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

[Airget]

Absolute nonsense. Several other ways to alleviate these problems could have been implemented, they just weren't as cash grabby.

If there are other ways to implement it, explain. An opinion means nothing if you refuse to give examples of the case. How about you look at it from the otherside. When starting FFXIV from 2.0 fresh, that's 50 dollars, then you play for the last 3 years at 12.99/6 months. for about 156/yr. So let's think about this for a moment.

2.0 50 dollars + 3.0 50 dollars + 467 for 3 years= 567 and yet you think that giving players the option to bypass all this content upon buying FFXIV 2.0+3.0 at about 50 dollars + 78 if you do 6 months + 50 dollars for story+lv bypass is to much at 178 dollars compared to the potential 467 or more people put into FFXIV for playing for 3 yrs?

[Irisviel-]

If there are other ways to implement it, explain. An opinion means nothing if you refuse to give examples of the case. How about you look at it from the otherside. When starting FFXIV from 2.0 fresh, that's 50 dollars, then you play for the last 3 years at 12.99/6 months. for about 156/yr. So let's think about this for a moment.

Releasing the initial expansion quests from the previous storyline quest flags for one. This way, if you meet the proper level requirements, you'd be able to jump into that content immediately. Like every other MMORPG on the entire market.

For example, you could skip all of 2.0 by simple leveling via any means to 50. You'd meet the pre-reqs for the initiating Heavensward questline with that change, and be able to go through all of that story.

Going further, they could change the prerequisite flags on dungeons and raids and release you from needing the storyline at all, but that's a bit more involved than simply flagging a single questline.