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

[Nestama]

But seriously, it takes less than a week for a new player to get through the 2.0 main scenario, grind some tomes (900 in a week now), gear up, and tackle the rest.

That's if they skip all cutscenes, play as a tank and are already level 50. When I first started (as an ACN), it took me around a month to finish 2.0. I couldn't do FATE parties because I was on the PS3 and dungeon queue times were pretty... maybe a little worse than they are now.

[Marveth]

Imo the story is very good when it is progressing. But there are a ton of filler quests which could be removed in order to just give new players the ACTUAL story quests.
This would make the story a lot more interesting and shorter as well for that matter.

[SDaemon]

I am sure this expansion will bring many new subscriptions.

Indeed this expansion most likely will! :P

[Khalithar]

That's if they skip all cutscenes, play as a tank and are already level 50. When I first started (as an ACN), it took me around a month to finish 2.0. I couldn't do FATE parties because I was on the PS3 and dungeon queue times were pretty... maybe a little worse than they are now.

Just to add to this, as a brand new player playing a tank exclusively and staying focused on the story almost exclusively only stopping to my main scenario roulette and low level dungeon roulette for soldiery tomes to reach the necessary ilevel 90 to queue for everything, I completed all the main story in 21 days.

[Raist]

If there were folks doing it I wouldn't have spent an hour waiting on a second tank until I called a friend and bribed him to tank it.

See, there's your issue.
No progression instances NEED a 2nd tank. Its just easier if one goes down the other can take over.

Again... this ties into Gralna's post I quoted earlier. With the change coming in 3.0... you wouldn't have to wait for that last player if you wanted to try low-manning it. What if your tank and healer were geared to the teeth and you could just steam roll the run without the restrictions.

Just another example of how much easier things may potentially be for the new players once HW drops.

[Lorielle]

No seriously. Why is this topic still going? It's the same words being spun around every time. :X

[MaikoRain]

I am glad you have to level a battle class to 50. I know someone with 7 alts that have lvl 10 battle classes that she bots with. She is quite pissed with this. She has also posted in this topic lol. This puts her out of business for new gathering nodes until she catches up.

Yes people on Coeurl should report her and her friends.
Hmm shes from Coeurl and has posted. Looked at the first 30 pages and the only one from Coeurl is the OP.

[T2teddy]

If that is the case in regards to xiv then why did SE incorporate so many ways to hit max level in all the classes/jobs and be able to raid while easily by passing the msq?

You cannot unlock any dungeons, primals, or Coils without doing MSQ. Not sure about the 3 CT raids though. It's been a while lol.

[RubyShoes]

people really need to stop this *new player* bit, there a trial for reason if they enjoy the game they will continue to play and sub if not they will move on

Actually people don't. Traditionally MMO expansions attract new players and traditionally game companies want and need those new players. This expansion gates off content and unless they either trim the MSQ's down or every class starts at 30 new players face a huge grind. That's a shame as the more players we have in game the better for everyone.

[Cyrus-Wallace]

You cannot unlock any dungeons, primals, or Coils without doing MSQ. Not sure about the 3 CT raids though. It's been a while lol.

Yup, actually most of the level 50+ content is locked behind the completion of The Ultima Weapon, the final 2.0 storyquest.