Quote Originally Posted by SDaemon View Post
In time you'll be able to purchase a level boost here or you could have a friend level with you here now. Neither of which changes the fact that other MMOs require you to have a high level character before trying out new classes/jobs. The precedent exists, it isn't something that SE just pulled out of nowhere to piss people off.
Again: you only have a couple examples, one of which is barely even noticeable given that you get a level boost included in the purchase of the expansion. (Is SE prepared to offer a character boost with the purchase of SB? They don't even offer ARR at a discount.) Also, neither require that you go through 1-70 every single time you want to make a Demon Hunter. If in FFXIV you simply had to go through the story once on any character, and then you could make alts of any class, then PERHAPS you would have a point. But that is not the case.