MSQ Needs Further Condensing

[Reyketi]

This is an excellent way of showing how deleting steps can improve the experience.

Especially as the msq gets dramatically larger with each expansion, it becomes more and more important to trim the fat. Otherwise you’re going to end up losing people to skips or by quitting entirely.

The latest xpac, skips, and a subscription will cost a new player ~$115.

What will a new player think when they're told they can either play through hundreds of hours of required story just to catch up to their friends/get to the latest content

Or

Pay $115

It's outrageous to ask something like that from the player, and thankfully Square Enix have done trimming.

This trimming, when considered with the expedited MSQ leveling process is a clear sign that they see the length of the MSQ as a burier to entry for new customers.

Best Wishes

-Reyketi

[DPZ2]

The latest xpac, skips, and a subscription will cost a new player ~$115.

What will a new player think when they're told they can either play through hundreds of hours of required story just to catch up to their friends/get to the latest content

Or

Pay $115

It's outrageous to ask something like that from the player, and thankfully Square Enix have done trimming.

This trimming, when considered with the expedited MSQ leveling process is a clear sign that they see the length of the MSQ as a burier to entry for new customers.

Best Wishes

-Reyketi

Want to get to max level in WoW Shadowlands? Pray that you don't choose a class you dislike when you use the Boost you bought for that extra $20-$40 you paid for the higher tiers of the expansion (base is $40, without a Boost).

Why pray you don't dislike your class? Because every class requires you to create another character, and if you suddenly desire to play Hunter at max level, and your initial Boosted character was a Warlock, you'll end up paying an extra $60 each and every time. [Yeah, yeah, it's discounted right now, but so are job skips].

$50 for players who want to skip 5 years of story line to play 1 1/2 years worth of current is a bargain for those who really want to do that.

Personally, if it were my friends I was encouraging to play the game, I'd start an alt and play with them through the story line again. There'll be a good 3+ months of end-game prior to the next expansion, even if you go slow through the story.

[Kes13a]

The latest xpac, skips, and a subscription will cost a new player ~$115.

What will a new player think when they're told they can either play through hundreds of hours of required story just to catch up to their friends/get to the latest content

Or

Pay $115

It's outrageous to ask something like that from the player, and thankfully Square Enix have done trimming.

This trimming, when considered with the expedited MSQ leveling process is a clear sign that they see the length of the MSQ as a burier to entry for new customers.

Best Wishes

-Reyketi

you are assuming said new player only wants end game and isnt interested in anything else.

If that is the case, they may have picked the wrong game. unlike WoW for instance, where for the most part there is NO story thread, in FF XIV there is. it goes from your first story quest up to present.

if you are only interest in end game and dont care about the rest, then the price isnt too high since you are negating pretty much the full game. yes, everyone has different goals, but the journey in this game is important, maybe you just arent used to that.

[Masked-dingus]

you are assuming said new player only wants end game and isnt interested in anything else.

If that is the case, they may have picked the wrong game. unlike WoW for instance, where for the most part there is NO story thread, in FF XIV there is. it goes from your first story quest up to present.

if you are only interest in end game and dont care about the rest, then the price isnt too high since you are negating pretty much the full game. yes, everyone has different goals, but the journey in this game is important, maybe you just arent used to that.

well, you still have people, playing FF, and not liking the story acrually, i know some