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

[Catwho]

Not everyone. The gates are open to everyone who helped defend against the Dravonians in the last battle of 2.55. That includes the Warrior of Light and all the other adventurers who helped, of which there could have been thousands (but only 7 others present at Steps of Faith.)

If you haven't finished 2.55 you're not part of that group.

[ZodiacBrave]

Not everyone. The gates are open to everyone who helped defend against the Dravonians in the last battle of 2.55. That includes the Warrior of Light and all the other adventurers who helped, of which there could have been thousands (but only 7 others present at Steps of Faith.)

If you haven't finished 2.55 you're not part of that group.

Hmm the Holy See should have included that clause...

Okay I understand the lore now. But then again this leaves me another concern: What reason should I buy Heavensward right now if I haven't finished MSQ yet? If nothing... then I'll just bite it and move on then.

Or I finish MSQ first, which leads me to buying Heavensward a few months after its release. Yes, I can speed through it over the weekend. No, I don't want to speed through it over the weekend and I have other stuff to do.

[T2teddy]

Hmm the Holy See should have included that clause...

What reason should I buy Heavensward right now if I haven't finished MSQ yet? If nothing... then I'll just bite it and move on then.

Yes, I can speed through it over the weekend. No, I don't want to speed through it over the weekend and I have other stuff to do.

So take a week or two playing a couple of hours a day and then get HW. Dude, are you seriously only at Garuda considering how long you've been registered...
I guess you have no desire to meet our friends, Gaius, Livia, Nero, and Rhitatyn, and their pet the Ultimate Weapon... or Leviathan, Shiva, Ramuh, Fenrir, the Tonberry people, or the cool residents in the Crystal Tower, nevermind Midgardsomr the guardian of Silvertear Lake who saved Eorzea once from the Imperials! And let us not forget Midgardsormr's son Vishap...oh and the Ascians.

Your loss

[ZodiacBrave]

So take a week or two playing a couple of hours a day and then get HW. Dude, are you seriously only at Garuda considering how long you've been registered...
I guess you have no desire to meet our friends, Gaius, Livia, Nero, and Rhitatyn, and their pet the Ultimate Weapon... or Leviathan, Shiva, Ramuh, Fenrir, the Tonberry people, or the cool residents in the Crystal Tower, nevermind Midgardsomr the guardian of Silvertear Lake who saved Eorzea once from the Imperials! And let us not forget Midgardsormr's son Vishap...oh and the Ascians.

Your loss (for being lazy) <- you seemed to have removed this part

Suddenly this ticked me off. You really insulted someone you do not know?

And how long did you suppose I have been subscribed to this game? Unfortunately, I do something else IRL and in terms of leisure this is not the only game I play. At the span of 2 years ARR has been out I am only subscribed for 4 months. But I make the most out of those times and fortunately, I did mostly nothing but speed through the storyline this past month, but I also do not neglect my crafting and gathering classes. Additionally, in game I also do something else besides story, since this game has much more to offer. Oh isn't that great do to be able to do a multitude of other things in one game?

[T2teddy]

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I removed that after noticing your post farther down.
As for me I've got 3 separate characters, all done the MSQ. One of them is a crafter as well as dps. I hate pvp. I have a RL professional career.

I play WoW, Rift, EVE Online and SWTOR. Games are my break from reality.

Obviously one of us likes stories more than the other. Your loss

By the way on Oct 27th 2014 when you made your first forum post about alchemy, you had a level 35 healer. That's a far stretch from 4 months ago.

[Dsync]

By the way on Oct 27th 2014 when you made your first forum post about alchemy, you had a level 35 healer. That's a far stretch from 4 months ago.

Probably not four consecutive months, just four months in total *shrug*

OT: Even if I had not done the content I would still be FOR the gating. All the content in 2.0 is going to be far easier now (story-wise) anyway. It's not going to take too much time. My wife plays this and is currently unable to go to the new areas. We know it won't be long as the content is now going to be far, far easier without level sync.

[Veral]

No. Do the story...you've had..what? like at the very least 5 months to finish the story in order to be prepared for heavensward, this has been a requirement since the expansion has been released.

Even if you absolutely LOATHE the story content that much then skip the cutscenes, press that left mouse button like crazy to skip the dialogue, unlock the handful of dungeons and trials along the way ask your fc to help or some friends or someone in shout chat.

I was never particularly fond of the main questline myself because 2.0 was so...hit and miss but i eventually started doing it over 2 and a half months ago and finished it..within like 2 months just doing it casually and i have to say its an epic storyline
Now i get not everyone will have the same tastes as me, but it's a REQUIREMENT i don't think ive ever seen ffxiv change its requirements for anything before (sure they've nerfed content here and there but thats not really changing the requirements to unlock content). On top of that as far as i know a lot of stuff was locked behind 2.0 completion, so it would only make sense that HW content is locked behind 2.55 stuff