Level Progression Flaw in 3.0

[Rizon]

I do not know if this was intended or just fell through the cracks but characters, for me my Alts, have been level progressing even though they do not have access to Ishgard and its surroundings. I am now reaching the point where I cannot do GC turn ins due to the fact that that I cannot access the gathering points. I do not plan to make the effort to get to Heavensward any time in the near future with these Alts as most of my progression there will be on my main for the foreseeable future. SE if you are going to continue this policy then access should be account wide not just per character for completion of 2.55.

[Arkenne]

They did mention that for a character to pass from lvl 50 you only need to have Heavensward enabled on your account.
If your account has Heavensward enabled, then they will be able to level up past 50 even if they are not in the Heavensward Storyline.

[Anjirusensei]

I like this when it comes to leveling alts because they benefit a lot from rested exp. Also, I have a lot of alts where they are stuck in pre 2.0 storyline, but have leveled beyond 50 thanks to leveling roulette. A lvl 57 scholar on titan normal mode... haha.

[Rizon]

They did mention that for a character to pass from lvl 50 you only need to have Heavensward enabled on your account.
If your account has Heavensward enabled, then they will be able to level up past 50 even if they are not in the Heavensward Storyline.

I am aware of that. It doesn't mean that these characters have access to Heavensward though. They should or the characters should have been flagged for non progression until they completed the requirements. That was and still is the fallacy of linking new areas access to completion of storyline progression. People who are primarily DoL or DoH or who have Alts that are are SoL beyond a certain point.

[Felis]

Gather the items on the main, transfer them to the alts (friend, FC storage or a 2nd account), profit

[Rizon]

Gather the items on the main, transfer them to the alts (friend, FC storage or a 2nd account), profit

Why? One of SE's selling points for the game is that you can be what you want to be at any time. I do not care to take any of these characters beyond lv 50 or the initial main story line. I wanted to have be crafters and gathers and my Main is my DoW character. Forcing me to level these characters beyond that point or wasting time doing what you suggest defeats the whole purpose of these characters.

[Zfz]

Why? One of SE's selling points for the game is that you can be what you want to be at any time.

That selling point was for playing on the same character.

[Saggo]

Why? One of SE's selling points for the game is that you can be what you want to be at any time.

The mere fact that they put DoL (and by extension DoH) items behind story gates should tell you that this isn't completely the case. It's not like SE did it on accident. DoL leves locked behind DoW/DoM leves should have been the first clue they consider DoL/DoH secondary to DoW/DoM, and by extension alts were never meant to be anything anytime.

[Catwho]

Yeah, the "warrior of light can actually be a carpenter main" idea was a holdover from 1.0 and was dropped by 2.0. Your character, the WoL, needs to be a battle class. 3.0 was built along the idea of the WoL finishing the 2.0 storyline, and if the carpenter WoL hasn't done that, they don't get access to 3.0 and all its goodies.

[SendohJin]

I wanted to have be crafters and gathers and my Main is my DoW character.

that's 100% your choice. nobody forced you to make that decision. you have to deal with all of the things that come with making that choice.