Please Allow 50's to Enter Ishgard w/o having completed MSQ

[Spiritreaver1217]

Unless a person lives in their mom's basement and has no rl obligations they are not going to complete the msq in less than a week.

I stated back a ways in this thread that brand new players in my FC have done the whole of 2.0~3.0 ready in just under about an average of 2 weeks. I stick by that because i saw them do it while still going to work, dealing with family and friends, and doing everything else adults do on a regular basis.

While i will say doing it in under a week would require more effort, i could see it being done-especially if during the weekend of that week the player binged played the game. The toughest thing, actually the only tough thing about the MQ is just staying focused while the denizens of Eorzea continually mistake you for their personal manservant. If you can keep at it, you can fly through it, ques are only on the long side for a couple of instances.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

Take it from me, someone that agrees with the content being locked behind the story: your argument of the MSQ being fast to complete is just plain incorrect.

When you consider that someone having to complete MSQ up til 2.55 in order to access Ishgard does NOT have to wait months between patch cycles like many of us did, then yes, it is pretty fast. It's still an investment of time, yes. But no full-stops between patches.

[Cian]

It's a story driven game. . .do the story or go play a game more suited to the gameplay you are searching for.

[NorthernLadMSP]

Consider for a moment that locking new areas and jobs behind MSQ also means that there will naturally be fewer people crowding up the new areas at launch. There will already be a ton of us there, do you really want hundreds of Lannisters and Targaryens, who fate grinded to 50 without a single dungeon or job quest, crowding up the place trying to unlock their dragon mounts?

This made me LOL

[Tuathaa]

I stated back a ways in this thread that brand new players in my FC have done the whole of 2.0~3.0 ready in just under about an average of 2 weeks.

An average of 2 weeks is believable but less than a week isn't going to happen with an average or even an above average player.
Length time so do the msq isn't the issue in this post. It's about the people who have specifically played the game from a crafters perspective (which has been supported and encouraged by SE) who do not have any level 50 battle classes are not allowed to play the expansion.

[Souljacker]

Personally I think it's another misstep in a long history of missteps. A new expansion is an opportunity to put everyone on a more-or-less level playing field. Welcome new\returning players into the game and all tackle new content together. That won't happen with this game because so much stuff is gated behind old events. I'm not sure if SE just is trying to control the population by making unpopular decisions or if they really believe that new players (and crafters, for that matter) should be gated from new content they they paid for, but it's a questionable position to take.

[Shneibel]

specifically played the game from a crafters perspective (which has been supported and encouraged by SE) who do not have any level 50 battle classes are not allowed to play the expansion.

suck to be them, it only take a few days and 6h MSQ, they can begin now

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

It's IS an equalizer. . . for the players that hit 50, followed the MAIN scenario, but went different ways.

The guy who made a fortune on the MB? See you at level 51.
The guy who gathers and gardens daily then logs out? See you at level 51.
The girl who cleared Final Coil? See you at level 51.
The people that mainly come to socialize with friends? See you at level 51.

[SDaemon]

It's about the people who have specifically played the game from a crafters perspective (which has been supported and encouraged by SE) who do not have any level 50 battle classes are not allowed to play the expansion.

They are most certainly allowed to play the expansion. Nothing prevents them from leveling a DoW/M and completing the MSQ other than themselves. It isn't that they are incapable of accessing HW areas, they are unwilling.

[kyuven]

It's about the people who have specifically played the game from a crafters perspective (which has been supported and encouraged by SE) who do not have any level 50 battle classes are not allowed to play the expansion.

It's been mentioned before, but of COURSE they're gated from HW content if they don't decide to level a DoW/M to 50. They're already gated from unlocking crafting classes at all, accessing the GCs, the chocobo (and thus mounts), leves, and the Ixali dailies if they choose to not level a DoW/M, why would HW be any different?
They'll still be able to level from 51-60, but the new quest stuff won't be there unless they unlock it. Just like everything else I mentioned.