Naoki Yoshida's Comment in Regard to Jump Potions/Boost Potions

[Rita1989]

And they get to charge twice.

Seriously this is nothing but a cash grab and laziness on SE and the dev teams part

This is a story based MMO new players should need to do the MSQ if they dont like it they can go find another MMO.

They can make adjustments to the current MSQ to condense it and make the first job 1-60 be fully done by doing the MSQ alone and remove the sub class and cross class abilties in 4.0 so you dont need to change to other classes while leveling and the effort needed to get to level 60 really wont be that bad.

[Blackcanary]

Seriously this is nothing but a cash grab and laziness on SE and the dev teams part

This is a story based MMO new players should need to do the MSQ if they dont like it they can go find another MMO.

They can make adjustments to the current MSQ to condense it and make the first job 1-60 be fully done by doing the MSQ alone and remove the sub class and cross class abilties in 4.0 so you dont need to change to other classes while leveling and the effort needed to get to level 60 really wont be that bad.

No this is an MMORPG with a main story quest. Its not the other way round. And its not SE laziness its the fact that they decided to make MMORPG which is marketed with the causal consumer in mind hence why the game is like a theme park. If you have a problem with the direction this game is going. Play something else or stop complaining and try and find the good in this lifeless world out side instance battles and citys and GS.

[Frowny]

This is a story based MMO new players should need to do the MSQ if they dont like it they can go find another MMO.

They can make adjustments to the current MSQ to condense it and make the first job 1-60 be fully done by doing the MSQ alone and remove the sub class and cross class abilties in 4.0 so you dont need to change to other classes while leveling and the effort needed to get to level 60 really wont be that bad.

They'd have to re-write SO much that they'd end up remaking 2.0.

I strongly disagree with you as well. Many people don't care for the story... why gate the expansion behind stuff that is ultimately worthless? Sure, people love the lore but from a gameplay perspective it doesn't do much. Edit: I do like how you went to wild extremes in a later post of yours. Being against something is cool, but going off the deepend invalidates any valid points you may have had.

What I DO dislike though is job potions. Just... no.

I hope you like Healers refusing to use offensive abilities "b-because I'm a healer not a DPS!!", because you're only gonna have even more of those now.

Your point is....? Healer DPS is always nice but if it comes down to them tipping the balance then you need to have a chat with your main DPS as they're screwing up.

[pinder2009]

This is a story based MMO new players should need to do the MSQ if they dont like it they can go find another MMO.

There are plenty of people already that don't care about the story and skip every cutscene. You may be here for the story but not everyone is. A jump potion will not change that.

[Theodric]

There are plenty of people already that don't care about the story and skip every cutscene. You may be here for the story but not everyone is. A jump potion will not change that.

...and yet the story is a huge and very important draw for many players - especially the core target audience. Are the developers going to let the quality of the story suffer moving forward if and when the 'norm' becomes people demanding a focus on the fabled 'end game' and new content has to be pumped out at a quicker, more lacklustre rate?

[Nestama]

...and yet the story is a huge and very important draw for many players - especially the core target audience. Are the developers going to let the quality of the story suffer moving forward if and when the 'norm' becomes people demanding a focus on the fabled 'end game' and new content has to be pumped out at a quicker, more lacklustre rate?

If you enjoy the story, then you have nothing to worry about. This is an MMO, which means it attracts players who play for different reasons. Some don't care about story, some do. Some play just for the crafting and gathering (who were forced to do the story in HW), some don't.

[PLitz]

...and yet the story is a huge and very important draw for many players - especially the core target audience. Are the developers going to let the quality of the story suffer moving forward if and when the 'norm' becomes people demanding a focus on the fabled 'end game' and new content has to be pumped out at a quicker, more lacklustre rate?

The quality of the story hasn't suffered, in spite of the fact that many players skip all of the cutscenes. Hell, the majority of the playerbase effectively skipped the 1.0 storyline and they're still dropping references, developing old characters, and tying up loose plot threads. Why would the ability to skip cutscenes en masse suddenly spur the developers to abandon that commitment? It's not like every new player's going to skip the story, just the ones who would have skipped it anyway.

[seraf]

Seriously this is nothing but a cash grab and laziness on SE and the dev teams part

This is a story based MMO new players should need to do the MSQ if they dont like it they can go find another MMO.

So you'd rather turn potential new players away from the game just because of this? Because that's how you kill an mmo. As much as I love this game for its story I realize that a lot of people only want to play for the social aspect and/or other content like PVP, Raiding, etc. Telling people they have to do over 4 years worth of content just to catch up to friends or to experience the latest expansion is going to be a major turn off for many.