and others found this decision to be questionable.

There may be issues behind the scenes that lead to this decision which would make sense if we knew them. But we don't. So, confusion, disappointment, and a 54-page thread results.