We Really Need To Talk About The State And Path Of FFXIV

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All that really matters is that the jobs can complete the duties within their level range, regardless of the level. Whether they play differently at various levels (which would be obvious for progression to exist) or with less balance or efficiency is irrelevant outside of being able to complete those duties. It's also part of growth. When the jobs haven't fully "matured," it is expected that they would not be at their best. That doesn't make the jobs broken before they're at their best.

their point isnt that content is undoable, but rather that they feel clunky/bad/not balanced Before high level. Basically in general, they rework the jobs each expansion to make them about one playstyle at 70, then they remove pieces as they become lower level. So while playing at 50 used to feel like a complete experience, now, you are missing obvious synergies, and it varies with each class.

There was another thread discussing the ups and downs of the MSQ. My thoughts are you can skip MSQ to catch up via a jump potion, but they dont want that to be the norm. MSQ is pretty central to the FFXIV experience IMO, and if they changed the game so that the only thing keeping you out of content is your level (and not MSQ) itll become like wow pretty quickly. But if you really want to skip MSQ, they give you that option, just not for free so it doesnt become the standard choice.

Unfortunately, 2.1 to 2.55 feels pretty long based on how its set up. That section of the MSQ is the one most people complain about, and it does need some streamlining.

its weird to me that you think the only difference between WoW and ffxiv is the content lock of MSQ.
You feel like msq is what the game is primarily about, and that its important for each player to go through it the same way, i disagree. Msq is a book, or a movie, not a game. A game requires that all players follow similar rules, such that its fair, but a book/movie is different. Some people love the movie part of ffxiv, some dont.

Put yourself in someone elses shoes here. Imagine you don't need/like/care about story. Now imagine someone is making you watch 110 hours of something or fast foward through it for 50 hours in order to access the actual game portion. or you can pay 25 dollars.



If the story was actually integral to how the game is played, and an integrated part of the experience, like a pen and paper rpg, i would agree with you, but its simply not. Its a seperate thing which has no effect on your play if other people do it.