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

[topher9000]

I’ve only been able to play for a few months (about 3 total). I work and have an active life outside FFXIV. Seldom have I felt that to be a taxing undertaking. Yes, there is a lot of grinding, my FC has warned me. At first I was unsure if it would be worth it but then my FC leader had me look at it like this, “You’re lucky to be doing it with the Heavensward level cap because you’ll be getting EXP the whole time.” It can be a detractor but that’s MMOs for you. I don’t think the team working on the game is likely to abridge the story anytime soon. That is why it is up to veteran players to try and make the other parts of the game shine while new player go through the lvl 50 MSQs. At the end of the day it is about playing with other players. It would be nice if I could jump into the new content but at least I get to play with a group of friends that are trying to make the grind a little easier on me.