Possible level/story jumps....really?

[Titor]

I am vehemently against buying levels, especially if it is to level 50 or more since people can boost their alts and easily buy more housing when they come out, if they want extra houses, they should work for it in game. (cough cough or buying max level characters for PvP boosting/rigging)

I am, however, for skipping the MSQ, especially the 2.x-3.0 MSQ. If someone wants to level by fate grinding, or dungeon grinding, or leves, or whatever, they should be able to have that option rather than do story. If one is going to argue "this is a ff game, it is story", well, it is also an MMO, and some people are playing it not necessarily for the story. Why not attract both audiences, those who want the story and those who do not? The story would still be there, just not mandatory to do anything. It would be great for alts too, since mashing that escape key is something that is not really my definition of 'fun'.

I bailed on WoW when they introduced buy-a-90, I would seriously consider bailing here too if they released it.

[Jermz]

As someone who has a bunch of friends who are new players losing interest from spending months in 1-50 and now post 50-expac story quests, PLEASE DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

[SgtLunatics]

I wouldn't mind a story-skip or level-skip option/potion for alts. I simply can't bring myself to go through all that again.

[Lexia]

As opposed to not subbing in the first place, or playing levels 1-30 and then quitting because of how boring it is in the beginning if they don't care about the story?
Keep in mind that right now, it is impossible to bring a new friend into the game to play with you, because they need to do months of catchup in order to raid together.

You seem to have the mind set that the only thing important or worth doing in the game is end game raiding.

[Miste]

Regular levelling teaches very little about the game. Most jobs don't even get their proper rotations until max level. If people want to improve, they'll do research online and it won't matter if they bought a level skip or not. Clearly judging by how the current playerbase has trouble with Weeping City, the levelling process has done jack all to improve skill levels.

That's your opinion that it teaches very little and I respect it but I disagree.

As I leveled jobs I learned more and more about the abilities and what is good to use in general situations. As I progressed through HW and learned new abilities on the way I had time to practice their utility in leveling dungeons like Aery/Vault/Gubal etc. Some job rotations change at 60 but you still have a way better BASE knowledge having leveled through with your job. So instead of doing 10%-25% of your potential (because you level skipped to 60 and have no idea what is what) the BASE knowledge you learned has you doing 50%+ which at least is decent.

[FallenArisen0990]

It's possible to be a player that doesn't care about gil, items, or experience points, and only cares about playing challenging raids. For an experienced mmorpg player, level 1-50 is just extended tutorial and extremely boring.

Regular levelling teaches very little about the game. Most jobs don't even get their proper rotations until max level. If people want to improve, they'll do research online and it won't matter if they bought a level skip or not. Clearly judging by how the current playerbase has trouble with Weeping City, the levelling process has done jack all to improve skill levels.

What many seem to forget that this is a RPG. Leveling is the core reason to progress, to get strong and overcome challenges. If you do not want to level, then why are you playing an RPG?

Nah I'm sorry. If you don't have a general base knowledge on your Job, please do not join cuz it will only waste not only your time, but our time as well. Keep the potions out of this game as it's very easy to get to 50 at this stage.

[Zelas]

That, right here... is a big fat no. It's a terrible idea, especially so early into the game's lifetime... How are they even considering this?

[MilesSaintboroguh]

It won't make any difference. People already play terribly now and most don't even know the basics of their jobs at level 60, so I see no change with this.

[bass9020]

It won't make any difference. People already play terribly now and most don't even know the basics of their jobs at level 60, so I see no change with this.

Exactly and we will have even more people who don't know anything. Ive already reached my limits on people who don't want to learn so if this happens I will never reach out and help any new player ingame again.

[Rita1989]

That, right here... is a big fat no. It's a terrible idea, especially so early into the game's lifetime... How are they even considering this?

Agreed we are only on the the first expansion, they should only be considering this on the 3-4 expansion.