Quote Originally Posted by Welsper59 View Post
Chances are, they'll eventually find reason enough to remove this story lock if it gets out of hand with difficulty to complete as time goes on.
this will not happend, they will make faster to complet some dungeon and trial, but don't hope them to change this. why? because it will ask to change the whole story of the 2.X!! from the fist quest that bring you to coerthas to the end of the 2.55, everything say..... stranger are not allowed into the city!!!!

people need to get over it and accept this, do i feel it's a bad idea? nope.... because a new player still have all the content of ARR to enjoy before think about the expansion. a player that do begin to play FF14 only for play the expansion miss the whole point of the game. it's a world, a story, a whole! you can cut a part....

about friend that will start with the expansion, you an still help them to complet this content faster! then the new player is not that much screw... because it will be easier for them to get gear a lot of the equipement that are selled at very high price will be sell for nothing with the expansion. people need to stop to complain for nothing.

Quote Originally Posted by Rendecrow View Post
It's because I think most new players will want to get to level 51+ zones and will feel awkward when they are level 52 to 54 and still running around level 50 zones. I've seen it in WoW tons of times, new players always want to go for the higher level zones even when there is still quests and content that they have not seen in a lower level zone. These players may feel "trapped" in the old world and this could discourage them from continuing to play the game.
seriously the game is not only the expansion.... if they only want to play the expansion i feel they miss the whole point to have a game like FF14.