Game needs to be more newcomer friendly, but NOT with level-boosts

[Legendlives]

I know in one of the interviews it was said they wont be gating the new Jobs behind the story again. I know some one much less lazier then me will find it.

Me personally i dont think a insta-Level Boost is the way to go, i just think they need/should find away to get rid of the class system and just stick to Jobs. Also make the MSQ xp like triple so you can fly through the story to catch up to the next expansion. While they are at it, they should make the dungeons solo/dual and make the story/hard Primal battles done with 4 ppl, with half the mechanics, only for ARR and maybe HW.

Thats just my crazy 2 cents.

[SDaemon]

While they are at it, they should make the dungeons solo/dual and make the story/hard Primal battles done with 4 ppl, with half the mechanics, only for ARR and maybe HW.

That is a lot of work and redesign for a very niche reason. Cutting the bulk of filler quests that are a part of the MSA that aren't relevant to the MSQ as a whole is a much more practical approach than redesigning dungeons and trials to require less players.

[HyoMinPark]

Consider that player who loves the Machinist, using a gun and tinkering with robotics. Sure, a Black Mage can also fill the role of Ranged DPS, as could an Archer, but it doesn't cater to the FANTASY that player wants. You're essentially telling him to play a character he doesn't like, on the chance that 60+ hours in, he can change to one he MIGHT.

If SE decided to make the 3.0 jobs available without requiring an individual to complete ARR first, they would have to change the storyline for DRK, since it makes references to the events during the 2.x patches. While I would love to access the job earlier (since I made an alt for the sole purpose of leveling DRK again), I also do not want the storyline to change, since it is my favorite job storyline in this game. I know not everyone cares for the lore, but that storyline was amazing. I'd hate to see it changed.

[Waterdeep]

I am in the process of leveling another character. The way from 1-50 isn't much of a problem, seeing that you basically only have to stick to the MSQ. Even the parts with Titan are over pretty quickly. It is the 2.0 Patch content that really makes you go instane. Returning countless of times to the Walking Sands/Rising Stones for the most mundane things. "You, Warrior of Light, grab our luggage!" or anything involving Tataru "You, get me some tea from Coerthas~!" should be completely cut and made optional.

[Terin]

Yeah, true, though there are ways they could leave those quests intact, while still having access to.their play style.

The best option is to simply have new Class counterparts prior to Heavensward. Like I said, something like Squire for Dark Knight. Maybe restructure the story a bit, introducing you to Fray in Coerthas instead of Ishgard, but keeping the story itself the same (merely changing the location a bit). Same for the other new Jobs, with Musketeer (precursor to Machinist) based out of Limsa, but maybe start leaning how to tinker around lvl 30 in Ul'dah, maybe connecting with the Goldsmiths who already use robotic engineering.

[Yasuhiro]

Weird question but did Fray even acknowledge where he was? Like in Foundation in particular? If not, no harm moving him elsewhere I guess he doesn't even have his own guilde room. Later parts with the Au Ra and the girl shouldn't be a problem either I guess if they shorten MSQ you'll be in foundation in no time if so.

[Legendlives]

That is a lot of work and redesign for a very niche reason. Cutting the bulk of filler quests that are a part of the MSA that aren't relevant to the MSQ as a whole is a much more practical approach than redesigning dungeons and trials to require less players.

Its why i said boost the exp of all MSQ, that will cut or eliminate the need for filler/side quest. The biggest problem i see for new players is que times for story dungeons/primals in ARR and HW once a new expansion hits, but like i said, crazy 2 cents.

[TankHunter678]

Weird question but did Fray even acknowledge where he was? Like in Foundation in particular? If not, no harm moving him elsewhere I guess he doesn't even have his own guilde room. Later parts with the Au Ra and the girl shouldn't be a problem either I guess if they shorten MSQ you'll be in foundation in no time if so.

One of the quests has Fray using the WoL's "voice" to talk about how they should of let the merchant (who sent you to get his stuff back from bandits... and declared it ruined cause of the bandits blood being on it and demanded you give him gil equal to 50% of the cost of the ruined merchandise) die to Leviathan's Tidal Wave if this was how people like him, who send us off on missions where we risk our life cause they are incapable of doing anything to resolve the situation on their own, are going to act.

[Galgarion]

I think one of the big reasons that FFXIV has been so successful, has been because both character progression and story progression have been masterfully paced. I think newer players would be cheating themselves out of quite a fun experience if they could just take a level-up potion, not to mention they'd be a detriment to their teams. So what if the game reviewers whinged about not getting to try out the HW jobs right away?

[Rumpelstiltzkin]

I hope they add level boosts asap. This is exactly the type of game FFXIV. When you raved about how amazing the game was saying nono it does not need to do anything new you basically asked for this so enjoy.