Quality of Life Improvements and MSQ Gating for New Players

[Zojha]

A game is under no obligation to appeal to everyone.

As a matter of fact, a game is under no obligation to appeal to anyone.

It's just going to hurt its own success if it doesn't. Which is what the original reddit was about - People having a lot of trouble convincing their friends to stick with the game due to the MSQ. I'm not surprised that people defend SE shooting themselves in the foot like that, but I am amazed it's not coming from the people who usually wish SE to crash and burn.

[KisaiTenshi]

As a matter of fact, a game is under no obligation to appeal to anyone.

It's just going to hurt its own success if it doesn't. Which is what the original reddit was about - People having a lot of trouble convincing their friends to stick with the game due to the MSQ. I'm not surprised that people defend SE shooting themselves in the foot like that, but I am amazed it's not coming from the people who usually wish SE to crash and burn.

Because it's a Final Fantasy game, therefor the story is important.

Leveling is the primary gate in MOST MMORPG games, and are actually are designed this way, because you become a one-hit-ko.

This game gates stuff behind MSQ because it assumes you are playing it for the story. You don't start watching a film at the third act climax. You don't start reading a novel at the last chapter. Asking to skip directly to HW or SB expansion's is like skipping the first and/or second book in a series.