Welcome Back Campaign Fail

[Elexia]

Yep. Considering if you rush to 50, you'll miss:

1. The low level dungeon added quite a bit of people quit, and yes it is an actual dungeon (open world too.)
2. The subtle changes, especially to the UI which has changed the most between 2010-now, even if there's still a latency problem.
3. The tons of sidequests to do. These didn't exist at all in 2010 and there's actually quite a lot of them throughout all 3 cities.
4. The new class/job layout and so on.

There will/might be blood (I dont know this exact translation) for example is a very good sidequest for its level, lot a bit of story, decent fight involve, it's trivial to do at level 50 much like doing Ifrit (easy) as 50. Since anyone who played in 2010 and quit will not come back to the same game, it's UNPOSSIBLE to say otherwise.

That is what the campaign is for, not people who just quit when their free time ran out after they started charging.

[DeadlySwordz]

Not everyone experienced any of the content you mentioned in your OP you know (including me). I just came back but not during the Welcome Back Campaign. I came back on April 25th I think it was.(Cause of the Legacy Campaign) The last time I played I never got a 50 back then since the game was pretty awful and I didn't look forward to playing it at all. Jobs were not around, Grand Companies were not around and I can keep naming a lot more things. But so far I am having a lot of fun now than I had a yr ago. A yr ago I had a 30GLAD but I made the decision of deleting my char this time around and started fresh to experience all the changes. And I don't regret doing that.

I now have my GLAD to 30 again, unlocked PLD, got my CNJ to 26 and MRD to 15 for their abilities. The game has changed A LOT! AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COMING MONTHS AND 2.0!! And what is wrong with GLAD since you mentioned some people are "fail" because that's their main? People play the classes they WANT to play. Other people can't tell someone else what class to play or not to play you know?

Personally I think the welcome back campaign was a success. I see a lot of new/returning players running around etc, as well as new and returning players joining my current LS every day. So I think this thread should be renamed QQ fail

[Shosasosa]

Yep. Considering if you rush to 50, you'll miss:

1. The low level dungeon added quite a bit of people quit, and yes it is an actual dungeon (open world too.)
2. The subtle changes, especially to the UI which has changed the most between 2010-now, even if there's still a latency problem.
3. The tons of sidequests to do. These didn't exist at all in 2010 and there's actually quite a lot of them throughout all 3 cities.
4. The new class/job layout and so on.

There will/might be blood (I dont know this exact translation) for example is a very good sidequest for its level, lot a bit of story, decent fight involve, it's trivial to do at level 50 much like doing Ifrit (easy) as 50. Since anyone who played in 2010 and quit will not come back to the same game, it's UNPOSSIBLE to say otherwise.

That is what the campaign is for, not people who just quit when their free time ran out after they started charging.

How do you miss any of those things by rushing to 50?

1. as soon as the low level dungeon came out i went in to kill all the NMs and figure out where each chest key came from (thinking the stuff inside might be worth getting)
2. how do u miss the UI? its in front of you the entire time. cant really be overlooked.
3 & 4. done every side quest in the game possible even at 50 u can take the exp on any job just make sure u change before you complete the quest.

[Elexia]

How do you miss any of those things by rushing to 50?

You can be powerleveled right out the door. Even if you do leves till at least 10 (which is only 2-3 leves) you can miss quite a bit. You don't even have to go to SS if you're getting powerleveled so the only reason you'd ever touch there is for seals or gil farming. So you'll miss the immediate purpose of it versus going there for farming.

3 & 4. done every side quest in the game possible even at 50 u can take the exp on any job just make sure u change before you complete the quest.

They have levels listed for a reason, as that was designed for that level range which is why none of them are immediately accessible till you hit said level and beyond, though doing it at 50 will trivialize it. Also, switching classes reduces the overall reward greatly the higher the reward is, so if you do the main storyline quest and gain 30k+ xp, that'll be chopped down to less than 10k depending on which class and level you switched to. That's not at all the purpose of it, so it's not that you'll 'miss it' altogether, you'll miss the point of it by doing it the second you hit 50, rather than as you go.

[Shosasosa]

You can be powerleveled right out the door. Even if you do leves till at least 10 (which is only 2-3 leves) you can miss quite a bit. You don't even have to go to SS if you're getting powerleveled so the only reason you'd ever touch there is for seals or gil farming. So you'll miss the immediate purpose of it versus going there for farming.



They have levels listed for a reason, as that was designed for that level range which is why none of them are immediately accessible till you hit said level and beyond, though doing it at 50 will trivialize it. Also, switching classes reduces the overall reward greatly the higher the reward is, so if you do the main storyline quest and gain 30k+ xp, that'll be chopped down to less than 10k depending on which class and level you switched to. That's not at all the purpose of it, so it's not that you'll 'miss it' altogether, you'll miss the point of it by doing it the second you hit 50, rather than as you go.

I was 50 well before SS was even released and i still went there to check it out and see what was in there. its no different than caseopea hollow or mistbrard cove anyway so who cares if your in a western cave and eastern cave or a southern cave, theyre identical. and you still never mentioned how one misses the UI by Plvling????
Have you seen the quests? theyre all the same... kill 5 crabs, kill 8 flowers, kill 10 puks, its rinse and repeat. plus there are no gathering or synthing sidequests, and having all jobs at 50 kinda limits how easily i complete them, so change job to whatever is closest or above the recommended level for completion and take the free exp.

[viion]

You can be powerleveled right out the door.

lol, new player

*finish character creation*
*Welcome to <Server Name!>*
"/shout SOMEONE PL ME TO 50!"

Yeh, happens all the time.......