Main Scenario Restriction Bloodstorm - Very Very Bad idea.

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You're basically saying don't bother using DoTs, and after a Qarn and Cutter's Cry run tonight with synced players, this is anything but the truth. Expect a min of 30 minutes to get to the final boss in each of these dungeons without any DoTs. Both are quite long, and the mobs don't die as fast as you think they do. You will most likely need two Protect casts if you want it for the final boss fight.

As for Esuna/Leeches most mobs in this game have some sort of detrimental status effect they can inflict on you, and if you're healing through it, you are at the very least using up one extra gcd opposed to just casting your cleanse skill to do so. Keep that in mind.

Sigh. You aren't going to be a Conjurer in Qarn or Cutter's Cry, thus a discussion about pre-30 dungeons wouldn't include either. So no, I'm not saying that.

You aren't running into many detrimental effects before Brayflox. And like I said above, people can read exactly what Esuna does. There isn't anything to learn beyond "use this to cure posion/paralysis/etc."

Of course you will. And isn't that awesome? That skills you learn from day one are still used in endgame?

That has absolutely nothing to do with what I quoted or why. The person who started this discussion mentioned how you aren't learning anything while leveling a class because their "rotations" are so minimalistic.

What is so ironic about this statement right here is how you say you didn't learn anything.

No, I said the game doesn't teach you anything pre-30, or frankly, at all. Once again, we're talking classes only here.

Actually, it kind of is. The rewards for finishing ARR and HW really aren't anything to scoff at. If the players aren't interested, they are playing the wrong mmo. The MSQ is amazing, and even several of the side quests as well. Not to mention class and job quests. Particularly the level 30 and 50 ones. Some of them have even brought tears to my eyes. Be happy I'm not running the show, because if I was I would give better rewards to vets for running with new players at their average iLv.

In your opinion. All of this is subjective. You or I may enjoy the story, but that doesn't mean everyone else will or their opinions of it are somehow wrong. Would you tell someone "you're playing the wrong game" if they just picked up Call of Duty for the campaign? There are plenty of people who like crafting, raiding, socializing or whatever else and don't give one iota about the story.