A serious discussion about abridging the story quest 1-50 (discouraging new players)

[Luvbunny]

But that's current content. You say you're understanding me but you're clearly not lol. In a MMO people typically don't want to be so far behind the rest of the crowd. Playing catch-up sucks, especially when people grow impatient about others watching cutscenes in a dungeon after a month or two.

I know what you mean by catching up - maybe they should not be away so long. All these main scenario content is pitiful, they are so short when you actually here during each patch. Most patches missions total are 3-4 hours long (if you include the dungeons). But yeah, if you have been gone in since Nov 2013, suddenly you have 25 hours or more content to go through before you can even open 3.0. Not to mention they have a good amount of dungeons 2.1-2.55 to go through, enjoy the trip, learn mechanics, etc.. Every new players MUST go through at least the last 9 dungeons they introduced in patch 2.3-2.5, they need to learn mechanics.

The last thing you want to deal with is a bunch of "Abusea Babies from FFXI" who suddenly get to high levels skipping all 2.0-2.55 dungeons mechanic and have no clue on "why are we wiping over and over" again - must be cuz the tank is bad and the healer not doing their job - when it is clear as day that the DPS have no idea of what to do when it comes to mechanic (well, or you can have a tank and healer who have no idea how to deal with mechanic too

Think of it this way, you REALLY DO get your money's worth. Waiting one week to reach 3.0 is not a big deal, you can catch up with other jobs, crafting, side quests, get familiar with the changes, etc.... And for brand new players, they MUST go through the MSQ, not even optional, sorry - I rather not deal with freshie to 50 with instant level up buttons who have zero clue on how to play their classes. I understand the filler quests ain't teaching them how to be a good player, and mainly serve as a "break" while you wait for dungeons, and giving you something to do. There is absolutely no reason to RUSH, gimme 3.0 NOW OK NOW NOW NOW!!!!

[Miya_Carbuncle]

I know what you mean by catching up - maybe they should not be away so long. All these main scenario content is pitiful, they are so short when you actually here during each patch. Most patches missions total are 3-4 hours long (if you include the dungeons). But yeah, if you have been gone in since Nov 2013, suddenly you have 25 hours or more content to go through before you can even open 3.0.

I actually just recently caught up after being gone a while, but I'm not talking about me. I'm talking about brand spanking new players. Not everyone joined during vanilla and there're people who joined because of the expansion or maybe they just-so-happened to finally decide to join for their own reasons. :P

[Luvbunny]

I actually just recently caught up after being gone a while, but I'm not talking about me. I'm talking about brand spanking new players. Not everyone joined during vanilla and there're people who joined because of the expansion or maybe they just-so-happened to finally decide to join for their own reasons. :P

Yes, I understand. If I were a brand new player, I WANT to go through 2.0 because that is a great deal of XP to get me to level 50, as well as teaching me slowly how the game works and let me enjoy the game world. I am not gonna be cheated of 50 hours worth of content just because someone wants "instant level up" and skip everything. I rather FF14 be an acquired taste, and cater to specific kind of players who enjoy the FF brand and storytelling. As much as I hate these inane quests and dumb NPCs, it's the reason I am here, for JRPG version of WoW + Rift + GuildWars 2 and a heavy dose of FF fan service.