Just to reiterate what I've said in the past before I make my response, I don't mind making the MSQ faster to get through in some way as long as it stays the MSQ and not become some optional long questline.
Quote Originally Posted by sf23 View Post
new player here Ihave to say after playing Wow (and many other MMOs over the years) and coming from wow/bfa. I found FFXIV refreshing. the more I learn about the game the more I love it (like my chocobo can have different colors by feeding it). However after playing through the main story line and completing it for ARR. hitting 54, and finding after much research and confusion(couldn't find npcs as example) that I can't yet get to ishgard(even though NPC gate keeper to ishgard zone says "get heavensword expansion and do the before dawn quest and you are golden") to do the Heavensword expansion because I have 100 quests I have to do first, was demoralizing. As mentioned I can't get my new class spells (I'm already 54 now) because I Can't see the NPC that gives em. AND I have about 70 quests still to run before I can access "Before the dawn" quest is available to me. Its a bummer really. it wont stop me playing but IMO this should be fixed (or made more clear) for new players.
In terms of making it more clear, I believe they tell you after finishing the level 50 job quest that the next job quest won't be available until you're in Heavensward.
Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
Was an evaluation of time required, in that aspect then not really. The time is not accessible, its many games worth of time to catch up (for some people that's a good thing, for others that a horrible thing though). Having to invest multiple games worth of time on content you didn't want to do, I don't think is accessible. Obviously some people do in which case thats good for them.
I don't think it's fair to view having to invest time on the game as an accessibility issue. Endgame is not the whole game, it's just the part of the game at the end. If you want to play the game, then it's accessible for you to play it, or pay for a skip.