Quote Originally Posted by Lambdafish View Post
This is what worries me, the devs didn't listen to the feedback 2 years ago, and it will only make things worse that they didn't, the same is true of the jump potion
Have you not played 3.1-3.4? It takes no time to jump through all that content. To say feedback isn't being taken in for MSQ structure would be ridiculous. Also I meant the length of the MSQ is not the overall deciding factor of the jump potion.

So the way I see it, is that if someone was not planning to buy a jump potion, and did not do their research beforehand, the point at which they would feel obligated to buy one would be around half way through 2.1 (which after 5.0 is quite early in the experience). Remember all the threads before HW saying "what the hell square? I just beat 2.0 and I need to do all this just to unlock the expansion?" yeah... imagine that, but a lot worse, and the obligation being "suck it up or buy a jump potion."
Obligated where? You can just enjoy the game till you hit end game. Not everyone who picks this game up is not aiming to hit end game as fast as they can. Some want to enjoy the story and world. They want to see everything we have been through up to that point. Again, a person by person basis and if someone truly does not want to deal with it all then they can pay to jump. Also I am very sure SE will continue to adjust content in previous expansions so you can cleanly go through them without any excess grinding through side quests or FATE's just like ARR's EXP rate in MSQ's were adjusted. MMO's will always grow and in some shape or form you will be leveling in those areas to get to where you need to go. Even WoW today is like this. Going through their expansion areas to reach to the current expansion areas. SE may have the story portion, but if you are just skipping cut scenes then I would argue the road to the current expansion areas is just about as long.

This is not an easy problem to fix, jump potion isn't a fix, it only gives the illusion of a fix. I really hope that ReplicaX is right, because that would be a very positive move from the devs. However my pessimism stems with distrust in the devs practices, too many times have we seen broken promises, thinking that has no foresight whatsoever, and the implication of "oops, that was a bad idea in hindsight, and we can't change it now, only bandaid fix it." I don't have faith that the devs will handle this situation correctly.
Have you considered jump potions are not a fix to an issue more than just an option for people who just want to jump to a certain point? Only reason it is under consideration by them is likely due to the feature being a trend in other MMO's and they just want to keep up with the times. Or SE higher ups pressuring them. Yoshi-P has openly been against it since he wants people to enjoy the content and not skip it. Or simply answering to a high demand from players.

Could I ask that you address my question to you, and also potentially give your view on what ReplicaX has said? I'm interested to see your stance considering what you have previously said.
What question? Also no, my argument is with you and your view points alone.