Option to unlock content without mandatory MSQ

[sauc]

Okay. Then, in your almighty wisdom tell me this.

If it moves from required content to Optional content, then why would SE put time and effort into maintaining it? You're asking for it to be optional and with that territory, comes the obvious issue of it just being neglected. There's no real counter to that, especially when other "optional content" in FFXIV has been left alone for quite a fair amount of time. Said time varying wildly depending on which optional content you're thinking of.

And I've still yet to actually get a response from either of you about why you continue to play, when the main appeal of the game (to many, especially with the games design featuring this, mind!) is the story.

And the "rounding out" part was more aimed at Sauc than you, Skivvy. However the "stupid mindset" you state is rather odd, if not laughable at best. What do you personally expect from a Final Fantasy game, exactly. If not its main selling point?



See, here's where you fall into a snag. Yes, you can level up secondary classes doing sidequests, hoh, etc. That's the intent. But, just like every other MMO out there you need to unlock it first. Guess where that comes in?

In the other mmos I played it's unlocked just by having the required level or at worst doing some sidequest. Example: you hit level 14 satasha is immediately available and queuable for regardless of anything else you've done

And why wouldn't they maintain it if it's as popular as you claim it is? Would be a pretty bad buisness move on their part to do something like that. If it so happens that it isn't worth maintaining anymore cause it's optional and no one is doing it then that would mean it's more a silent majority instead of a vocal minority.

Also I did say it I do raids and endgame in general, I also leveled every class to 80. Pretty much nothing I do is story related, I know the gist of it but none of my friends or my static really paid any attention to it.

On your learning curve thing, I would say people learn how to play their character more from leveling through combat all the way to 80 than talking to npcs and watching cutscenes.