If you've beaten the Main Scenario, you should have the option to carry that over.

[KokonoeAiyoko]

My question is... why does people make new chars? You can have it all in one,...

Because people like to play more than just one character. There's a reason they gave us the option to have more than one character and it's for that reason.

Vs grinding fates? most definitely. I personally wish all the side quest would reset when you switched jobs. Would rather mindlessly grind fetch quests than fates.

That's your personal opinion, I personally despise fetch quests more. Besides, you don't need FATEs to get EXP, I run dungeons and levequests.

Honestly, I don't see why we can't have both of what we desire, though. Having quests reset? Sounds good to me, what I want doesn't effect that all.

But I really don't understand why you would pass on the VAST amounts of EXP MSQ gives, it's really enormous.

I have started an alt to try out Au'Ra and replay the story, and I did NOT need to touch a single side-quest, leve or fate (except for those unlocking dungeons and leveling second job) till level 30something. It took but a few hours to get there without any sort of armory bonus, without replaying dungeons (outside of the roulette twice or so). It's incredible how fast it goes.

Other people feel differently, like some people prefer doing fetch quests, I on the other hand absolutely don't like doing them at all. Once I do them the first time it feels very uninteresting and dull just walking around and talking to NPCs I already know the dialogue too when I could be actually fighting things at my own pace and not the pace of the story.

I also can level very swiftly and I enjoy doing dungeons and other ways to level up by comparison.

I think this guy got it right. If the devs wanted you to have all the perks of having an alt whilst not having to replay the game, they would provide you with those perks already. Easy race and name change button, more bag space, more retainers, class specific tome caps and loot lockouts etc. The point of an alt is to replay the game. We can already have all classes on one character so in this game it means playing as a different race/gender and without the power we have acquired on our main characters.

I disagree. Just because something isn't in the game already doesn't mean the devs think the way you're stating. This forum has suggested tons of things the devs didn't even consider they ended up adding to the game. Either way, my suggestion doesn't have "All the perks" of the previous character. It just makes it so you don't have to mindlessly fetchquest stories we've already completed.

I can play the game at my own pace, something I've already earned and nothing that adds to the game experience a second time on a new character.

If someone is serious about roleplaying, it makes sense that they go through the story again. The character is not an extension of your real life self, but a fictional person. He/she who has not done the deeds of a Warrior of Light but calls him/herself one is just a fake hero. A fraud. There's actually a small story portion about it in La Noscea.

This is nonsensical to be quite honest.

I really don't agree with this.

I get the issue, but in the end you are making a new character and it doesn't make any sense to carry anything over a previous character did. If they were to carry over MSQ progress, why stop there? Why not just boost all the characters to the level my first character is at? How about Coil/Alex progress? Titles? Minions? Grand Company progress? Where does it stop?

Those things are completely different. Those things actually effect game balance, my suggestion applies only to Main Scenario which doesn't do anything. It stops there. I also don't care if someone starts suggesting "boost all characters to max cause my other char has it", cause obviously that's a bad idea and won't get far. My idea makes the game more enjoyable for people like me without any effect on balance, in fact it also helps Square Enix as it gives more people a reason to buy the full subscription and not the 12.99 one.

Main Scenario is personal, completely unlike those things that effect other people.