5.0 and MSQ Skip: Free Skip Potion?

[jameseoakes]

So maybe, I've missed it with all the news about 4.5 and 5.0 but has SE addressed what are they going to do about the MSQ regarding skip potions?

Because if a new player has to go through hundreds of quests just to get into 5.0 areas and content, I can foresee a lot of them just quitting way before they even finish ARR. ARR alone has 285 MSQ quests.

Some of these are soul-crushingly tedious and I say this as someone who enjoys story.

So will SE give out free skip potions or something similar with 5.0 or will it be $kip potion on the Mog Station again?

If they'd quit in ARR why would they be any more likely to get through the 5.0 stuff?

[TwistedTea]

If they'd quit in ARR why would they be any more likely to get through the 5.0 stuff?

Because ARR does have a whole bunch of pointless fetch/delivery quests,fetch,go here,now go there,now come back again just so we can send you off again.

As many people say, HW was way better for me but having to tell new players, "It gets better in HW!" is a poor selling point for the MSQ and the game.

[Brill_]

Because ARR does have a whole bunch of pointless fetch/delivery quests,fetch,go here,now go there,now come back again just so we can send you off again.

Soon we will get new game+ so we can experience it again.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

If they'd quit in ARR why would they be any more likely to get through the 5.0 stuff?

Because Heavensward and Stormblood are infinitely better? 2.1 to 2.3 is almost entirely pointless filler. Not to mention a good chunk of 2.0 itself is riddled with filler quests (Hi, Company of Heroes). While I never contemplated quitting outright, I was getting to the point of actually skipping dialogue when I reached the Company of Heroes. It just got so damn boring. It doesn't help early leveling showcases the absolute worst aspects of FFXIV's combat. You basically don't have a rotation of any real merit until almost level 50.