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

[Zabuza]

90 is definitely the same as 100, which is also the same as being handed best in slot raid gear per your earlier post.

Oh I see now, you completely misunderstood that part of my post. I was saying if people expected to just be able to skip the story, why not also expect to instantly get max level gear as well? I wasn't actually saying that the other MMO instantly gives you max gear. Go back and read it, I don't start talking about "that other MMO" until after that analogy. I know that max gear is gated behind mythic raiding in that game. People are fine with it, but somehow gating things behind a story that makes the entire WORLD make sense is oh so awful.

Going back and reading the post, I can see how you would assume I meant that actually, when I was speaking in general at that part of it. Freedom of choice isn't always the right call in MMOs. Sometimes it is, sometimes it is not. If they allowed people to get the best gear by just completely skipping raid bosses for example, the gear would mean nothing and raiding would be destroyed. Content would be burned through like nothing. This is another example of freedom of choice not being the right call. Actually, people still have a choice. They go through the story(even if they are mashing the ESC key.) Or they simply don't play. This game doesn't need to have the highest subs to be a good MMO. It doesn't need to cater to everyone. It just needs to put love into its product, and have a strong and loyal fanbase willing to play. Even FFXI, with much less subs, had this, and still survives to this day. Making a good game does not always mean catering to the masses.