RPGgamer article w/ Yoshida says i110 through questing for new players

[MirielleLavandre]

http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q2-2015/061715e.html

It says the commonly already known fact of 2x XP for MSQ, but the i110 through just doing the main story is new, at least to me. I'd figured they'd provide at least i90 via quests/MSQ, but i110 is a nice boost for new players ^^

[AzraelX]

so they won't make 4.0 as big as 3.0...i hope that changes

[DreadRabbit]

That's...actually really interesting. I'm almost done with the 2.1 quests so I'm curious if those rewards extend to those quests as well. I also wonder if those items will be like upgraded weathered set or if they'll be new items designed with this in mind.

[Callinon]

YoshiP promises they won't make another expansion as big as Heavensward.

He says that like players were concerned Heavensward was just TOO BIG? I'm pretty sure that complaint was levied by an astonishing 0% of the player base.

[Hypie]

YoshiP promises they won't make another expansion as big as Heavensward.

He says that like players were concerned Heavensward was just TOO BIG? I'm pretty sure that complaint was levied by an astonishing 0% of the player base.

How can a ExPac be to big? Cretins!! No seriously...who would say such Bull? o_O

[Wolfyboy]

YoshiP promises they won't make another expansion as big as Heavensward.

He says that like players were concerned Heavensward was just TOO BIG? I'm pretty sure that complaint was levied by an astonishing 0% of the player base.

I can say the most possible concern would be is what to start doing! That's friggin' awesome and how an expansion should be! Please, I don't want to walk into an expansion and be like, "alright I'll do this". Then be finished and be like, "What now?" Honestly, no one should be complaining about getting a lot of content; or, do you want the long content drought like WoW? That sure was fun (for those who played at the time) /rolleyes

[Brundlefly]

When Heavensward was first announced and very little was known about it, I thought I'd be done with all the new content in a week. Then little by little they announce newer, more amazing things that make me think that week will turn into at least 3-4 months. By that time they will have at least 1 more update out.

[EdwinLi]

Heavensward is looking to be a gigantic expansion, so much so that Yoshida promises they won't do another one of this size again. Apparently the balance team doesn't want to have to work with three new jobs at once again either. All of this new content is coming together to make this expansion look like something really special for FFXIV fans and newcomers looking for another MMORPG to sink their time into. Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward launches next week on June 23, 2015, with Early Access starting on June 19.

Great so I'm guessing they only plan to release only 1 or 2 new Jobs in next expansion.

Hopefully they can balance this change by at least release 1 or 2 new Jobs during X.X era content.

[Gardes]

The gap between ARR and HW is roughly...22 months. The last 2 months of that we had nothing new content wise, I think. I cant remember when was the actual planned date for HW but I do remember him saying he wants yearly expansion releases after HW. That's an expansion every 12 months. There will be delays no doubt, but if he wants that kind of schedule, the scope will have to be smaller.

On the downside, we'll have to shell out extra dollar more often and probably for less content (if 2nd expac is still 40 dollars). But on the other hand, we'll get new stuff that isn't usually in patch content more often and especially with the smaller scope, they'll probably have to justify it with more major features. Like they cant come up with as many zones every year, can't introduce a new race every year so they'll have to promote other features, like maybe...new jobs? Guaranteed new job every year. Maybe rdm/sam/dnc/blu can come out faster.

[Duelle]

Great so I'm guessing they only plan to release only 1 or 2 new Jobs in next expansion.

Hopefully they can balance this change by at least release 1 or 2 new Jobs during X.X era content.

That'd be nice, but we know they don't want to do that either. My money is on them doing 1 or 2 new jobs per expansion, which would sort of limit options as far as what jobs make it into the game.