2.55 Main Scenario Requirement.

[Belhi]

So many people are so quick to claim that it is not a balance and smooth leveling issue, but when I look at the numbers they look like this:

Levels 1 to 49: Approximately 1.4% story quests per level on average.

Level 50: Approximately 30% story quests.

Tell me again how this is not a balance issue? I like the story, but even I can see an issue with having the bulk of the story quests crammed into one level. You want people to do the story? Fine, but they need to spread it out more over a few more levels. Everything at 50 is a problem when the expansion comes out and the level cap is 60.

Your probably going to see the same story quest density post 50 anyway. 1 level will effectively count as 5 past 50 as far as story goes. They are basically talking about 50 to 60 taking roughly the same length of time that 1 to 50 took.

Lets not kid ourselves. The post 50 content will be gated by story progression in exactly the same way as the pre 50 content was. Even if players could go straight to Ishgard they will be able to do little beyond FATE grinding. Likely they wouldn't even have access to flying. This is how the entire game has been structured from level 1.

Add to that there is no simple way you can set things up so players can transition between 2.0's end story and 3.0's beginning without there being massive amounts that make no sense.

Your making this sound like its a far more torturous process than it actually is. I had a new player in my free company that cleared the entire patch story in two days and that was with dps queues and starting the relic quest at the same time. The only issue I can possibly see is one of gear and I suspect that can easily be solved through MS quest rewards giving upgrades or lowering the numbers on the patch dungeons so such a high ilvl isn't required.