Forced to finish Before the Fall, dumb design.

[Whyllo]

I guess I can understand not being able to access new content as an adventurer, but it saddens me that my gatherers can't. I rarely adventure (just enough to open content for my gatherers). What would be the harm in allowing gatherers access? It would of course be more challenging being under level, but that can be fun. Used to do that in EQ2. Trust me this resulted in multiple deaths, but it was exciting. I will of course finish the main story line now in order to go to new content, but I am still disappointed that ffxiv ties crafters/gatherers so tightly to adventure level. Not everyone wants to adventure. I like supplying those who do, and enjoy "playing" the market board. /shrug Just my two cents I guess.

~Whyllo

[Temjiu]

Im not as much frustrated with having to do story as with everything Being gated for said story.

story is fine. I like story. I dont' mind having to catch up on my early release. that's OK. what bugs me is:

1) Forcing you do deal with raid level content as part of the story. especially when half of the groups are new (as they haven't done those instances before), and its long wait/difficult group to deal with. Now, all things considered, I wouldn't be bugged as much if #2 weren't also a reality.

2) all the new content is gated with said story. I could be off here, but from what I've read (and what i'm seeing), I can't even ACCESS the new areas, story, new classes...unless I finish the old story first. THAT is what bugs me. Everything I paid for I pretty much cannot do anything with,

and i have to sit here waiting for queues watching people head into the new areas. IF they just dropped the group portions from the story, I would have no issues. or give us a story mode that is as easy as pie....I don't care. it's the story for pete's sake, and its no longer even level cap, so forcing people to run content designed to challenge geared and experienced players isn't the best approach.

They need to either drop the group content from the lvl 50 story progression, or open up at least the bulk of the NON STORY content to those who purchased the expansion. I want to check out the new areas...now im waiting on queues for old instances to pop...when most players aren't running those....

[MajesticGazelle]

Inow im waiting on queues for old instances to pop...when most players aren't running those....

Bingo, my biggest complaint in one.

I've had to spend at-least 2 hours in queues in 6 hours worth of playtime. There's no logic in that what so ever.

Thankfully, I'm persistent and I can't wait to try the new classes etc.. but this is poor design without question.

[TamurilRains]

Bingo, my biggest complaint in one.

I've had to spend at-least 2 hours in queues in 6 hours worth of playtime. There's no logic in that what so ever.

Thankfully, I'm persistent and I can't wait to try the new classes etc.. but this is poor design without question.

Exactly. This has affected low level dungeons too as I'm trying to level up I've been sitting in a queue (as a tank) for over five minutes. I suppose on the plus side by the time I reach 50 the problem may have fixed itself by then but, gating new content we paid for behind content that nobody wants to do anymore seems stupid to me. Yeah I know join a FC, make friends, every problem has a solution. But why should there be this problem in the first place? At this moment in time it's extremely frustrating to get the old mandatory content finished when people are playing the new content, SE has effectively separated the community.