Possible level/story jumps....really?

[Nestama]

I can't really argue against that since the 3 new jobs already start at lvl 30 which imo I'm not a fan of. But I wouldn't rule that out I guess.

To be fair, if those three Jobs did start at level 1, then they would have needed to be available outside of Ishgard/before finishing 2.55.

[bass9020]

To be fair, if those three Jobs did start at level 1, then they would have needed to be available outside of Ishgard/before finishing 2.55.

Yea I agree, they could have started once you reached Coerthas Central Highlands for the first time. Majority of there beginning stories start in that area anyway and I'm sure a lot more people would have been happier. This also would lead to less people complaining about story and leveling other things. Heres to hoping 4.0 changes this!

[Bourne_Endeavor]

But what's worse is, considering they're planning this potion already, I have a feeling that this means that subs are either not growing, or going down...but I'm only speculating so don't take me seriously.

Or they recognize in a game where we're considering climbing up, requiring new players to slug through a massive amount of quests will further deter them. This will only become a bigger hurdle as the game grows. People want to play with their friends not do an occasional dungeon or two than spend the next 10 hours on their own again. SE likely wants to get this out of the way early.

[bass9020]

Or they recognize in a game where we're considering climbing up, requiring new players to slug through a massive amount of quests will only further deter them. This will only become a bigger hurdle as the game grows. People want to play with their friends not do an occasional dungeon or two than spend the next 10 hours on their own again. SE likely wants to get this out of the way early.

They can still play with there friends! It makes no sense what so ever to allow someone into content where they don't belong because they have friends waiting. They will get to it when they get to it.

[NaesakiAshwell]

They can still play with there friends! It makes no sense what so ever to allow someone into content where they don't belong because they have friends waiting. They will get to it when they get to it.

I also don't know about you but I wouldn't want to play with friends who won't even deign to come back and help me through the past content because its old to them and they simply want to rush on ahead to the endgame in a couple weeks so they can complain some about the lack of things even when there is tons for them to do, they simply refuse to do it.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

They can still play with there friends! It makes no sense what so ever to allow someone into content where they don't belong because they have friends waiting. They will get to it when they get to it.

Well that attitude won't keep people in the game or attract new players. How do you propose to keep things as they are now 3 expansion packs from now?

[bass9020]

I also don't know about you but I wouldn't want to play with friends who won't even deign to come back and help me through the past content because its old to them and they simply want to rush on ahead to the endgame in a couple weeks so they can complain some about the lack of things even when there is tons for them to do, they simply refuse to do it.

Then they should find different friends to play with. People who can't be asked to help others with "old" content really aren't the type of people I want to associate with. In my FC we hold events to help newer players or returning players with thing, not as often as we should but even when we do them we have a great time. Its just odd that people want to skip those memories and moments.

[bass9020]

Well that attitude won't keep people in the game or attract new players. How do you propose to keep things as they are now 3 expansion packs from now?

Why because they can't press a button and magically be at the end? Im sorry but if we are attracting people just to have them ingame then Yoshi should just take everything out of this game that has to do with player growth.

[NaesakiAshwell]

Probably want to find new friends to play with then m8.

I wasn't talking about myself?

I was just pointing out how people seem to think they won't be able to play with their friends if they aren't caught up instantly they act like their friends won't even help them to catch up.

Just saying those kind of people aren't really friends if they won't even lift a finger to help you enjoy the experience :v

[bass9020]

I wasn't talking about myself?

My bad! I shall edit my post. PLEASE FORGIVE ME