Quote Originally Posted by Voltyblast View Post
Got it, as long as you get your stuff, you don't care if the rest of the content is broken, delayed or unfinished. Fair enough I guess.
Except, this content isn't "broken, delayed or unfinished". The developers never once said or implied that New Game+ was going to offer players experience or be an alternative/additional option for leveling alt jobs. They have always advertised it as a way for players who want to redo the story to redo the story, which has been requested numerous times - and never with the added "oh, by the way, let us level alt jobs with this feature" comment people are suddenly making. That was never a point brought up in discussions that were asking for the ability to redo the story.

The developers have delivered the requested feature. Nothing more, nothing less. People that expected to be getting experience out of this feature - despite no indication that this would be the case - are the only ones who have set themselves up for disappointment right now. Or ones who are citing it as being similar to other game's NG+ options. Quite frankly, a lot of disappointment could have been avoided without making assumptions.

The content isn't delayed. They said it was coming out in Patch 5.1 during the Pre-ShB PLL, and it's being released in Patch 5.1.

The only one you can semi-argue is "unfinished", if only because it won't initially include ARR and job quests. However, the former is being redone and condensed, and is set to "re-release" in Patch 5.3 in this new, condensed fashion. So I can understand why they wouldn't include ARR in the initial release only to have to re-add the new version later. I wish they would include the job quests, but perhaps since a large chunk are stuck in ARR content, they're wanting to release them after ARR is condensed to avoid any potential mishaps with interactive coding for the level 1~50 class/job quests. Sucks, because I want the DRK quests available now, but I can try to be patient and wait a bit longer. All that said, the "unfinished" here is being used in reference to the "No rewards, no experience" - not the fact that it doesn't currently include ARR and job quests. So, no. The content isn't "unfinished" with regards to this argument because it never promised rewards or experience in the first place.

Quote Originally Posted by Kytrin View Post
I am honestly astonished by how heated this seems to be getting. There's nothing wrong with people asking for exp rewards from NG+. It's it required? No. Is it something we should assume we'll get? No. Should the rewards be identical to what they were before? No probably not. Is NG+ awesome all on its own? Absolutely!

But I don't see how it's such a bad thing to wish for an alternative for leveling outside of roulettes and eternal grinding? I personally love leveling by story far more than by most other ways. I don't even mind the sheer number of quests because I'm enjoying myself. I would cheerfully drag literally every other job I haven't been bothered to level up to 80 if I got to enjoy the story with each one lol! I mean, I'll enjoy the feature regardless, but I can't fault anyone for asking for some form of reward other than getting to see the story again.
This issue is that the side of the argument that is pro-rewards/pro-EXP are discounting the feature as "useless", a "waste of resources", and saying that it shouldn't be added at all because it doesn't meet their specific expectations.