Famitsu interview with Yoshida after NA's FanFest

[Bourne_Endeavor]

This makes me so sad. How are people supposed to know how to play that job if they get jumped up straight to 60?

I have never tanked in an MMO ever. I started with Dark Knight and learned through the following:

- Searching on Youtube for guides
- Watching MrHappy and Mizzteq videos to get a better idea on timing for defensive cooldowns
- Asking friends and other tanks for tips

At no point did the story ever teach me anything. For example, optimal Dark Knight play has you drop Grit after establishing aggro. You'll only discover this by reading the tooltips or looking at guides. The game isn't going to teach you that nor will it teach you Power Slash is a DPS loss.

Conversely, I recently got a Scholar in DF who not only didn't summon their fairy, they were still using their Friendship Circuit and Brand New Ring despite queuing for Ravana. When we called him out for it, he claimed he was a level 60 Paladin and knew DPS was the issue, not his woefully inept gear choices. This person went through the entire story and still didn't know even the basics of Scholar. People who want to learn, will do so on their own volition. What level you put them at won't make a different because they want to learn. People who don't care, will never care, no matter the obstacles you put in front of them.

I hope it don't include the lv1-59 MSQ

What would be the point of it? People aren't buying a jump potion to skip levels. They're doing it to skip the story. I guarantee, if they do implement a skip option, it will literally skip everything up to level 60. Anyone who purchases it, will basically start FFXIV at Stormblood. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a point to it.