Quote Originally Posted by Naunet View Post
My perspective is one who enjoys the leveling process. I have no desire to purchase a potion that skips 50 or 60 levels. What I want is a way to access things like the HW jobs without having to level an alt 50 levels (really more like 54, which is what you end up being by the time you're done with the ARR MSQ) on a class I did not want to play first. So I'm annoyed that the level jump potion is likely going to be used by both players and by SE as their excuse for why they won't fix the ARR block.

Anyway, I think we agree in theory. I'm just frustrated.
Unfortunately, that potential fix comes with a cost. Whatever changes they make to ARR means less money for new content in Stormblood. Given the choice, would you really prefer less stuff for us current players because they had to tweak stuff we'll never even see again unless we level an alt? Excuse or not, a skip potion is the best solution for everyone.

Quote Originally Posted by Jandor View Post
Why does it need to be a potion though? Surely removing all the requirements for the first quest of Heavensward bar being level 50, the requirements for Stormblood except level 60, and adding a warning before you accept those quests that you'll skip everything before would work just as well?

Removes all the MSQ gating, just grind levels and skip ahead.
Because the developers have outright said it isn't possible. The current code follows a strictly linear path, where each quest flags unlocks another. Such has been the reason they haven't allowed us to repeat old story quests. Doing so would delete all the progress thereafter. Abruptly changing this formula would require a complete overhaul of their infrastructure, none of which comes cheap.

From a business perspective. It makes no sense whatsoever to change everything when they could make a massive profit on people who want to skip the story. Likewise, having a quest essentially skip you allows RMTs and bots a fast track into expansion content, whereas the mogstation comes at a hefty price tag they aren't going to pay.