MSQ teleports - A simple band-aid for discouragement of new players in ARR

[Kurando]

I think there was some lore reason why there is no aetheryte at the Waking Sands, otherwise yes it would of just been easy to add one but that's not the case. Besides adding an aetheryte doesn't make the fetch and return quests any more fun, there needs to be some better changes to them to solve the issue.

[bass9020]

Seriously, just install a mini-aetheryte in the Waking Sands. Their cheap and already part of the lore. My house has one, why not this organization that slays freakin' GODS?

Its in the lore why there arent aetherytes set in place there. Teledji Adeledji even placed a Statue of himself where a normal aetheryte would be.

And side note: If you take the boat from LL you arrive right at Vespar Bay.

[Aomine1992]

Or they could just offer a skip over the quest between ultimate weapon (Final 2.0 quest) and HW because it felt those to be the most useless quest that you spend so much time running around for.

[bass9020]

Or they could just offer a skip over the quest between ultimate weapon (Final 2.0 quest) and HW because it felt those to be the most useless quest that you spend so much time running around for.

They do, it can be found in the mog station

[NocturniaUzuki]

A lot of this is a people issue. If people weren't so hopelessly obsessed with the latest patch all the time, new players would have stuff to do before Stormblood. But it is apparently the fate of all MMOs to suffer from dead content. Even if they make efforts to the contrary, players keep causing the dead content issue anew.

If new players could dive into legitimate raiding at Lv. 50, it would be a lot easier to bear the grind.

[aesteval]

I'm.. not a fan of this. I've leveled up a few alts (not to 60, but at least to 30) and the biggest annoyance was bots instakilling the mobs I needed. Letting them teleport even more, for free, would certainly boost that annoyance.

Bots location hack. This recommendation does nothing to aid bots, since they location hack independent of aetheryte locations anyway, but it does potentially help actual players who are playing by the rules.

[Edax]

Its in the lore why there arent aetherytes set in place there. Teledji Adeledji even placed a Statue of himself where a normal aetheryte would be.

And side note: If you take the boat from LL you arrive right at Vespar Bay.

No there is not lore as to why there aren't any mini-aetherytes in the Waking Sands. Yes, they talk about why the Syndicate hasn't placed a big one in Vesper Bay, but they don't need a big one in Vesper Bay. The mini-aetheryte can be gotten cheap on the Marketboard.

And more to the point, do they really need alienate new players with the frustrating lack of fast travel back into the MSQ quest hub?

[Edax]

A lot of this is a people issue. If people weren't so hopelessly obsessed with the latest patch all the time, new players would have stuff to do before Stormblood. But it is apparently the fate of all MMOs to suffer from dead content. Even if they make efforts to the contrary, players keep causing the dead content issue anew.

If new players could dive into legitimate raiding at Lv. 50, it would be a lot easier to bear the grind.

In all the years I played Runescape, I never felt like the game suffered from dead content, because they was so much to do at all times.

[Dirwen]

ARR is the worst grind as I have eight chars which only two have MSQ done up to the current point due to using skip potion because I want to do Eureka before it became dead content.

After Ultima fight you get a fantasia so it's a nice reward but after Ultima the grind to get HW access is long and just downright bad. Skipping cs due to already watching it before doesn't help make it go faster. Most pointed out with all the running around just to talk to a single npc for a very short one bubble dialogue really needs to be cut out.

[Jojoya]

Perhaps the player base needs to revisit the ARR MSQ and come up with a proposal for what specific changes should be made to smooth it out. XP rewards can always be adjusted to keep the player on pace to hit level 50 at the required point in the MSQ without having to resort to side content.

Or they could just offer a skip over the quest between ultimate weapon (Final 2.0 quest) and HW because it felt those to be the most useless quest that you spend so much time running around for.

Most of 2.1 - 2.3, certainly. But definitely not 2.4 and 2.5, that's where the story started getting good and it's relevant to HW MSQ (including 3.5). I'd love to remove the unnecessary Tataru quests out of the MSQ (keep them as side quests for players who still want to enjoy them).